Yo - Finland

Your vote can make a difference. I personally feel there is a very real case for making voting compulsory. Not perhaps in such trivialities as general elections, but certainly for the cultural desert that is Eurovision.
Yup, on Saturday night, suitably beered, I settled down to watch the Eurovision song contest. Unfortunately, with so many countries now entering there are heats and we lose some of the dross. But by no means all. It was also in Greece, and Sir Terrence is not at his most bitter and vitriolic when he’s not cold. He also seemed less inebriated than usual, which disappoints. Still, he did refer to some of the score presenters as ejiits and demand their removal from our screens.
But the real joy of the evening was the entry from Finland. Lead by a badly resurrected undead Roy Wood and supported by a selection of lord of the rings orc extras, they banged out a sort of Van Halen for the musically challenged. Fantastic. I voted for them. Several times. The joy of automatic redial. And Finland won. Stormed home by a long way.
Better yet, this means that next years contest will be flooded by bad European power metal in fancy dress. And Joy, It will be held in the freezing wastes of Finland. So Wogan should be at his most evil and drunken. I can hardly wait.




Finlands Lordi & Irelands Lord T. (Terry's on the right).