The Eurovision song contest, that great (?) European TV event, happened Saturday night, and Guardian blogger Heidi Stephens, following the great tradition in the UK of not taking it seriously at all, laid into the Norwegian winner much as she had most of the other contestants:
"It's NORWAY, and a young cheeky little chap called Alexander Rybak. This is the favourite, apparently ... umm, sorry? "He's like a little Dickensian schoolboy with a violin and bonkers eyebrows, and it's all very theatrical, with backing dancers in braces doing gymnastics. It's like a stage school performance of Fiddler On the Roof. Could someone please poke him in the eye with his violin bow, please? Fairytale my ass. "This cannot possibly win. I will not allow it." ----------------- Unfortunately for Stephens, much of the rest of Europe does take Eurovision seriously, and so her live blog post at the Guardian's Organ Grinder soon had over 1,300 comments, many of them from angry Norwegians (egged on by right-wing newspapers tsk-tsk-ing at the famously lefty Guardian) supporting their hero (includes links to live blog post): http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/may/18/norway-eurovision-song-contest-heidi-stephens And to think that the biggest controversy might've been some grannies calling up the BBC to complain about that poof Graham Norton replacing Terry Wogan as host of the Beeb's Eurovision coverage. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
