Sunday 25 May 2008

Eurovision 2008 - voting farce as usual ...

No real surprise that the UK came joint-last. The song was absolutely dreadful.

That said, no matter how awful the song, Greece can always be relied on to give a maximum 12 points to Cyprus and Russia will vote for the Ukraine.

The Eurovision Song Contest has long since become as famous for political skulduggery as it has for its musical content!

Terry Wogan said at the end of the "performance" last night that the Eastern European power blocs are so strong, West European countries now have little hope of winning and questioned why Western European countries are continuing to participate.

That said, some Western European countries have been as guilty of voting for their neighbours - who on earth would vote for that awful Spanish entry?! And - as I allude to below - didn't the entry from Portugal bear a bit of resemblence from the old Army of Lovers classic, "I'm crucified"?

Personally, I thought Norway was the best this year, but the winner - Russia - in all fairness was way better than our own entry. C'est la vie!