Once again, it’s Eurovision time – televised, on this occasion, from Azerbaijan (thank you, SBS). Some high votes were more or less as I expected – Spain for Romania (10), Greece and Cyprus for each other (12), votes within the Balkan bloc, and votes for Turkey and Russia. The big votes, however, were for Sweden’s Euphoria (I preferred Serbia, which came in third, but Sweden were the favourites going into the final).
Many of the songs this year seemed to be about tragic breakups, and when Germany’s Roman Lob sang “guess we knew this was coming on ... I’m standing still as you leave me now,” I took that as a metaphor for the inevitable departure of Greece from the Eurozone.
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