We had a Eurovision party on Sunday night, everyone brought some cuisine from the various corners of Europe to watch the final of the Eurovision song contest.
I always thought Eurovision was a 70’s thing. I knew ABBA won it, I didn’t expect it to still be going.
I had been warned that it is pretty tacky and trashy, and I wasn’t disappointed. A good number of the performances were completely tragic. Everyone seemd to be going for the Boyz 2 Men all white suits, and too many acts were way over the top in theatrics. Just sing dammit! And while you’re at it, try singing in your national tongue, not bloody English. The French did (no surprise) but she was way out of tune.
Speaking of the bloody English. Daz Sampson’s yellow jacket was laughable, and the “school girls” accents *shudder*. While some British accents are to die for; Kate Beckinsale, Rachael Weisz, Kiera Knightly, et al, these were so cringe-worthy.
There were some notable exceptions. The act from Bosnia and Herzegovina were really good, IMO. No pumping music and psycho light effects and corny lyrics. They even sang in their language. Double props. Similarly to Lithuania.
I was a bit peeved by the way the voting works. There are so many ex-soviet countries, so of course Russia will get a lot of their votes. But Russia was terrible. I was pretty miffed every time a country like Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus voted 12 points for Russia. They, however feel otherwise (naturally).
At least the rock group from Finland won. It was nice to hear some rock music on a predominately poppy show.
So my first Eurovision party. I think the only thing that will get me back next year, was the sometimes witty, sometimes hilarious commentary by Terry Wogan. Hmm on second thought…
Still I got to eat lots of good food, so not a complete waste of my Sunday night.
I read the Kate wants to have another baby. But she wants to concentrate on her career first before she starts trying. I didn’t know she had a 7 year old.