Eurovision : 6ème \o/
So last night was one of our major European music events of the year, namely Eurovision. Sadly, I actually missed all the singing part and basically only arrived for the geopolitics course, meaning the moment in the competition when countries give away the points. To be fair, this part is actually a lot of fun and is definitely a huge part of the show (I mean, literally, it is as entertaining as the rest of it). Besides, this year they introduced a new voting system with the popular vote that someone on Twitter likened to that moment "when Dumbledore just gives out a bunch of random last-minute points and the winner changes" and that's a good way to describe it lol
Speaking of points, this was our entry and we ended up 6th \o/ That is a victory in and of itself, you guys. Last year we received four points. Four. I think the last time we ranked so high was in 2002. And if you want to know when we actually won the Eurovision, it was in 1977. I wasn't even born yet!
I'm always curious as to what people who didn't grow up with that competition think of it when they watch it for the first time. I mean, it's such a particular brand of entertainment.
Actually, as of now, whenever someone who's not familiar with the concept asks me what the Eurovision is about, I think I'll point them to the Love Love Peace Peace song performed by the two Swedish hosts, Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede. It's a parody number that integrates as many cheesy and quirky ingredients as possible in one song and encapsulates the spirit of the Eurovision perfectly ;)
Funny that, I wasn't expecting to write a whole entry about the Eurovision, I wanted to talk about CA:CW lol Oh, well, in my next entry.
Speaking of points, this was our entry and we ended up 6th \o/ That is a victory in and of itself, you guys. Last year we received four points. Four. I think the last time we ranked so high was in 2002. And if you want to know when we actually won the Eurovision, it was in 1977. I wasn't even born yet!
I'm always curious as to what people who didn't grow up with that competition think of it when they watch it for the first time. I mean, it's such a particular brand of entertainment.
Actually, as of now, whenever someone who's not familiar with the concept asks me what the Eurovision is about, I think I'll point them to the Love Love Peace Peace song performed by the two Swedish hosts, Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede. It's a parody number that integrates as many cheesy and quirky ingredients as possible in one song and encapsulates the spirit of the Eurovision perfectly ;)
Funny that, I wasn't expecting to write a whole entry about the Eurovision, I wanted to talk about CA:CW lol Oh, well, in my next entry.