It's time for my annual Eurovision update

Because I just have to, don't I? Why msut I endure this pain when there are people who may be spared?

Actually one main point this year was that the silly was surprisingly in absence, most very unfair. And then a few managed to pull us back and make it as ridiculous as it always was,

And speaking of ridiculous, the political has gotten beyond a joke now, really it has. Even Wogan seemed pissed about it. With the Balkans voting as one bloc and the Scandinavians voting as one bloc and all the new quasi-european entrans (Azerbaijian, Georgia) all voting firmly for each other (and Russia) it becomes even more of a farce than it ever was.

And speaking of farce - the show was just AWFUL. The serbian presenters made me want to reach for the haddock, the between stage entertainment was not only dire but cringeworthy. I actually came close to turning it off before the voting because I couldn't stand another minute of it. It was bad. It was tacky, it was cheesy, it was just dire. The only highlight was the winner of the last contest belting out her song with her incredible voice.

Still, time for the meat of the issue. The songs:
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And proof that the Latvians deserved to win

Today? I canot sing any opf the songs or even remember most of them (certainly can't pin them down to any country) and the ones I can remember I am remembering in vague ways like "the idiots with the washing line and the three brides knitting"

But the one I can sing? Latvia's entry.

So should have won