What strange, surreal fun it is to watch the Eurovision Song Contest, a mish-mash collection of each nation's worst musical efforts and weird costumes, brightened by the odd pretty girl every now and then...which is why i watched it last night.
My vote would have been an unpatriotic one, if i'd voted at all, the Russian version of Girls Aloud -Serebro- being by far the best thing on offer in my humble opinion although i did quite enjoy the Bulgarian couple with their drums and enigmatic wailing and the girl near the end whose jeans were hitched about six inches too low for common decency, bless her.
The girl who presented Armenia's voting was absolutely stunning and i'd rather spend an evening watching her next time as opposed to that annoying creature in the pink dress that flitted amongst the bemused backstage contestants.
Block-voting where each nation gives points to their immediate neighbours really seems to get up some folks noses but it only adds to the silliness of the occasion for me...
I wistfully remember the golden days when we ruled Eurovision with the likes of Bucks Fizz, those 80's giants that taught the world how to rip off a girls skirt while singing something catchy.
Now that's real style for you.
Thankfully, Georgia's frightening, silver hybrid of Timmy Mallet and Sue Pollard was beaten into second place by Serbia's Lou Costello lookey-likey while the U.K were pitiful, as expected, a kind of fifth-rate Steps tribute band who neither looked nor sounded remotely good, following the spirit of the national football team by amazing with their awfulness when reaching an international competition.
Today, Youtube is full of Serebro, Elena, Marina and Olga, those gorgeous Russian beauties who really should have won last night, if there's been the slightest bit of justice left in the world today. I went to bed almost fuming but consoled myself in a plate of Austrian smoked cheese with garlic & herb crackers.
So that's it for another year but Europeans be warned: the British will return even tackier and crappier than ever next time, heroic and disastrous failure being a speciality of ours. 
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The eurovision is always funny to watch though! x
! scary looking woman. i dont think i remember seeing the russians. it's all a blur to me now. does anyone think she'll get a recording contract?
Oh my God that Russian song...I was gobsmacked, the lyrics were pretty interesting lol, if my dad could speak/understand english better, he would've told me to leave the room. x