Eurovision 2008

Oh my sweet holy pickles, batman...

A year ago (or a little over that actually) I moved from the USA to the United Kingdom. I arrived on a Friday, wandered around like a lost foreigner for a day. And the next evening on Saturday night I caught the last hour or so of the Eurovision Song Contest. Considering the bizarre nature of the contest, it would have to be one of the most comical things to run into on television less then 48 hours into my immigration experience.

For those who are unaware, the Eurovision Song Contest is a massive cross-continental music competition that takes place annually in Europe. This year is the 53rd instance of the contest, having began in 1956 with 7 contestants: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland. Since then it has grown to dozens of countries including 2 semi-final shows and a finals.

Well, this year my wife and I are going to watch perhaps some of the semi-finals and most of the finals. And I am going to have to throw my support behind Ireland and their singing turkey... :)