You know how I gave you guys the fab lesbienne who just won the Eurovision contest for Serbia?
Well I found the Swiss entry.
DJ Bobo's "Vampires Are Alive."
God this is awful.
To think that Switzerland once had Celine Dion win Eurovision for them and has now turned to this.
Check it out. It's so bad that it's almost good. I mean it's so unintentionally camp it's ridiculous. I've spared you the live version and given you the music video loooooooool.
OH MY GOD I just found this "sim" version that someone did. I'm physically laughing out loud alone in my apartment because the simulated computer characters are so ridiculous.
VC
PS: I still love Switzerland. I just think they need ME to come and win Eurovision for them!
PPS: Most Europeans actually thought the Swiss entry was one of the strongest in the entire field and found it a shock that it only placed 20th in the semifinals and didn't qualify for the final round. There was a huge scandal made in the European press about bloc voting, now that so many Eastern European countries compete, and Monaco even withdrew its entry in protest of what it considered insurmountably-biased voting conditions. In the end, not a single Western European country qualified for the finals (the "big four" of Germany, France, Spain, and the UK go to the finals automatically because they basically pay for the event). Anyway, you can see here some analysis on the event, including discussion of the shock that the Swiss entry (of all the Western European entries) was the biggest surprise in not qualifying for the finals. In addition, check here for some of the crazy maps and stuff analyzing the voting. People take their ESC (Eurovision Song Contest) very seriously!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Most Horrible Thing Ever