Wiktoria – Save Me

Tom: Look, I’m a sucker for songs like this, okay? But this was my favourite of the Melodifestivalen final.

Tom: Hell of a voice. Country guitar on a pop song. Jump-around chorus. Amazing projection design. But unfortunately, much as a I like it, I have to say that the Melodifestivalen judges and televoters made the right decision.

Tim: You sure? Because I agree with every single one of those four points, and anyone who’s confident enough to bookend the performance with Wonder Woman’s logo shining bright on her top has got to be worth something. What’s wrong with it?

Tom: Because I don’t think this is a Eurovision winner: top half, maybe, and it’d stand a decent chance of getting my vote. But I’ve never voted for a Eurovision winner, save for Lordi: the public at large generally likes something a little more mainstream.

Tim: Is this not mainstream, though? It’s certainly a hell of a lot closer to current chart hits than the dirge Sweden actually ended up with.

Tom: It’s a great song. It’s just not the right song.