I managed to avoid the Eurovision last night. It's interesting. When I was a kid, the Eurovision Song Contest was absolutely unmissable. OK, we lived in Galway and there was nothing else to watch except RTE 1. But still, people didn't go out on Eurovision night. They stayed in.
Mind you, it did produce some highlights. Who can forget Abba and Waterloo. (If you have please let me know how you did it.) And what about Volare? It came second the year it was entered but is now a standard at Mafia weddings.
But in recent years the Eurovision has fallen out of favour and is considered kitsch. Those who do tune in to the BBC do more so for Terry Wogan's commentary than the songs.
And now Turkey has won. Mind you when I first heard the name of the winning country my first reactions was "Yes, I know a turkey won. This is Eurovision. But which turkey?"
And Britain gained the coveted Nul Points award. Some commentators are saying it's a reaction against Britain's stand on Iraq. Well of course, that would explain why France and Germany, the European countries with the highest profile against the war, did worse than Spain which was a high profile supporter of the war. No, the reason Britain scored nul points was because the song was crap. I caught an extract from the Eurovision performance on the news and it was dreadful. The lyrics didn't scan, the singers were off key, it was horrible. But no, instead of asking the hard questions of how a talentless duo were chosen to sing a bad song, the BBC is blaming it on someone else.
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