Staging of Italy and Netherlands is still a bit insecure, while we all know Russia will nail it. So the first two counties have to give the juries a reason to vote for them.
Iceland maybe the dark horse, but juries will fail them.
but I'd like to see the camera work cause that obviously can change everything.
from the BIG5 + Israel : and
Roi is not a winning song but I think it could be a strong dark horse and win by.. like "mistake" ? they teased us so much with the staging being something never seen from France that I am genuinely intrigued.
Still ... the staging needs to be stripped down and luckily they did just that. The camera angles, play of lights and emotional connection with the viewer will be the key.