Okay, so I sat through another Eurovision in the hope that we might get some points this year. Even though, I liked Michelle Gayle better than Andy Abrahams, I have to say for the record that he pulled off a blinding performance last night and should have been in the top 3 at least.
Europe should keep this new version of the Eurovision and we should walk away and just let them get on with it. We didn’t even get votes from Poland again and the weird Spanish entry (wtf?), which received boos on the night got more points than us. Even Wogan shut up towards the end.
I kind of knew that Charlotte thingy (aka Charlotte Take Me to Your Heaven Nielsson) from a few years ago looked pissed as the votes didn’t go her way either and, as it was almost inevitable that we’d come last, I had my hopes on this French, pure Eurovision class song – just for the bee-wopping background singers.
Oh, well, in true “call-in” style, another competition was won by the underdog. Michelle Gayle played us a pure Eurovision pop song but didn’t win as the X-factor loser got more public votes. It’s interesting to note that at the time the public needed to vote, the BBC HD channel wasn’t broadcasting properly and screwed up the displayed telephone number and the performance by Michelle.
At least no-one will be surprised when we lose the Eurovision again.
Here is Michelle Gayle’s entry – that should have won! And, you can download the pre released freebie version of the track here.
After the last few days of rain, the garden seems a lot healthier. All the plants are big and leafy and it has washed away that dusty layer that April laid. The Triffid now looks as though it’ll soon be walking on its own, but the chillies seemed to have gone into suspended animation somehow – guess we’ll have to wait for some hotter weather for them. We’ve also bought some rock speakers so we can listen to music outside and since they’ve been installed, the rain hasn’t stopped.
I saw my friend Gem during the week. Gem’s looking to buy a house nearby and was quite excited. We had a really lovely night out just chatting and catching up and after looking at my art pages online, has said that she really wants one of my paintings. Cool!
Meanwhile… to ease the Dr Who drought, Sandra sent me a Tardis on Saturday. It’s a little model that makes the dematerialising sound and flashes its blue light whenever your mobile gets a call or text. I love it! It made up for the Eurovision Song Contest and the farce that it was this year. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t really like Scooch, but I do feel sorry for them a little… maybe the whole thing should be renamed the East European Song contest judging by the way the voting went. Even Poland didn’t give us douze points.
I popped over to see mum on Sunday and undid a few jars of pickles for her as she was going mad by not having any grip in her hand to do it herself. It looks like the healing process is taking a little longer than we’d all hoped and I can see that she’s going a little stir crazy. Still, to occupy herself, she went on a mission to find an old photograph of Norwich for us to add to our collection. It’s a picture of Bonds department store, before it became a massive grey concrete building and it’s fab.
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