Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Saturday was the Eurovision Song Contest Finals held in Belgrade, Serbia. The Eurovision Song Contest is like American Idol, but only one music group from each country is allowed to participate. Aparently it is a very big deal here in Europe and has been going on since 1956. Also, they have the choice of singing in their own language or English...sadly most were in English. Oh my gosh. I almost forgot the most important information: there were absolutely NO commercials! I wouldn't even be able to fathom what TV is like without commercials unless I had seen it for myself. No commercials was definitely the coolest part, but now for the funniest part. Here are some of the videos that I thought were just rediculous:

Just a note: the volume will probably need to be turned down for each video.

Spain: Rodolfo Chikilicuatre- "Baila el Chiki Chiki"

France: Sebastian Tellier- "Divine" This guy is very French except for the fact that he is singing mostly in English

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Laka- "Pokusaj"

Germnay: No Angels- "Disapear"

Half the people I was watching this with were Germans and the whole night we were making fun of Germany because they did such a bad performance and had no life at all. We all decided that Germany would definitely lose, they came in 3rd to last just in front of Poland and the UK.

And now for some that I liked:

Turkey: Mor ve Ötesi "Deli" The lead singer looks a bit like Spock from Star Trek

Israel: Boaz Mauda- "The Fire in Your Eyes" If you're like me you're probably thinking "Since when did Israel move to Europe?" Well it didn't, but for whatever reason it is in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Finland: Teräsbetoni- "Missä Miehet Ratsastaa"

Denmark: Simon Mathew- "All Night Long"

Latvia: Pirates of the Sea- "Wolves of the Sea" It's the opposite of "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" by RelientK

Norway: Maria- "Hold on be Strong" They got 5th place and received points from 34 of 43 countries voting, especially the other Nordic countries!

And the winner is...Russia! Dima Bilan- "Believe"

Though I think the only reason they won is because of Evgeni Plushenko, the famous Russian figure skater who gold in the 2006 Winter Olympics. So this is just one more title for him to add to his resumé.