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Date: 21 May 2008 12:34:25
This Saturday sees the final of the worst competition of the year. Yes... it's Eurovision weekend. As per normal, I will not be watching.
My only interest in the competition was this year's Irish entry - Dustin the Turkey. Unfortunately he was eliminated in last night's first semi final. Semi final??? Yes, so many countries wish to enter that they now have to hold 2 semi finals before the final.
Unfortunately Britain have a right of entry to the main competition by right because of the amount of money we contribute to the European Broadcasting Union. Personally I'd be happy if we never entered again. It's not like it's really representative of current "pop" music or traditional music.
Dustin was the best reason ever created to mock the competition. Usually you get ABBA clones or some East European "rock" act winning. Think of our past entries - Brotherhood of Man, Cliff Richard, Bucks Fizz, Scoot and that Australian bird - not really pushing the boundaries of modern music are they.
I know that some people like to hold Eurovision parties, only watch "ironically" - like that's an excuse - or are only interested in the "unbiased" judging. Personally I think that it's a pan European waste of money - like the EU.
If this is Europe's way of encouraging peaceful coexistence then I'll be the first to rev up the Panzers and start heading East.
History Today :
685 : Northumbrians are defeated at the Battle of Nachtansmere by the Picts and English settlement is halted at the firth of Forth. A thousand years later the Englsih get revenge by clearing large swathes of the Highlands of Scottish residents.
1420 : Charles VI cedes France to Henry V of England following Henry's victory at Agincourt. If it wasn't for his Welsh archers he'd have got nowhere. This leads to an early influx of British families buying second homes in the Dordogne.
1927 : James Stewart becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St Louis. He goes lead the Glenn Miller Band - before he crashes mysteriously during WW2; some say it was those pesky UFO's what did it.