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 Some European countries are too embarassed to send contestants, while in others bands are too embarassed to take part (despite hundreds of amazing bands, no British Band has ever agreed to perform at the crappy show). Others boycot the show all together. This year was no different. The suck fest started few days ago, and it finally concluded when Germany's Lena Meyer-Landrut won the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest
with "Satellite," an upbeat, catchy bla bla (she won because of her looks), edging out singing 'power houses' Turkey and
Romania. Meyer-Landrut, who turned 19 during the competition in Norway,
won 246 points in the voting by a panel of judges and telephone votes
from fans in the 39 participating countries.
It was Germany's second win in the songfest's 55-year history, and
the victory means it will host next year's contest.
Ms. Meyer-Landrut had been second favorite among leading bookmakers,
but first in a Google predictor program. Her victory marks the second
year in a row that the Google program has correctly projected the winner
of Eurovision, after predicting Norwegian fiddler Alexander Rybak's win
in Moscow last year.
Onstage after winning, Ms. Meyer-Landrut demanded a kiss on the cheek
from Mr. Rybak.
"I'm so happy and so thankful and so grateful, and I never thought we
could do this," she said, covering her face with a German flag and,
looking bewildered, asked: "Do I have to sing now?" Oh relax Meyer you won a meaningless competition.
Alone on stage, with her backup singers in shadow, and dressed in a
black cocktail dress, black stockings and dark pumps, Ms. Meyer-Landrut
sang "Satellite" again to much of our dismay.
Germany beat the Turkish entry by 76 points. Romania came in third.
Oil-rich Norway spent $31 million to host the elaborate songfest,
which led off with a performance by Mr. Rybak, who won the contest in
Moscow in 2009. And what a tune that was, if I could only remember.
This year, several countries have pulled out of the extravaganza
citing financial strains, including the Czech Republic, Montenegro,
Andorra and Hungary. Smartest decision they ever made.
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