It's Eurovision Week! :D

[Pencil]

Final on Saturday.

There has been two semifinals (Tuesday and Thursday) to cull the heard. Due too the large number of countries participating and then casting votes, all will not be on stage Saturday: 26 are left to fight it out.

Last year Ukraine won. To the surprise of no one. For some reason they can't stage this year's final, so BBC and UK stepped up and it's going to be in Liverpool. IIRC Graham Norton will host.

(For years, UK and its viewers have treated ESC as a joke. I think it started when they started losing. UK exceptionalism dictates that they are the undisputed world champions in pop music. Incidentally, about the same time the ESC started going over the top with more weird participants and songs - some which have actually won. There has also been some genuinely good pop songs and a few break out artist, among them ABBA and the Banshee from Montreal)

But this is about the weirdos this year.


I actually like some, but Grease Strange is the Word.




Finland: Cha Cha Cha
(There's some Spanish rap in there)




Germany: Blood and Glitter
(I think they are channeling Rammstein?)



Austria: Who the Hell is Edgar?
(Yes Poe! I really like this)



Croatia: Mama ŠČ
(This year's WTF!!! Turn on subtitles!!!!)



(Mommy bought the Tractor! Alligator Psychopath!)

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by Pencil

Last year Ukraine won. To the surprise of no one. For some reason they can't stage this year's final

[thylacine]

Australia has a very 70s looking band in the final and the entrant from Cyprus is apparently one of us too, his parents immigrated from there.

The question we always have to ask is WHY? I know it was the name of a tv station or something but seriously, block us, let us keep our embarrassments out of sight singing for their grandmas.

[Random Precision]

Originally Posted by thylacine

Australia has a very 70s looking band in the final ...

I'm intuiting that the "Euro" part of Eurovision can be interpreted rather broadly.

[Pencil]

Israel won twice in the 70's, so yes.

[thylacine]

It was mentioned on the news tonight that this is expected to be our last, our invitation is about to be revoked… or not sent. Someone noticed!

Happy gay Christmas all

[Pencil]

I remember when Straya first came on board. ZOMG.
But you keep on not winning, so I guess the novelty of it wore off?

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by thylacine

It was mentioned on the news tonight that this is expected to be our last, our invitation is about to be revoked… or not sent. Someone noticed!

Happy gay Christmas all

OK! Happy Gay Christmas to everyone!

wait, what is going on? is Australia in the Eurovision Week? WTF?

[JimNightshade]

Sweden seems to be the favorite- probably because they have dancers dressed as pencils.
But Finland is the dark horse. Finland might win, knowing the lack of any reason at Euro vision, and also because of the fabulous neon-green jacket.

[JimNightshade]

Also, lets face it - it is terribly difficult to dance, let alone walk, upside down - poor aussies.

[JimNightshade]

I will leave it to the experts:

[thylacine]

They tow us over for the week but the koalas get shaken out of the trees and become drop bears. Not pretty

[Pencil]

You're awfully close to The Island Free of Snakes.™
And I'm going to Dublin i September - pick up your trash snakes and take them with you.

[Peeking Duck]

I downloaded a bunch of Eurovision tunes earlier this week, and I added Who the Hell is Edgar to my Faourites playlist as soon as I heard it.

[thylacine]

Edgar is my fave too.

We came 9th, suck it Yoop.

[Peeking Duck]

Originally Posted by thylacine

Edgar is my fave too...