Monsters win EUROVISION

[Steven_Draker]

Tonight was the final of the 51st Eurovision Song Contest - the annual kitsch extravaganza that sees pop acts from 24 countries face off before tens of millions of television viewers.

 

Lordi, a Finnish metal band with monster masks and apocalyptic lyrics, just won the contest tonight Ñ a stunning upset in the competition better known for bland dance music and bubble-gum pop. Maybe we'll see a return to the heavy-metal style ...

 

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http://www.eurovision.tv/english/img/03_finland_left_2006.jpg http://www.eurovision.tv/english/img/06_finland_2006_right.jpg

 

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http://www.eurovision.tv

 

 

Steven Draker ~

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[LeeOz]

Just saw it tonight on Aussie TV. Are they singing live? The sounds seems too perfect which makes me think that all the performers were lip-synching.

 

The highlight for me would be the 4 back-up dancers from Turkey. Yummmmm

[Guest ReturnOfS]

Weren't these two also Eurovision contestants?

 

Dima Bulan

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Fabrizio Faniella

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[Curitibano]

It seems as though there is a bit of controversy surrounding the vote....

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/21/russia.eurovision.ap/index.html

 

I must say that I would have voted for the Russian:

 

http://aizenshpis.com/images/dima2.jpg

 

http://crazyfuns.504.com1.ru:8059/WWW/celebrity/russian-celebrity/48/46.jpg

[Damascene]

I only saw a small portion and the vote results, but the British commentator was complaining how countries kept for their neighbors or countries with historic ties(Scandinavian for other Scandinavians; Cyprus for Greece), but I thought shared history and culture explained it more than political favoring. I was surprised (boorish American that I am) that each country had equal votes. Monaco has as many votes Great Britain, but there is a great difference in populations.

 

I did see Dima and liked his performance but did not see Lordi and so can't completely judge.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I didn't know that Gwar was back playing music.