Seriously, you have to be kidding me. Russia won the Eurovision Song Contest with a cheesy singer, an ice skater, and an over-dramatic violinist. To be fair, Ireland's entry was a puppet making fun of Eurovision.
Background: Eurovision, in its 53rd year, is a song contest between all the European countries (also Israel, for some reason, and Turkey, which is up for election, and Russia apparently, which is pretty anti-EU to begin with) which is pretty much American Idol on a continent-wide scale. The winner of the previous year holds the competition for the next year--Belgrade, Serbia, this year--and the whole thing is fairly political. The Nordic countries all vote for each other, the UK and Ireland vote for each other, all the Eastern Bloc countries vote for each other, and Germany, France, and Spain pretty much just got destroyed. Although, to be fair, Germany did a pretty bad job, France was a bit aloof, and Spain had its own dance (uno! the breakdance, dos! the cross-over(?), tres! the Michael Jackson, cuatro! the Robo Cop).
So, apparently Ireland had won five or six years in a row, due to some pop star with massive club beats and fireworks. It wasn't a total loss, though. Finland had a metal band, complete with pyrotechnics and a guy playing the drums with maces, while the guy from the UK was straight-up disco, and Denmark was probably the happiest song I've heard in years.
Really, you just have to youtube this to believe me.
Spain: http://youtube.com/watch?v=udVl4XNx4PM&feature=related
Ireland: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-n--JnAwirk&feature=related
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