San Marino: Senhit

"So when you touch me, I feel your love all over my body, body, body, body". Oh hey, San Marino! First line and I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate this. I know the song is called "Freaky" but you've taken it too far and put your hair on the wrong side of your head- I very much doubt the reverse mullett will become the look of 2021. Oh she's got a whip and an oily topless man tied/chained to a chair and we're well on our way to a winner of Freaky Cliche Bingo. Yep, 1 minute in with a boring bridge bit and I think we're done here....

Hold on. I was wrong. This is fun. It's funky. You took it up a notch and I'm on board now. If I was a bit younger and not worried about putting my hip out, I'd enjoy having a little boogie to this in a club. I'd still want to save my best moves for when The Roop bring the proper crazy but there's enough love to cover a bit of freaky too. 

OK, Senhit, you've got my attention, now what are going to bring us this year.....

This feels like proper Eurovision stuff here. Again there's little early on to convince me that this is deserving of some points but it grows and by the end I'm fairly certain "You're my a-dre-na-li-na" is going to be lodged in my brain all day. Moments of bright, bold colours in the video in between her singing at the ruins of an old castle or church or something. A stack of women pole dancing and men styled like disinterested sheep. At one point, as per the Old Spice man, she is on a horse. Good, good.

Of course, there is the little matter of Flo Rida. Not since Davide Gualtieri slotted the ball past David Seaman 8.3 seconds after kick off against England in a 1993 World Cup qualifier, have I been so surprised by San Marino. Why is Flo Rida in a Eurovision video? How much did they pay him? Was Gualtieri not free? I'm pretty sure Flo Rida walks off the Eurovision stage, gets in a limo with his manager and says "Let's take this huge pile of money and never speak of Eurovision again." I do love that Senhit spends the whole rap strutting around like she's at the front of the queue for Nando's when the covid restrictions are lifted. "What's that? Oh yeah I've just got Flo Rida on my song. No you can't come and hang. Step back and social distance from the VIPs please."

Fun Fact: "Adrenalina" is the only song in this year's Eurovision to feature the full name of a professional tennis player in its title (see Li Na).

For me the success of this on the 22nd May will be based on two things:-
1. Does Flo Rida actually show up in Rotterdam. 
2. Does Senhit perform with neon-coloured hair (blue/purple/yellow/pink are all good).

If we see both of the above then I think San Marino could be in my top ten 10.