Eurovision

[louiselux]

The Swiss entry for the Eurovision semifinals is called 'Vampires are alive' by a band called DJ BoBo. It must be the cheesiest thing I have ever seen. Sorry Switzerland, but what were you thinking? Apparently it is a favourite to win! Amazing. My favourites so far have been Bulgaria (drumming, chain mail, lavish use of quarter tones) and Serbia (KD Lang-alike surrounded by leggy models). Oh, and Georgia was impressive too. There is a lot of leather clothing being worn generally.

Also, randomly, I had to buy some emergency tights from Boots today, because I got a ladder. On the packet it said they were imbued with the property of 'light shaping'.

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[louiselux.livejournal.com]

A lot of them were boring, it's true. Just dull songs, which is why DJ BoBo stood out, at least.

Noo, you should not worry! I thought the two Finnish presenters were adorable, and our presenter on the BBC was saying 'ooh, look, they've got chemistry'. The crowd in the hall was massive too. I kind of loved their enthusiasm.

it's that english literalness again. it looks like a ladder, call it a ladder!

[aonekosama.livejournal.com]

I wondered why I enjoyed watching the show this time so much, but then I realized there was a lack of stupid (voice only) presenters! A couple of years back there was a scandal when the Finnish presenters talked rudely of some of the performers... ^^' But 'adorable' and 'chemistry'? Hmmm, interesting. :D

A ladder in tights is called 'silmäpako' in Finnish, which approximately translates to 'a running stitch', but a very literal translation would be 'eye escape'. :D Thus it didn't occur to me to think of it as a ladder.