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May 10, 2007
Top ten funniest Eurovision moments
The UK has produced some memorable Eurovision moments over the years. But what about the rest of Europe?
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As an ex-pat who has lived in Sweden for over 30 yrs, it might come as a surprise to the UK to know that the Eurovision contest is the year's biggest audience puller in Sweden with almost half the population viewing! In fact they have 4 regional contests plus final all televised where the National final draws a larger audience than the actual Eurovision contest. No, I dont understand it either!
It's also interesting that the BBC are the largest contributor moneywise to this awful event, which is why the UK always will qualify despite getting nul points.
Harris Levy, Malmö, Sweden
""Surely the BBC can find better things to spend money on?" "
Well, I wouldn't know as for some unknown reason, and despite the fact that I PAY for this channel, BBC Prime decided not to show the Eurovision Song Contest this year, so those of us in the Middle East were denied our annual blast of Euroshmatlz and pizzazz.
Boo Hiss to BBC Prime
Paul Hudson, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
@ mark in London
"Surely the BBC can find better things to spend money on?"
Thats the whole point its more cheap schedule filler from the BBC.
And don't forget the charter " nation shall speak unto nation" or sing in this case.
One wonders what has happened to that other charter commitment..to entertain.
Mark, Bristol, U.K
Who really cares?; it's pointless now; narrow nationalism means that countries vote for [or against!] neighbours, and align themselves in ethnic, linguistic or cultural blocs; 'periphery' countries, without many neighbours find it difficult to win unless they go for the kitsch or weird. And any half-way 'sensible' song hasn't a cat in hell's chance. And why should this surprise us? What appeals in London probably won't appeal in Moscow, and vice versa. Just as the EU is enlarged to the point of losing focus, dynamism and purpose, so it's unreasonable to think that any one song type should hold as much appeal in, say, Tel Aviv as it does in Warsaw, Athens, Riga or Paris. Yes, it's a spectacle, but it's become so cheesy and camp that it can only appeal as a kind of freak-show... Surely the BBC can find better things to spend money on?
mark, London, UK
Bloc voting aside, Scooch stand a good change as they carry off what Sestre were trying to do with more pzazz and polish.
Marios Patrinos, Reading, Berks
diva is the last song that was an actual song. since than- nothing else!
bela, lagusi,