Eurobollocks

The trashiest event of the year is over again. My prediction of "nil points" for the UK entry was not quite right as Ireland and Malta were actually Anglophile enough to vote for our rubbish. We came second equal last with France and Ireland were at the bottom of the heap. Their folk song was so bad and out of tune that even the British public, of whom there are many Irish expatriates, didn't give them anything.

The whole competition has become totally dominated by Eastern European countries as they are so small and have loads of neighbours to vote for. Each country gets the same number of votes despite it's population. Serbia won with a particularly boring ballad thanks largely to receiving votes from all of the numerous tiny countries in the Balkan peninsula. Russia had by far the best act with a sexy girl singing trio but could only manage third. The women singing for Bulgaria and Georgia had good voices but only managed mid table. The latter had her good song ruined by some ludicrous Cossack style dancers poncing about behind her.

It's all off to Belgrade next year for another bout of neighbourly block voting. We can only hope that the British public have seen sense and actually select a good song to represent us next year. Not some cheesy crap. The rest of the world (apart from Malta it seems) hate us as it is. Let's not give them the excuse to express it openly.