| Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| I Love Eurovision! |
American fans of European sports like rugby or Premiere League football can almost always find a local pub to go hang out and watch the games. But pity the poor Eurovision fan. We are a lonely lot when we cannot spend the spring in Europe. We long for the saturation, Super Bowl level coverage the annual contest gets overseas. Sure, a lot of can be found online, but it's somehow just not the same. You want to be able to watch Eurovision with someone who understands how important it is.
Like a thirsty woman coming upon a desert oasis, I found Griet Verlinde's Eurovision blog over at Seattle's Stranger web site. Griet is Belgian, so he totally gets it, but he also explains the contest in such a way that even newbies can follow along. Every day, he's been posting three YouTube videos on the blog together with his commentary. If you're a longtime fan, you'll love gems like these:
The prize for most philosophical lyrics so far goes to the fantastic quote "if it ain't right, it's wrong" [from Norway's entry, by a singer named Maria]. Well, yes. Thank you. Which brings me to the realisation that unless I'm very much mistaken, I've not yet heard a single "Fire/Desire" rhyme in the contest so far. Fire/Desire rhymes are essential to Eurovision... That, of course, made me nostalgic for the winning entry from 2005 (when I was in Sweden during Eurovision), Helena Paparizou's "My Number One" ("You're my fire/and desire"). If only I could spend every May in Europe!
Here are Griet's comments about Estonia's entry:
Girls in gold bikinis? Check! Girls waving Estonian and -- for some reason German -- flags? Check! Weird guys who can't hold a tune? Check! Eurobeat? Check! Slow-mo Riverdance? Check! Guy pretending to do unspeakable stuff to a piano? Check! Posters of cakes and is that an onion or a bomb? Check! The final event will be telecast from Belgrade on Saturday, May 24 at 20:00 GMT, which is, if I'm not mistaken, noon here in California. Proper protocol for me would be to watch the webcast with a small Swedish flag to wave during Charlotte Perrelli's performance of her disco anthem "Hero." |
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