Can't believe Azerbaijan won. What was Europe thinking? I seriously thought Ireland had it pretty much in the bag. Just goes to show, you cannot rely on the collective taste of Europe. I went to a Eurovision party on Saturday night at my friend Pálína's. It was supposed to be a BBQ but, as is traditional, it was raining too much so it was more of a 'cook-your-own-meat-in-someone-else's-kitchen' party. Which I think probably happen more often than proper barbecue parties in Britain.
Our corner of the party were all pretty impressed by Moldova (some were moved to actually vote - not me, though). Unicycle, improbable hats, trumpets, monocle - certainly it ticked all the boxes, apart from fire. I also enjoyed Denmark, Ireland and was strangely taken with Hungary's power ballad. Partly because I find it funny to say the title (What about my dreams?) with the stress on the wrong words. Partly because I not-so-secretly love power ballads.
There was a sort of drinking game when it came to the scoring. Take a sip whenever Iceland gets a point. But nobody could have got drunk on those rules, unless they were sipping neat vodka, so I sort of ignored it. Despite these disappointments, Eurovision is always entertaining and I was with some great people, so it was a good night. I did miss Graham Norton a lot, though.
There was a sort of drinking game when it came to the scoring. Take a sip whenever Iceland gets a point. But nobody could have got drunk on those rules, unless they were sipping neat vodka, so I sort of ignored it. Despite these disappointments, Eurovision is always entertaining and I was with some great people, so it was a good night. I did miss Graham Norton a lot, though.
At uni the rules were much more intense, a finger for every point UK got, every time there was a "pointless" conversation, anyone not wearing lipstick when the word 'lipstick' was said. also every time your country didn't get any points, it was madness.
ReplyDeleteI didn't go out but Sindri was online talking to me so I decided to put it on, and Graham Norton absolutely did my head in, I got so angry listening to him (first time I've watched Eurovision), so I switched over to RUV and watching it in Icelandic instead, trying to learn a few names and countries in the process.
Whaaaat. I love Graham Norton. The Icelandic commentator was boring. As far as I could tell she did not make a single catty comment about anyone's hair, which is obviously half the fun of Eurovision. Although I wasn't properly listening to the Icelandic commentary, so I may have misjudged.
ReplyDeleteThe best bit from her was in the semi-finals when Iceland went through and she was all like, "Ég er að fara að gráta úr gleði!" That was pretty funny.
Azerbaijan: not nice to gay people. Eurovision: pretty much the gayest thing in Europe (including Brighton). WHAT were they thinking?
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