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kleinbl00  ·  3827 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Anyone else watching Eurovision this year?

    2013: Cezar Ouatu represented Romania with "It's My Life". He was appropriately nicknamed the Sparkling Gay Dubstep Vampire for his presence at Eurovision (it is very popular with the LGBT community), his sparkliness, his dark clothes, and the dubstep part of the song.

ZOMG. This is like a Trey Parker & Matt Stone parody of Gay American Idol. This is the most amazing thing I have seen today.

And then I clicked your link and found Poland.

HOLY SHIT POLISH MUSICAL RAP THEATRE

This is a weird al song, not a national contest thing. It has to be.

    2012: Buranovskiye Babushki represented Russia with "Party for Everybody". Buranovskiye Babushki are a bunch of grandmothers from Udmurtia. They sang in Udmurt, which is a language related to Hungarian and Finnish .

The overproduction is a thing of beauty. I love how I have no idea what the hell they're saying but I can tell beyond a reasonable doubt that it really doesn't matter.

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Brief aside: I've worked X-Factor. I've worked The Voice. I paid for college mixing bands in clubs. And this shit is fucking spectacular. I mean...

...no, hang on.

2006, bitches. For real. 2006. Y'all cheered on GWAR suits singing Turbo-era Judas Priest in a Nirvana video. In 2006.

I understand Mentos ads now. I get it.

Badging this shit. I want, like, an official Hubski Eurovision Watching Party. This is... amazing.

I mean, Maltese synth-folk.

Malta gets an entry. There are more people in my zip code than there are in Malta.





teamramonycajal  ·  3826 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So the thing about the Polish song is that it's a parody of national stereotypes, particularly about Polish women. It's one of my favorites.

    And in the video there is no subtext / If you don’t believe, visit the countryside
kleinbl00  ·  3826 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Any country that can issue an intentional self-parody for a contest comprised largely of unintentional self-parody is okay in my book.

user-inactivated  ·  3827 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    ZOMG. This is like a Trey Parker & Matt Stone parody of Gay American Idol. This is the most amazing thing I have seen today.

OH MY GOD

Time to make Love at First Bite: The (Gay) Musical

veen  ·  3827 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I want, like, an official Hubski Eurovision Watching Party. This is... amazing.

IRC? Only problem is that it's 8PM GMT+1, so it'll be tuesday morning where you're at.

kleinbl00  ·  3826 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's actually even better. It'll be like 11am.