I do think it’s worth remembering that in a decade where songs like ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’, ‘Calm After The Storm’, ‘1994’ and ‘Amar pelos dois’ all created an atmosphere or feeling on stage and weren’t necessarily the catchiest or most obvious successes, that this could emerge as something of a dark horse.
Carola was a flop comeback? Didn’t she place fifth last time.
Oh I need to link you to the SERGEY STATSThe calculation didn't quite pay off for him, did it? They courted the jury vote with the ballad, but I'm quite sure that his previous banger got more votes on both fronts?