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Dutch interest Eurovision Song Contest high

esctoday.com, Netherlands

Dutch interest Eurovision Song Contest high
Thu 24 Mar 2005 13:40:29

Source: esctoday.com
Written by: Sietse Bakker

The Dutch interest in Glennis Grace and her Eurovision Song Contest
participation is almost unusually high. While contestants usually
have to fight for some attention, Glennis Grace her agenda is almost
completely full. Meanwhile, the amount of Dutch journalists will be
higher than recent years.

Charts and polls

My impossible dream is likely to enter the charts around the 10th
position, which is unusually high for a Dutch Eurovision Song
Contest entry. The single of My impossible dream contains the
song, the instrumental version and an uptempo remix. Meanwhile,
the Netherlands tops the esctoday.com BigPoll 2005 (semifinal vote)
with Iceland closely behind. The website ESC Statistics placed the
Netherlands second, with Greece as top favourite.

Busy agenda

The past weeks, Glennis Grace already appeared in several television
programmes. The popular lifestyle programme Life & Cooking
pays attention to Glennis and the Eurovision Song Contest every
week. Tonight she will record the Dutch edition of Top of the pops,
tomorrow she can be seen on the kids channel Nickelodeon. On the 4th
of April she will fly to Kiev for a sneak preview of the preparations,
on invitation of magazine Privé. 25th of April Glennis will perform
on the Rainbow Experience Amsterdam, a gay event for more than 20,000
visitors. During the football match Netherlands-Armenia she will sing
the Dutch national anthem acapella.

Draw

During Tuesday’s draw for the running order, the Netherlands came
out of the bowl as ninth. “I wouldn’t have mind a 22nd start position
(…) but the ninth spot was also my position in the Dutch final. At
the end, it’s just like a marathon”, Glennis wrote on her official
website. “No matter the position, to win, you have to run faster than
the others”. Glennis considers Greece to be the favourite for victory.

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