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Monday, July 23, 2012

Tobson's Ranking: #25 United Kingdom

One of the reasons you would opt for an established, experienced performer at Eurovision would be that you wouldn't have to worry that they would sing badly. Or something.



Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Will Set You Free (United Kingdom 2012)

To set one thing straight - Engelbert is one of the biggest stars ever to grace a eurovision stage, he has sold tons of records and he has been highly influencial in many ways. Nobody can take that away from him.

But this entire entry relied on his voice and his performance and sadly the Grand Old Man did not deliver.

The performance in the grand final was not too bad, but a song like this was always more likely to collect high points from the juries rather than the televoters. And during the jury final, Engelbert was nothing short of disastrous.

His timing was off, he was out of sync with the backing track and he came nowhere close to nailing the more demanding notes of his song. This, in addition to the dubious honour of being the first act in the running order, left the UK entry without a chance in the world.

Shame on a sweet song. As for Engelbert, the legend will live on and his fans will forget. Pretty quickly too, I would guess.

My grade: 2/5

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