Röyksopp - The Girl and the Robot
Norway aren’t really as Eurovision-tragic as they’re made out to be. Yes, they have failed to score more times than any other nation, and yes they’ve finished last more times than anyone else, but against that you have to weigh their four triumphs and a Eurovision record points haul in 2009 for Alexander Rybak.
But it’s always the nul points that gets remembered. It is in the UK anyway, where we welcome any opportunity to deflect attention from our own pathetic recent showings.
What they need to set the record straight is something like this: winningly sci-fi and future gone mad, skidding along in controlled dysfunctional abandon. With vocals coming from Sweden’s Robyn, however, I don’t see it happening, unless the Eurovision rulesetters could accept a joint entry, but that’s a whole can of ear worms we don’t want opening anytime soon. At least not until Jedward retire, anyway - sing with someone else? They barely sing with each other…