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As expected, Niamh Kavanagh swept to victory in last night's Irish national final. Her victory saw her receive top marks from each of the six regional juries as well as the public vote, earning her 144 points out of a possible, well, 144.

The song, It's For You, now represents Ireland's best chance to do incredibly well for some time. However, what are those dark clouds looming over the emerald horizon? Why, it's host nation entry Didrik Solli-Tangen with the song My Heart Is Yours - and it sounds very, very similar to It's For You. And if the 'It' in Niamh's song is a pronoun for her heart, then even the titles are sharing a cab to Same Meaning City.

It's unlikely Niamh will be staying in the semis with this strong song - but what happens on the night of the final when she has to pitch her ditty against a home crowd backing lil' Diddi? And what if they're drawn right next to each other?

Boom Bang a Bloggers, I need your help. Who's going to come out tops in this one? Norway? Or Ireland?

Saturday saw Norway, the home team, select its entry for Eurovision 2010. Boom Bang a Blog is indebted to reader Phil Tipton, from Chester, who kindly (and swiftly) sent us this report on his visit to this year's host city in its first real warm-up for Contest duty.

The things we do for Eurovision, eh?

I wondered whether it was all worth it when I stood freezing to death on Platform One of Chester Station at 7am waiting for the train to London. I quietly contemplated how much money this 34-hour trip to Oslo was going to cost, but I decided it was all too distressing and turned my mind to happier thoughts (Charlotte Perrelli's famous co-ordinated three point choreographed arm movements in 'Hero' to be precise).

Over the past few years I've become a bit of a Scandi-fan, attending some element of Sweden's Melodifestivalen each year. I finally managed to get a ticket to the final in Stockholm's Globen last year and had a fantastic time watching Malena et al. give it all they had in the pursuit of schlager greatness.

I sort of assumed that I would go again this year, but the rush for tickets passed me by and I found myself strangely unconcerned that I hadn't managed to secure a ticket to either the final or, indeed, my preferred Gothenburg semi-final. To cut a long story short, I decided to have a change this year and see what Norway's Melodi Grand Prix had to offer.

Chanée & N'evergreen. A Bardo for the 21st Century

Tonight's national finals have drawn to a close. In the end, I watched Norway choose its song as there's not much point watching Melodifestivalen until the night of the final, which is still five weeks away. Well, I don't wish to sound boastful, but Didrik Solli Tangen did win in Norway (as predicted) and Hera Bjork brought home the bacon in Iceland, which was another Boom Bang a Blog tip from this morning (see the post below to hear the songs).

The only one not called in spot-on fashion was Denmark. The web favourite Bryan Rice finished in second place, letting the poptastic antics of Chanée and Tomas N'evergreen fly the red-and-white flag in Olso with the song In a Moment Like This. Boom Bang a Blog has to confess to developing a real affection for this from just the first listen, it certainly has the *something* that Hera's Je Ne Sais Quoi is unlikely to ever have. I still think ole Did' will score the highest out of everything chosen tonight, though. What do you think?