The enormity of the situation has hit me. My palms are sweaty and my stomach in knots. What will our song be and who will sing it?

General thinking was that negotiations had occurred behind closed doors before the announcement was made. But the recent request for song entries by BlinkTV has put us all in a spin! Imagine if an unknown songwriter won it? The possibilities are very exciting!

I was disappointed that the late timing of the announcement meant that we would not be able to gain the full ESC experience, starting with a Melodiefestivalen type national selection process. Imagine that! Our own mini bit of Eurovision, complete with wind machines!

So we have to find a singer, have a song written, and record it in time to meet the deadlines for the Eurovision CD, which is released a few weeks before the actual contest. In essence, we have to do in a few weeks what every other participating country has done over the past 12 months!

How can we sleep at night???