Jacques Houdek is an interesting character. He's a well known Croatian singer and music producer who has been known to support right leaning political parties in his country and making statements that could be perceived as anti-gay.
However, the pull of international exposure has made him willing to backtrack his statements and represent Croatia this year. (Not that he hasn't tried before--he's wanted to represent Croatia since 2003 and was finally internally selected by the Croatian national broadcaster.)
Jacques Houdek "My Friend"
This is much less a song than a piece of performance art--Houdek performs both the operatic Italian and poppy English lyrics in the song and he intends to perform both in Kyiv.
If he is able to pull this off, I suspect that it will do quite well. However, if the tone is off, this will go down as a memorable fiasco. It will be recapped in Eurovision retrospectives in the "crazy Eurovision entries" section either way, so whether it does well or flops, it's a win for the singer.
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