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Thank you for your musical expertise. We couldn’t have made it this far without you :) So…24 finalists in the Eurovision this year. That’s not a particularly high number of finalists for Eurovision. Why these 8 staples (Spain, Greece, Ireland, England, Sweden, France, Germany and the hosts, Finland) are still involved in the contest, I have no idea. But at least they know enough not to play to win. You see, the winning country of the Eurovision has to host the contest the following year. In this way, it’s like a ticking financial timebomb. Most European countries have learned this lesson to their cost, and so now try to avoid winning. (See Irelands recent entry.) I think the recent spate of European expansion is to get other small countries involved, who don’t actually know that winning Eurovision is financial suicide. These poor countries are only too delighted to get the opportunity to display their culture and music to a vast European audience. (Cackling and snorting in derision.) Where else can you find a such a large body of people willing to admit Turkey and Russia are part of "Europe" ? Serbia’s victory this year was no doubt punishment for their recent war-crimes and offences against humanity. Ahh, John — You could very well be more cynical than I could ever be! If memory serves me correctly, whenever a host country drops the ball, the BBC take over. I will admit it’s ridiculously expensive for what it is, but from what I’ve heard, from the my eyes and ears in the Serbian community, is they haven’t thought that far ahead. They’re just excited that it’s put Serbia on the map. What a depressing way to put a country in the spot-light! C’mon — Eurovision is hilarious! I’m always disappointed if I miss out on it. For about an hour. After-all, Where else can you see the trashy underbelly of European countries rolled into one show? :) John, you’re going to tell me Ireland’s entry was shite on purpose so they didn’t win ? .... lame excuse, nice try! There’s too much history between the Eurovision and Ireland for them to do that. But essentially, apart from us who are obviously still talking about it one week later, noone really cares for long. I will point out the only good thing about the Eurovision and its tradition: Terry Wogan commentating on the BBC. He’s brilliant and takes the piss out of everything and everyone. This year, he said of France’s entry, that they were chronic and it was a very bad attempt at comedy. Tho the serious acts provide the real comedy in my opinion. |
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