Google have a gadget for tracking predictions for the Eurovision Song Contest, which is next weekend.

Its current prediction puts Norway in the lead with Turkey and Greece close behind on over 200 points.

Rather amazingly, it also rates the UK in the top 10, something that hasn’t happened for quite a while.

You can find the gadget here – unfortunately I can’t embed it because my blog doesn’t like the embed code for some reason 😦

EDIT: my host made some changes and now I can embed:

 http://eurovisiongadget.appspot.com/?lang=en

Over in the blogosphere, some people take ESC very seriously indeed, not least thoroughlygood, who has written at length about every song, and fisked Terry Wogan’s remarks.

For me, although I watch it most years, the pleasure comes in seeing all the songs for the first time on the night, usually with a big group of friends and a bit of alcohol. Hopefully that’s the plan this year too.

And hopefully, the UK’s entry, whatever it is, won’t completely tank again.

EDIT: here’s a unique and lolsome rendition of the UK entry.  The longer you watch, the more extreme the facial expressions get.