Pizza & Bratwurst

 A lot has happened in the past two weeks of Eurovision, but this post will focus on the national finals in Norway and Sweden

In the biggest case of "copying last year's winner", Norway's Erlend Bratland really really resembles Conchita Wurst, although he does have a different, deeper voice (and no wig).His song “Thunderstruck” is a dramatic uptempo, the schlager of the night

I have no idea what was going on on stage during Staysman & Lazz's performance of “En godt stekt pizza,” but if it's about pizza it has to be good. The best part is when the orchestra stands up and fist pumps. In any other year the Eurovision fandom would tear this apart, since it's a bro joke (never mind that it's a good one), but everyone's a little desperate for a high BPM this year.

The biggest highlight of the Melodifestivalen final in Sweden was Ylvis' interval act, where they were joined by Lili and Susie to perform “Stonehenge.” But like that night's winner, their song in 2009 was much better.

The third favorite in the Swedish televote was “Guld och gröna skogar” by Hasse Andersson , which attracted some controversy when it was uncovered that it was the same song as “Tanabata Matsuri” by Tegomass. Not plagiarism – the same song, by the same writers, and it even has similar lyrics (reminiscing about a past summer). The only way to solve this problem is to have Hasse join a Johnny's group, or have someone perform “Seishun Amigo” in Melodifestivalen 2016.