Eurovision ROCKS!
More raffle tickets and lucky dips were sold in Armidale before leaving at 2pm and commencing our journey south and back to Sydney with a couple of stops to take pictures of roads... one day I’ll explain.
The rush was caused by our need to get home for the Eurovision Song Contest. Gotta love this weird-arse-freaky-deeki-f*cked up European tradition! Even though it seems it’s no longer purely European.
You get 30 odd European countries who write song especially for this, pick unknowns to sing them, put them in various way out costumes, trial choreography for monkeys, break the budget for big LCD displays and pyrotechnics. Put it all together you have a visual feast that has spawned drinking games galore around the world since 1956.
Skull a shot for every ‘La la la’ or ‘dah dah dah’’
Skull a shot for every song sung in ‘national costume’
Skull a shot every time a country votes 12 (top) points for their direct neighbour.
Skull a shot every time the UK gets points (it’s very rare, so don’t rely on this one for a good night).
If nothing else watch it for Terry Wogan’s commentary. He takes the p*ss all night and still gets invited back.
Congratulations Serbia for winning with 268 points!
UK came last with 17... There’s always next year!
1 comment:
I'll have you know, the ESC is not purely confined to geographical Europe. It's open to any country that is part of the Eurovision Broadcasting Shenanigans-thing, which is why, in 1980, Morocco entered. The Lebanon would also be eligible to enter.....Anyway, off to get a life now!
Congrats to Serbia for winning, France for best pink satin outfits, the Ukraine for persuading a mental institution to release some of their inmates, and Jodie for a fab review. :-)
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