Grannies, gays and Jedward! Eurovision Deepthroat is in Baku and
reports back:
* The people of Baku are fabulous - so
far it's the friendliest Eurovision with
the most helpful people (apart from the
group of pre-teens seen kicking a giant
rat to death in a back street).
* We're also told that there are loads
of anti-Eurovision street protests in
Iran because "of all the gays on their
doorstep". A number of major Eurovision
websites have been hacked by fundamentalist
groups protesting it brings "gays who
look like animals" to Baku.
* The Russian grannies are delightfully
chaotic in rehearsal. They've found Baku
too busy so decamped to a village about
an hour out of town.
* Jedward arrived dressed as popcorn boxes
and have a water feature on stage
* Sweden's Loreen is almost evens on the
betting exchanges. Unheard of short
odds for a 42-strong contest.
* Our favourite entry is probably Slovakia.
Come on, where else would you get a cute
Sammy Hagar soundalike channelling Chris
Cornell? Vote it into the final, people!
(Also vote for Austria's Trackshittaz.
You surely don't need a reason.)
* The big rumour today is that Georgia
are bringing in a whole train load of red
wine for their party tonight.
And look out for:
Semi-Final 1:
http://bit.ly/JRJOIDIsrael - odd, indie, catchy
Moldova - bizarre staging
Greece - sympathy vote and great name
Montenegro - properly odd superstar performer
Semi-Final 2:
http://bit.ly/Lf3t9o Ukraine - Theo Walcott's family might be
boycotting the Euros but Ukraine has sent
an African-Ukrainian star to Baku
Holland - dressed as a native American
Source: Popbitch
