Armenia Places 8th at Eurovision, Finland's Lordi Rules
According to the Eurovision website standings and some of the news wires, Armenia's Andre placed 8th at the 51 Annual Eurovision Contest. If I am not mistaken, there were a total of 24 participants at the finals. Considering this was Armenia's debut in the competition, hats off to Andre and his team. Of course, yours truly is not a huge fan of bubble-gum pop, but, I think it was a good first step that Armenia competed and showed strong. With over 100 million viewers watching, Armenia's entry is great marketing for the country. As I wrote in an earlier review, I thought Andre's music was just fine, and the lyrics very lame. The video was extremly good.
The absolutely hilarious shocker at the Eurovision Awards was the metal/goth rockers Lordi from Finland won the competition in an apparent protest vote throughout Europe. Perennial last place cellar dwellers, Finland, sent Lordi to Athens, Greece as Finnish Parlaiment members were aghast at how their public could allow Lordi to be their official entrant. In past years, the Finns didn't even take the contest seriously and sent the worst bands they could find. However, this year, Lordi won with the highest number of points ever recorded for a single country/act at Eurovision. That made Russia pissed and they claimed the show was rigged.
If you Google Lordi or Eurovision, you'll get the full story.
The absolutely hilarious shocker at the Eurovision Awards was the metal/goth rockers Lordi from Finland won the competition in an apparent protest vote throughout Europe. Perennial last place cellar dwellers, Finland, sent Lordi to Athens, Greece as Finnish Parlaiment members were aghast at how their public could allow Lordi to be their official entrant. In past years, the Finns didn't even take the contest seriously and sent the worst bands they could find. However, this year, Lordi won with the highest number of points ever recorded for a single country/act at Eurovision. That made Russia pissed and they claimed the show was rigged.
If you Google Lordi or Eurovision, you'll get the full story.
posted by Raffi at 4:49 PM
3 Comments:
now that Turkey gave very high 10 points to Armenia,will Armenia return the favor for Turkey next year in Eurovision ?
Reps from the Armenian Church here are saying Lordi's presentation and victory showed us what direction European values are heading too. They also mentioned how Lordi is a so-called "satanic" group. (Basically just talking lots of BS in my opinion.)
Meanwhile, in a press conference after the show, Lordi said the following ...
"For the millionth time, we're not Satanists or devil worshippers, this is entertainment. The masks are like our calling card and we'll never perform without them. It would be like Santa Claus handing a child his gifts and Christmas time and then pulling off his beard and saying, 'By the way, I'm your father...'"
Lordi winning was definately a protest vote of sort against the generic "bubble gum" pop that is disposable after each song has their brief run. Although I am not a fan of Lordi at all, I love the fact that they were bold and went completely against the grain of what the competition usually promotes in terms of music. It also refects the will of the voters who obviously want and like the presentation of Lordi's music.
Regarding the Armenian Church, I suggest they focus on more important issues like caring for the sick and poor and less on Finnish rockers.
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