Lord help me...
May. 24th, 2008 02:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mercyrobot...I'm watching Eurovision.
So far it's uninspiring. Pop ballad, thing that sounds like disco, pop ballad, pop ballad. Snore.
Of course, nothing I like ever wins. I really thought the Ukranian drag queens should have won last year.
Okay, things are looking up. Bosnia & Herzegovina: OMGWTFLAUNDRYBRIDES?! I wanna hug suit-guy.
Real-time updates (now with extra snark):
Finland: METAL!!! Furry shoulderpads! Hair! Stuff like this is why I even bother. ♥ ♥
Croatia: Ahhh, it just wouldn't be Eurovision without some accordion action! Cranky old man and bizarro dancer lady FTW. Holy shit, he is scratching on a gramophone. INSTANT WIN.
Poland: Oh, honey, no. Never wear that dress again. Celine Dion called from 1992. She wants her... self back.
The utter surrealism of the between-songs internet commercials is... surreal. I'd rather have the Doctor Who trailer, but weird fruit sculptures and umbrella dances are... not nearly as good, okay, but at least entertaining.
Overexcited hosts are overexcited.
LATVIA!!!!! PIRATES!!! THIS MUST WIN!!! JOLLY ROGERS GO!!! This is the new best thing ever. This is what would happen if Jack Sparrow opened a gay bar.
Sweden: Just give up. There will never be another ABBA.
Denmark: 'Tomorrow, today will be gone." Brilliant. Brilliant. Isn't this a Huey Lewis song? Though I don't hate it as much as I could, and that's solely due to the braces. Thank you, Captain Harkness.
Ukraine: Nope. Last year was better. Seizure-tastic dance moves, though. Thanks for playing.
France: Sunglasses and doo-woppy backup, very Johnny Hallyday. Or Meat Loaf. I almost like it.
Azerbaijan: I knew there was a reason it was a bad idea to watch this with earphones on. Is this supposed to be heaven vs. hell?
SPAIN. The ridiculous is now vying with Latvia for a spot in my heart. TOY KEYTAR.
Serbia and Russia bring the boring...
Norway: Quadruplets?
If Latvia doesn't win, I have no faith in humanity.
...Alas.
So far it's uninspiring. Pop ballad, thing that sounds like disco, pop ballad, pop ballad. Snore.
Of course, nothing I like ever wins. I really thought the Ukranian drag queens should have won last year.
Okay, things are looking up. Bosnia & Herzegovina: OMGWTFLAUNDRYBRIDES?! I wanna hug suit-guy.
Real-time updates (now with extra snark):
Finland: METAL!!! Furry shoulderpads! Hair! Stuff like this is why I even bother. ♥ ♥
Croatia: Ahhh, it just wouldn't be Eurovision without some accordion action! Cranky old man and bizarro dancer lady FTW. Holy shit, he is scratching on a gramophone. INSTANT WIN.
Poland: Oh, honey, no. Never wear that dress again. Celine Dion called from 1992. She wants her... self back.
The utter surrealism of the between-songs internet commercials is... surreal. I'd rather have the Doctor Who trailer, but weird fruit sculptures and umbrella dances are... not nearly as good, okay, but at least entertaining.
Overexcited hosts are overexcited.
LATVIA!!!!! PIRATES!!! THIS MUST WIN!!! JOLLY ROGERS GO!!! This is the new best thing ever. This is what would happen if Jack Sparrow opened a gay bar.
Sweden: Just give up. There will never be another ABBA.
Denmark: 'Tomorrow, today will be gone." Brilliant. Brilliant. Isn't this a Huey Lewis song? Though I don't hate it as much as I could, and that's solely due to the braces. Thank you, Captain Harkness.
Ukraine: Nope. Last year was better. Seizure-tastic dance moves, though. Thanks for playing.
France: Sunglasses and doo-woppy backup, very Johnny Hallyday. Or Meat Loaf. I almost like it.
Azerbaijan: I knew there was a reason it was a bad idea to watch this with earphones on. Is this supposed to be heaven vs. hell?
SPAIN. The ridiculous is now vying with Latvia for a spot in my heart. TOY KEYTAR.
Serbia and Russia bring the boring...
Norway: Quadruplets?
If Latvia doesn't win, I have no faith in humanity.
...Alas.
