Tim: The day is HERE, so let’s have a quick look at what was quite possibly the very very best of however many hundred contestants there have been this year, which is this. You’ll most likely remember Helena from her 2005 victory for Greece, the rather good My Number One. This year she went for the other half of her ancestry and entered Sweden’s contest with this, which got through to the final via Andra Chansen and is even better.
Tim: When I said ‘even better’, what I really mean, of course, is UTTERLY MARVELLOUS.
Tom: Crikey, when that kicks in, it means it. I’m not sure about that sudden quiet bit as it goes back in the verse, though.
Tim: Like I said, it was my favourite of all the songs in all the contests, musically at least, because it’s a song you can properly get your strut on to.
Tom: I’m sorry, you… what?
Tim: You can STRUT, man, STRUT. I know this because that’s exactly what I do regularly on my walk to work, shouting the chorus to myself because I know that I AM A SURVIVOR. So everyone should JUST CALL ME A SURVIVOR. SUCH A STRONG DESIRE. GONNA LET YOU GO, LET YOU GO. JUST CALL ME A SURVIVOR ETC ETC ETC.
Tom: I’m not going to argue with that. It’s a strong mental image.
Tim: Anyone who doubts the true validity of her sentiments only needs to look at her face as she rips the microphone off its stand, because SHE IS A SURVIVOR. I AM A SURVIVOR. SO JUST CALL ME A SURVIVOR and now fade out.