Lithuania have a great chance this year. With no special effects at all. Not even shoes.

Another country that has a poor record so far in Eurovision is Lithuania but this year they have a definite star in Ieva Zasimauskaite. This is another potential winner or, now that Norway have finally decided on their entry, a runner-up, I suppose.

The crowd will appreciate the simplicity and emotion I am sure. It will be interesting to see how this does in comparison to the all singing and all dancing entries with goodness knows how many special effects when this girl has none at all. Not even shoes.

The video is very long - for the song watch from 3:28 to 7:19. I guess there will be an official song video soon.

Azerbaijan hope a Miracle will bring them 2017 hosting. Serbia would need one. Lithuania need to stay in tune.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan have a decent entry, a strong song and if Samra sings it well on the night then this will do well. Actually, it'll do pretty well anyway as Azerbaijan have lots of money and the top guys there would like the opportunity to do some more trading through hosting the competition in 2017,

In a year when almost anyone can win - there being no obvious favourites that I can identify - anything can happen and this may sneak in to the Top 10 more by luck and friendly votes than anything else but that sort of placing is, I reckon, pretty much assured.

I would not say the same for Serbia, who have a distinctly unpleasant and frantic sounding song, with its inevitable key change and crazy high notes too being quite annoying. It does have the regulation Balkan flute and big drum so may find a few votes in the region and from states unsure of who else to vote for. I don't like this much.

Lithuania

Not renowned for their success in Eurovision, one of their best efforts was 14th in 2012 and it was the same singer who got them there that time. It's a reasonably good track, lively and sung with some energy and passion, although not much accuracy note-wise. It will get some votes and ought to qualify too. This recording is rubbish, though, so he'll need to better on the night but I reckon they might make the left hand side of the scoreboard.