Vertigo

When I first listened to the Maltese entry for this year's ESC (OK, this post is meant to be blogwise as you are going to see), I was undecided whether I liked it or not, thanks to the YouTube videos with a very poor audio-quality before the promo clip was available. Yet I remember that when Olivia Lewis was announced as the winner, I was astonished - not actually by her landslide victory, but rather by the fact that it was her eleventh attempt to win the national final Maltasong! After an agonisingly long decade, she eventually succeeded! Well, she apparently tried hard, what a perseverance I must say! Frankly speaking, I used to say this a bit wryly, but not anymore. I have been reading her blog (she is the only Eurovision performer to keep a blog of her own), which is about her preparations for Helsinki. She is a very keen blogger, posting almost everyday, portraying a down-to-earth character, unlike many other Eurovision singers residing in their ivory towers. You cannot help but feel the sympathy and wish her all the best - and why not, a victory perhaps. With so many good songs it has been sending to Eurovision, Malta definitely deserves one. So does Olivia herself. Below is the promo clip of her song "Vertigo" for Helsinki.