Duck – It’s Eurovision!

It’s that time of the year again – the Eurovision Song Contest. I’ve just watched the British entries for this year’s contest. Two things struck me.

 

First – I hope that Teenage Life wins. This song is so wrong on so many levels that it deserves to win. From the gyrating overage schoolgirls to the substandard rap – I have to say that this is a marriage ripe for Eurovision heaven. My jaw dropped open and stayed there. It is a brilliant piece of Japanese-influenced Eurotrash. It deserves to win the British entries.

 

Second – as a finale to the BBC programme, they had Helena Paparizou (last year’s Eurovision winner from Greece) reprising her song. And, frankly, she and her song knocked all this year’s British entries for six. A brilliant barn-storming song – reminiscent of Dana International’s Diva. Will the faux schoolgirls retrieve Britain’s pride? watch this space…

 

Update: Yup, it’s Teenage Life. Gawd help the rest of Europe…