Bearded “ladies”, politics, thrash metal… What ties all these things together?
Eurovision of course!
If, like me, you’ve stocked up on the beers and are testing out the subtitles on your telly every five minutes (just in case) you have officially caught Eurovision Fever.
As much as we all delude ourselves this a song competition (a multilingual X Factor, if you will) it isn’t. Much of the voting is based upon who your BFFs are - which country you’re neighboured with, have donated a few quid to, or smiled nicely at in Brussels.
The good folks at My Voucher Codes have put together this bad boy to help us understand just how we’ve fared so far in the “friends’s game”.
That’s right, Luxembourg is our biggest fan, closely followed by Monaco and Austria. You’d have thought we’d done something to annoy our neighbours?! What’s on TV
I’ve always thought of Britain as a fairly isolated nation. We certainly lost a few pals due to imperialism over the last few hundred years! Yet we have to consider we’re among the fastest growing economies in the eurozone at this desperate time. Will a few votes keep us sweet and mean we’ll vote favourably in the upcoming referendum? Is it finally our turn to shine among the menagerie of oddball songsters on Saturday? Will we finally render Graham Norton speechless?
Our hopes for Eurovision 2015 are resting on this…
Do I like it? I love it! It’s tacky, it’s instrumental, it’s upbeat… it’s everything Eurovision asks of us. A bit of careful burlesque styling will help us stand out, and the two are suitably ripe for a little good-humoured Norton ribbing.
Yep, despite the naff prognosis, I’ll be sat there, likely on my own, with my pound shop flag, can of cider and a healthy dose of deluded optimism.
Hold tight guys - this could be our year!
