I say....what?????
You did NOT just dis the Eurovision song festival. You wound me with your spurious epithets!
The Eurovision Song Festival is the most awesome thing ever invented in the history of everything! Just go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXI0o1wL3Ik and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVRMYRIigU&feature=related for proof! Ireland is sending a puppet turkey and in Azerbaijan's first time they've gone with the homosexual angel/vampire duo (which means that they are SERIOUSLY in it to win it).
American idols is crap in comparison to the sheer awesomeness of Eurovision. I'm throwing a party for about 150 of my closest friends. Sadly, I wouldn't be waiting in front of the mailbox if I were you guys.
Lol.
BTW I'm completely serious.
Hi Nathan. We weren't dissing Eurovision. I'm just not a fan of the song. Please send the invitation to the BPP. We'll need 12 plane tickets too.
The BryantPark logo in the video is laid over a dark patch of background so the "npr" practically disappears. What is left in red is "The Bryatak". Are you prepared for the Bry Attack?! That's okay. No one is.
Eurovision is great! But France always sends crap.
This year's entry is extra crappy.
Marc in Paris.
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The key to Eurovision enjoyment is a liberal amount of alcohol and an extremely catty TV presentor. The best is Terry Wogan on BBC. They had a scandalous TV presentor in the Netherlands one time...he was fantastic but got complaints from some people. A shame really.
All the songs in Eurovision are soooo bad. That's what makes it fun! Last year was split between a butch lesbian and a drag queen. The year before that was won by a finnish GWAR!-esque band. I especially enjoyed the Norwegian 1980's hair-band.
This year is even money between ireland and spain. Both are going with comic acts. My money is on Azerbaijan though.
The problem with the french song is that it isn't bad ENOUGH to win.
re Terry Wogan: the geopolitical angle of his commentary gets old fast. A few years ago France went with some faux-hipsters who thought that mocking Eurovision proved how cool and aware they were, as if the total kitschocity of ESC wasn't readily apparent to all, and for several generations. The way to comment is cattiness, snark, or playing it straight (my preference).


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