Indeed. Once again Eurovision threw up many surprises. Judging by some of the songs it was positively bulimic, spewing bile everywhere (yes Moldova, I am talking about your "effort"). The winners, however, were the entrants who had garnered immense publicity before the contest. Unfortunately it wasn't because they offended European countries or insulted other artists or had bodyguards removing journalists from press conferences for looking at them. It was in fact because when in costume they resembled Freddy Kreuger on a night out. While Silvia Night was bringing rebellion and spirit to the contest Lordi were being polite and pleasant and not very rock'n'roll at all. The Greek press, realising their precious (as in Gollum-esque) Anna Vissi wouldn't be saved by a Gaultier pirate costume, started spreading rumours that Lordi were Satanists and lobbied the Finnish contingent to have Lordi replaced as national representatives. Perhaps it was this that pushed them into the winning league. Without such publicity last year's Norwegian entrant, the rock group WigWam scored well but didn't reach pole position. But congratulations Finland, winners at last.
Elsewhere in the contest the favourites crashed and burned- Germany came 15th, Malta scored only 1 point (achieving their lowest position ever- worse than when the relatives represented them in the 70s) and Carola crashed at 5th place despite the high probablity of the second coming coinciding with her hitting the high notes at the end. It seems Jesus doesn't love Carola as much as she loves him.
Lordi release the a-rock-alypse with their "Hard Rock Hallelujah!"
Silvia Night in all her glory. The most memorable performance this year.
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