Eurovision 2012 Entrants: the United Kingdom

Rumors were swirling around the United Kingdom's entrant this year.  Since the BBC decided to go with an internal selection, names like Adele, Charlotte Church, and The Spice Girls were bandied about by the media and Eurovision blogs as possible performers. 

However, when the UK's entrant was announce as Englebert Humperdink, I was secretly delighted.  Eurovision is accused of being out of touch with current musical trends, so why not bring a guy that sings songs out of the early years of the Eurovision Song Contest?

So let's take a listen to the song.

Englebert Humperdink  "Love Will Set You Free"

He's 76 years old and his voice is fantastic.  And he interprets the hell out of the song.  The simple melody and the guitar should set it apart from the rest of the songs in the contest. 

And I will admit that the lyrics are pretty mediocre, but after listening to it a couple of times before heading into the office, I found that I was belting the chorus.  It's an earworm, this song.

So, I'm pulling for Englebert and he's become another personal favorite in this year's contest.