Europundit

The Eurovision is certainly pan-European

The Eurovision is certainly pan-European news. I won't try to explain it to non-euro readers but Kieran Healy makes a valiant attempt. It really has to be seen to be believed though.

I normally don't, I'd planned to watch this year though, because of TATU (though I share Kieran's disapproval to some extent) but have missed everything up to the last songs. Man, how I regret that now. From the recap, it's even better than usual; Austria's entry seems gloriously surreal even by Eurovision standards. But the best part is the hosts. They're banter is just... otherwordly.

Update: TATU lost. Turkey won. Belgium's entry was apparently in a mock language.