Our look at five reasons why the UK won’t win Eurovision this year moves on to reason number two: Alexander Rybak.

Catchy song, great stage show, excellent performance. Norway has clearly spotted that Eurovision is about mixing styles, introducing something a bit different (a violin-playing singer, in this case) and giving you something to watch even if you don’t understand the words.

I’m sure this one will do very well, and should play well in Eastern Europe, which is becoming more important each year. Google seems to think it will do well, too. Its new Eurovision site is tracking search traffic for the acts in this year’s show and using the data to try and predict the result. Alexander Rybak is at the top of the list as I type.

Check out reason number one in our list of the reasons the UK won’t win Eurovision this year.