And finally, 12 points go to…Sweden! No, wait, Denmark! No, wait…
I could, quite literally, go on forever about Eurovision 2008. Instead I’ve restrained myself to but a few musings on the event, and first up: Germany.
Oh dear.
To quote Sir Terry Wogan, “They’ll be dancing on the tabletops if they win”.
To quote myself “yeah…and I’m betting they’ll be dancing on tabletops if they don’t”. (Zing).
What worries me most, is that, unlike the Latvian pirates or the French bearded bearded ladies (who I thought were fantastic just quietly), the German entry was meant to be good.
Meant to be good?!? THEY WEREN’T EVEN IN TUNE. I thought they were dead certain for a nul points finish, but anyway…
The real crime of the evening, in my opinion, was the UK having to share last place with Germany and Poland (who supplied a pretty standard schlager track).
I really liked the UK song, in an insanely catchy, “ooh bright colours!” kind of way, and it was by far their best entry in a while.
Poor Andy Abraham was definitely undeserving of a last place finish, and it does make you wonder just how prophetic Terry Wogan’s “there’s no place anymore for Western Europe in Eurovision” comments are.
Oh, don’t despair folks, it’s not all gloom and doom. Last, and completely incapable of ever being least, the real winner of Eurovision 2008 – Björn Gustafsson.
Oj, Björn! Jag är helt föräslkad i dig nu. 12 poäng till Björn!!
The Swedish sense of humour must be very weird if Björn Gustafsson, on the strength of that performance, is considered amusing (listen to the sniggering from the Swedish commentary box). Was it wise to use him when the impression he gives to the millions watching around the world is that Swedish TV is happy to be represented by a drunken village idiot?
Good point Kevin. In fact, Harry Amster (TV & Popular Culture blogger for the Svenska Dagbladet), in lamenting the night’s proceedings, remarks “And Björn Gustafsson…not funny”.
Personally I think his comment (and much of the article, found here for alla ni som talar svenska) reeks of sore winner-ism, especially since it’s not like they weren’t aware he might do something at least a bit silly. He DID host the Melodifestivalen (Swedish Eurovision qualifiers) and he IS a comedian after all. What exactly were they expecting?
I much prefer Johanna Hagström’s suggestion to “learn from Björn Gustafsson. A little uncut Swenglish humor could be the thing next year. In any case it couldn’t go worse than it did this time.” Hear hear.