Are you ready?

Do you know what happens tomorrow?

Yes. Finally. EUROVISION!

OK, well, technically, the first of two semifinals, but still! It starts (assuming you don't count the whole national qualifying season as when it starts)! I've been trying very hard to not let Eurovision fever completely overtake this blog...but all bets are off for the next five days. I may start going through some of my favorites tomorrow (what, like I've got anything better to do? I'll need to do something to pass the time until the semifinal starts!), though mine are pretty much ridiculously predictable.

Should you not be lucky enough to live in a country that'll actually run the contest (or if your country isn't showing the semifinal it's not participating in), Eurovision.tv's Media Lounge will be streaming it; for details, go here. If you can't be bothered to watch both of the semifinals, for what it's worth I think the best quality-to-time ratio will come at the very beginning of the second semifinal, with three of the first four songs that night being great.

P.S. "Bad Times" on the Annie album sampler/megamix (starts at 6:49) sounds potentially divine.