Teo. Yes that is what his name is. What were you thinking? Manti Te'o? TEO is the Belarussian entry this year at Copenhagen with "Cheesecake."
"Cheesecake" is a bit lame, but I'm sure the only ones who will appreciate this song are the top 40 trash crowd. You know they'll vote this shit in for May 10 considering it is (1) for top 40 tastes and (2) tween girls will find him as 'cute' (see Ireland 2011 and 2012 as another example of why shitty songs go over powerful ones through an ESC semifinal). But sadly, that is the huge letdown of text voting across Europe on semifinal nights for way over a decade. I refuse to go into detail about this song, but please listen to it why I hate this song.
With that in mind, he will perform on Thursday 8 May in the second semifinal, and my bold prediction is that he won't make it to the grand final. Just based on song alone. Why has Belarus gone from solid stuff in the ESC the last few years, from Anastasia Vinnikova's "I Love Belarus" in 2011 (some find it corny, but I like it), to LITESOUND's "We Are the Heroes" (my second favorite song from Baku 2012), and last year with Alyona Lanskaya's "Solayoh" (despite the change from "Rhythm of Love", still like it, and is one of my favorites from Malmo) to this? Why? Just like Finland had solid entries within the last eight years, and then they send utter shit in 2013. Who actually like such shitty entries like this? C'mon man.
Hence the GEICO gecko's "Cheesesteak Shuffle" is much better than "Cheesecake." End of story.
Up next: Axel Hirsoux "Mother."
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