We had a little party for the Eurovision finale again this year. At least half the guests came reluctantly… either not having heard of Eurovision at all, or wondering why in the world I’d want to throw a party for such a ridiculous event. But everyone had fun whether they liked it or not, even though Germany’s entry embarrassed themselves with a horrible performance which left them tied for last place.
It amuses me how popular the Eurovision Song Contest is among other expat bloggers, as well. Adam publishes his list of favorites yearly. Beth did some live blogging not only for the finale, but for the semi-finals, too. Hard core. Snooker’s heart was stolen by the pirates. Brian is not so convinced he loves Eurovision, but blogs about it all the same. There’s always some scandal or other involved, such as this year’s English-language entry for France (as noted by Mark).
Despite my feverish voting for Azerbaijan, the winner was Russia’ s Dima Bilan, with this performance featuring a Stradivarius violin and an Olympic skater. What’s not to love?
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Did everyone at your party vote? At the one I went to, no one could be bothered by my husband and I!
Of course that didn’t stop them from whinging about how the voting turned out. 😉
We did indeed. Cell phones were blazing. At 14 cents a call, why not? 🙂
It is like a train wreck… you just HAVE to see it! Besides, what else would you talk about at the office on Monday morning!?!
I cannot help thinking that it would be slightly better if each country’s competitor(s) sang in Esperanto. Take a look at http://www.esperanto.net
Esperanto works! I’ve used it in speech and writing = and sung in it – in a dozen countries over recent years.
What do you think?
Snooker – I almost wish I worked in an office just so I could have discussed Eurovision around the water cooler this morning. Almost.
We watched while we were in Greece. The next morning the Greek media was all up in arms about how Greece was robbed and about a conspiracy of how all the former eastern-block countries had voted with Russia. It was almost as much fun as the show itself.