Need...sleep... · 3:46am May 27th, 2012
Whew. It's half past five in the morning, and I'm writing a blog entry. I really should be asleep right now.
That was a fascinating Eurovision, to be sure. A few points worth noting: Sweden won deservedly, if by far too big a margin; Russia managed to defy the (probably) hostile juries and finish second; the UK got rated WAY too badly (as one could probably tell by the title of my fic, I love that song to pieces, and I'm massively disappointed that Europe decided to give it the cold shoulder); and I'm surprised that Germany managed eighth place. Also, Spain finally managed a top 10 finish again, for the first time since 2004 (still trailing behind Germany, though. Ha! ;) ).
Oh, and for the record: I'm rather proud that Anke Engelke, giving out Germany's voting results, managed to slip in a few choice words about the rather questionable situation in Azerbaijan concerning democracy and freedom of speech (I'm not going to go into detail on that topic; there's a lot of stuff out there about it already), and that she managed to do so without coming across as condescending or a party pooper. The EBU accept broadcasters from countries with questionable human rights situations (Belarus is another example), so these countries are allowed to take part in the ESC, and are allowed to host it if they win. Fair enough, but leaving something like that completely unmentioned just felt wrong, and I'm glad Ms. Engelke tried to rectify the situation in some small way.
Fortunately, next year's host country won't offer problems like that. Off to Sweden. Oh, and don't think just because 2012 ESC season is over that you can escape it now, at least not unless you stop reading my fics. "L'amore รจ femmina" will continue using song titles as chapter titles. First plan: the prologue will be "Suus" (Albania), chapter 1 is "Nije ljubav stvar" (Serbia), and chapter 2 is "Vida minha" (Portugal). Subject to change, obviously.
