Eurovision

[caramel_betty]

Obligatory Eurovision post:

• The UK were pap. We had a bad song written by Pete Waterman, sung by a genuinely-likeable-but-unknown singer, which wasn't widely promoted across Europe in the way that Jade Ewen was (with Lord L-W being a genuine attraction across large parts of eastern Europe). The choreography and staging were both nuts (and not in a good way). The fact that we received sod all points isn't because Europe hates us - we came fifth last year. It's because it was poorly handled on more-or-less every front.
• Germany's song didn't, to my mind, deserve to win. My first response was along the lines of "ARGH, THE RHYMES, THEY ARE KILLING ME." However, it was well-promoted across Europe and had actually shifted records.
• I think the performance I personally liked most was Tom Dice from Belgium - largely, I think, because it tried to be about the song in a way that, say, Belarus's butterfly costumes weren't.
• Western European countries can't do well in Eurovision anymore? Germany won, Denmark were fourth, Belgium were sixth.

And no, Josh Dubovie doesn't get a free pass into the Sugababes.