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May 12, 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 101 --a pop culture crash course for North Americans.

Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein at 06:20:34 PM in Culture

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It's a little misleading, since it's from the perspective of countries that give a shit about Eurovision, as opposed to those (esp. the UK) that regard it as a night of high camp. Estonia Dreams of Eurovision! is a very good introduction to the former, whereas listening to Terry Wogan's TV commentary on the BBC site (or Ken Bruce's radio commentary) explicates the latter.

Oh, and the voting has to be explained: the united Europe only goes so far. All the Scandinavians and Baltics and former Yugoslav countries vote for each other, as do Greece and Cyprus.

Posted by: nick s | May 13, 2006 at 01:55 AM

Is this "kid stuff?"

Posted by: mudkitty | May 13, 2006 at 10:16 AM

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