EUROVISION!
Yes, the show is underway, and four songs in I have to say that my favourite so far is Hungary, with their infectious magya rhythms and insanely hot chanteuse. The Maltese, bless them, have taken the name "Eurovision Song Contest" a wee bit too literally and have entered a fat chick who can actually sing. Its a brave move, lets see if it pays off for them.For those of you who don't know, the Eurovision song contest is what we do in Europe in an effort to understand each other better and prevent wars... I know it sounds pretty stupid now, but in the post war years when this first started, the dawn of the television age seemed like an opportunity for us all to get together and try not to have any more holocausts. It's worked, after a fashion. Now we only have wars outside of Europe, and the Germans haven't slaughtered any ethnic groups in oooooo absolutely ages.
I love Eurovision, its always been one of my favourite nights of the year, but this year its made a little more sober by the fact that, like so much else, I'm doing it by myself. Its much less fun when you don't have anybody else to be all ironic/enthusiastic about it with. You just end up making witty comments to yourself, which has far less impact, plus the unobserved witticisms are always the funniest things you've ever said, and there's no-one about to appreciate your razorsharp wit. Ah well.
I'm sure there will be more updates throughout the show, or at least afterwards. I'll tell you now I'm not a big fan of the UK entry, as per usual, and I don't expect us to do well.
posted by BadMonkey @ 8:22 PM
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