Music May 20, 2015 at 4:00 am

Screw Sasquatch! I'm Watching the Eurovision Song Contest This Weekend

In Praise of the World's Tackiest Pop Pageant

Paul Pearson
Nina Sublatti takes flight to the weird zone of autocratic sovereignty. andres putting
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PKN!
rtm on May 22, 2015 at 2:46 PM Report this
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There's an official web feed at www.eurovision.tv/page/webtv - though you won't get the Graham Norton commentary that way.

For any readers in San Francisco, Midnight Sun in Castro will be showing it live starting noon tomorrow.
BrendanMcK on May 22, 2015 at 3:42 PM Report this
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The Eurovision is and always has been a cringe worthy campy testament to two-minute visual spectacles. The fact that any acts went on to have worldwide success is just a coincidence. The fact that the Stranger is trying to turn it into some counter-culture event that Seattelites should care about speaks more to the author trolling for alternative and unknown arts than the reality of the event--which is a standing yearly joke to the majority of Europeans. Get over your hipster self.
WantToKnow on May 22, 2015 at 4:13 PM Report this
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Aww, no mention of 1979's masterful performance by Germany's Dschinghis Khan???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAEUrp2V…

Warning: it WILL be in your head for days.
Foghorn Leghorn on May 22, 2015 at 4:18 PM Report this
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Pretty sure three minutes is still the rule.
rmisaac on May 28, 2015 at 1:47 PM Report this

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