Eurovision 2008: Slovenia!

As far as this year's Eurovision songs go, it's still early days. About three-quarters of this year's 43 songs have been selected, and I've only heard about half of these.

My early favorite is "Vrag naj vzame" by Slovenia's Rebeka Dremelj. Slovenia doesn't have a great track record at Eurovision, but I'm hopeful that they'll do well this year. (For that matter, I have a poor track record at Eurovision. My faves have tended to crash and burn in recent years.) It would be exciting to see an ex-Yugoslav country take the reins from Serbia. And gosh I'd love to have another excuse to run around Ljubljana for a few days.

And the song? It's a tried-and-true exercise that starts out midtempo and then gets disco-y. It's well-done pop well-suited for Eurovision season. Check it out. I will admit that I'm hoping they work on the choreography before May.

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