Later today (22/5/12) the Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan's captial Baku will host the first semi-final in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. This will be followed by a second semi-final on Thursday (24/5/12) before the grand final on Saturday (26/5/12).
Britain's surprise entry is the 75 year old Englebert Humperdinck. Of course his song "Love Will Set You Free" is reminiscent of his his greatest hit, 1967's "Please Release Me (Set Me Free)" and should act as a rallying cry for anyone in the Eurovision area who is as concerned as Britain at further European Union (EU) expansion/intergration. However the thing a lot of people forget about Humperdinck is that he still sells really well especially amongst older women in the Balkans and former USSR states. For a large part these are predominately matriachial societies where the older female or grandmother runs the family. Therefore Humperdinck's entry should help Britain open a conversation with and gain influence over influential people in the EU satellite states in the Balkans and the former USSR. Russia are not pleased about this hence their entry.
Beyond that Britain's entry is having a little dig at US President Barack Obama because a critic could say he's doing doing a far better job of being a cabaret act then a President recentely.
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