Gamecubes and Song Contests
Last night was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. Most of you probably knew that. Many of you won’t care, some actively hate it. I found it rather enjoyable, although the voting was as bizarre as always.
Still, my worst fears were not realised: Moldova didn’t come close to winning, despite some worrying votes from various countries. They were by far the worst song, although Turkey put in the worst performance I think — the number of obvious mistakes in their set was shocking.
I’m not going to comment on the United Kingdom’s final score, because I have no idea why we garnered so few votes. Greece did, however, have a reasonable song — one of the best, possibly. Well done to them and hopefully they can afford to host the contest next year after their expenditure on the Olympics.
Yesterday I bought myself a Nintendo Gamecube. Nice little thing, purple with a groovy orange light on the top. Not sure orange exactly matches, but… got a Wavebird wireless controller which is very nice. Three games as well, which should keep me occupied for a while. They are:
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — cel-shaded Zelda excellence. Looking forward to The Twilight Princess which is due out late this year I think. I might even have finished Wind Waker by then.
Mario Power Tennis — very silly, very fun.
Super Monkey Ball — if Mario Power Tennis is silly, Super Monkey Ball is absolutely insane. Roll on!
You want to get Pikmin (or maybe Pikmin 2), and one or the other of Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi’s Mansion. Really.
Well, I do. Need a gamecube first though
Comment by James — Sunday, 22nd May 2005 @ 15:59
You don’t know why the UK got so few votes? Because the Eurovision Song Contest has very little to do with song, but lots to do with Euro. Surely you know this
Comment by Carl — Sunday, 22nd May 2005 @ 22:11
Over at our evening: JP had met an American on the bus while coming over to Dunkirk to watch Eurovision. Somehow they decided to test the theory that the skimpiness of the performers’ costumes might be directly proportional to their votes. We therefore started rating all entries on song quality, performance, dancing, sex appeal and comedic value.
So, scientifically, we judged Latvia the worst entry, and despaired when they never left the top five. We also pitied anyone who voted for Norway.
The basic theory was proved wrong when (AYK) the four British dancers wearing little more than bikinis and managing to use a lot of pelvic movements and bottom wriggles scored only eighteen points, though we did raise our glasses and cheer for each point we scored.
Comment by relic — Sunday, 22nd May 2005 @ 23:19