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Listen Up. Here are six Eurovision finalists to watch out for during Saturday night's show
Corinna May Germany Odds: 3/1
May at last makes it to the finals on her third try, with the disco-pop track I Can't Live Without Music. Germany has placed in the top 10 for four years running. May, who has been blind since birth, could continue the streak by giving her homeland its second win ever and its first since 1982.
Afro-Dite Sweden Odds: 4/1
It can't be the blaxploitative name or the faux-foil outfits — "three oven-ready turkeys," quips the BBC's Wogan — so it must be the club-friendly Never Let It Go that has the trio on the list of favorites.
Sahlene Estonia Odds: 9/1
So what if Sahlene is really a Swede who sang (back-up) for two other nations (her homeland and Malta) at past finals? Estonia has a title to defend. The locally written Runaway has a decent shot. If she loses, Sahlene can take her song's advice: "Just run away to the stars." Or to another country.
Jessica Garlick United Kingdom Odds: 9/1
Stardom means sacrifice. Garlick, a finalist on the U.K.'s Pop Idol TV talent search, recently said that, under pressure from her record label, she has cut back on meals at McDonald's from six a week to just two. If the Wales native snags the top prize with Come Back, maybe she'll celebrate with a glass of bubbly and a Big Mac.
Sergio and the Ladies Belgium Odds: 16/1
With Luxembourg absent and the Dutch relegated for recent low scores, the Belgians, singing Sister, are the only hope for Benelux. Lead vocalist Serge Quisquater, a popular TV host, sounds like Tom Jones. And he does handsprings.
Sestre (Sisters) Slovenia Odds: 33/1
After winning over their skeptical countrymen, Sestre member Miss Marlena says, "I think we need a Nobel Prize." Slovenia's favorite, er, daughters will have to settle for the novelty vote and a chance at an upset victory in Tallinn.
