A humoristic view on the 36 songs! This is the third edition of The Greenroom, where one or more esctoday.com editors give their opinion an a Eurovision Song Contest related issue.

In 20 years of watching the Eurovision Song Contest, I�ve developed a bit of a reputation for predicting the winner. I�ve been right 14 times with my pre-contest predictions and 17 times on the night!!! My views on the songs are sometimes brutal, but everybody has their opinion.

This year, I have been asked to publish my pre-contest review of the 36 countries. I would like to make it clear that these are my own opinions, and are not endorsed, agreed with (necessarily) or supported by the team at esctoday.com. If you disagree � and many of you will � that�s fair enough. Feel free to post your reaction to my review at the bottom of this page. Please do not swear or use offensive language, and if someone (anybody) agrees with me, it would be nice to hear.

So, without further ado, here are my reviews and predictions for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest.