Obligatory Eurovision post.

[elisi]

Voted for Hungary - it was an actual song! *is still slightly stunned*

Ukraine was hysterical and I really liked Romania also (fun!). And I didn't hate the UK entry - I thought it was silly and daft and rather suitable for the occasion. (It had a gimmick. Those are important.)

Anyway... I have family to attend to, and there's the interval act - with Terry Wogan and his peerless commentary. ("I know - he [the designer] should be shot. But there you are!" *sporfle*)

ETA: Re. the ditzy, blonde idiot in the pink frock: "It almost makes you lose the will to live, doesn't it?"

ruuger - who is she? Whose idea was it to have her on the show? And is someone going to *hurt* her after the show?

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[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Near as I can tell, we still don't have anyone broadcasting this in the US... at least not that I've been able to find. However, YouTube is a marvelous thing!

Ukraine was hysterical

Who knew you could use an according in techno music! And it was a disturbingly catchy song...

I really liked Romania also (fun!).

I've always found it a bit odd that so many of the Eurovision songs end up being in English, so it's fun to see one play up the multi-lingual aspect.

And I didn't hate the UK entry - I thought it was silly and daft and rather suitable for the occasion. (It had a gimmick. Those are important.)

It was certainly a peppy song, sung by some excessively peppy people. And maybe you know for sure, since the video quality over on YouTube leaves something to be desired: Was that John Barrowman I spied in there for a brief second? It's toward the beginning of the song... the camera zips over to a view of the audience, I think, and there's a man adjusting his sitting position in a white chair of some sort, next to what appears to be a woman in a tiny top-hat.

[elisi]

the camera zips over to a view of the audience, I think, and there's a man adjusting his sitting position in a white chair of some sort, next to what appears to be a woman in a tiny top-hat.
OMG really? I'll have to check that out! John Barrowman and I-can't-remember-her-name-but-she-was-wearing-a-tiny-top-hat were presenting/commenting on the British finals!

[elisi]

Having just checked out YouTube I realised that the clips there were all from the British finals, so yes, it was definitely John Barrowman.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

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