#Forgot to talk about albania because they're boring

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I’m going to go and make a bet that Switzerland and France are going to win some time in the 2020s. Maybe Iceland too. I want to say also Bulgaria, but they might keep coming close to but not quite there yet. The UK, Ireland, Montenegro, and Albania won’t win anytime soon 💀 Also for 2022 predictions, Albania sends the same fuckin thing like always and Russia will send something quirky

I say hold your horses there lad, you can never predict who's gonna dominate a decade these days 😂 Look at Sweden for example, started off the 2010s with an NQ and by 2019 they'd finished in the Top 5 on seven occasions, twice in first place. I know that was partially down to the reintroduction of the juries who like to seek out the most basic pop songs to throw votes at but still.

On the other hand, I will like to see all three of those countries winning, but I'm kinda scared 2020/21 was the only chance any of them would have gotten for a long time 😅 France this year struck me as the perfect balance of song, singer and staging; their main weakness to me always seems to be that they never know how to stage or film their act, so the performance is either lacklustre (like J'ai Cherchè) or messy and unfocussed (like Roi). Voila to me just... seems like a fluke. Granted I want to see them win, and preferably soon, I just don't think it'll be within the next 10 years unless they REALLY step up their staging game.

Switzerland has more of a chance, I feel like they're gonna keep at it much like the Netherlands did after 2014. But I'm pretty sure the same was said about Cyprus after 2018 and their results have only gotten worse since then 😂 I would love to see a Swiss victory soon, I'm just not sure whether it'll be soon.

And Iceland COULD possibly do it with the aid of a good hype train, but pre-hype can only get you so far, and we all know an early favourite can flop hard based on staging, vocal performance, running order etc. Again, would love to see a Reykjavik 202X, but I won't be holding out for it 😂😅

As for the rest...

Montenegro needs to actually return first before we can decide anything (though let's face it their track record is a bit dire), the UK needs to change its national attitude first before they even have a hope in Hell's chance of winning (which isn't happening any time soon 🤣), and Ireland just needs to modern up and stop sending stuff that was suitable 10+ years ago (because their staging is fine, their songs are just kinda crap)

As for Russia... last time they sent something quirky prior to 2020/1 was 2012 and they immediately followed that up with a gamut of boring peace songs until Lazarev in 2016. I am hoping for a more fun act from them though, I feel they really shine when they're being unique 👀