Serbia 2022 (Junior Eurovision) - Katarina Savić - Svet Bez Granica

 

(Click here for a thing of sweet wonkiness if you can't see the panel above…)

Now we appreciate that a great many of you don't bother with the Junior version of our favourite show - well why would you, you hate kids! But in amongst the hyperactive rock 'n' roll kids and the cloying stage school brats there's always a few little treats to uncover, and this was our fave by a street yesterday.

Sweet and simple, while all around it was pounding the maximalism to the limit, Katarina here gently played with the music box motif in a gentle and old-timey tune telling us about how we're all one world really. There's still the occasional classic Balkan ballad interlude to keep the traditionalists among you happy, too.

But things take an unexpected and beautiful turn at the 2:10 mark. I won't give anything away, but unless you know what's coming we'd be surprised if you guessed it in ten goes! We're not just here for the insanity and bombast - every now and again something understated gets under right our skin. Although we're quite sure that normal service will be resumed soon.