Serbia find a way to bend the rules (again)

In it's first attempt at Eurovision all by itself Serbia took home the crown, largely due to a vast army of ex-pats across middle Europe who were brazenly encouraged to vote multiple times for their homeland. As the current voting system stands Serbia is right up there with Russia, Turkey and a couple more countries as the automatic recipient of well over fifty points without singing a note, and in the mediocre 2007 contest that was, shockingly, enough to snatch victory. 2008 will see the contest held in Belgrade and it seems that the Serbs are still as hell-bent on claiming as many points as possible by any means. They have announced the presenters of the May contest, and the male host is none other than Zeljko Joksimovic, who was runner-up in the 2004 contest for Serbia -Montenegro. So far so good, as several former singers have presented the contest, but Zeljko is also the composer of the hot favourite to win Serbia's final next week and represent the home country. That means of course that he may well be announcing points for his very own song. At the very least the international commentators will surely mention his involvement during the contest, giving his potential entry a unique boost. Just when you thought the Euro playing field couldn't get any more slanted......