Interesting Eurovision competitors....
Lordi
It's like Finland's version of Gwar! This gets a big WTF.
Eurovision: Mixing music with politics
Annual song contest is 'like the Olympics, but in music'
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- There was good news at the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday for a Bosnian songbird, a Turkish diva, an Irish crooner -- and a lurid heavy-metal band that declared: "It's the Arockalypse."
Ten competitors advanced to Saturday's final of the venerable international pop competition, including Turkey's Sibel Tuzun, Irish singer Brian Kennedy and Bosnian band Hari Mata Hari, led by "Nightingale of Sarajevo" Hajrudin Varesanovic.
In total, 24 contestants will vie for top honors in Saturday's final.
A surprise finalist in Thursday's contest decided by viewers' phone and text votes was outlandish Finnish rock band Lordi, whose "Hard Rock Hallelujah" brought a dash of the demonic to the good-natured contest.
The group's selection as Finland's official entry sparked debate in their homeland, with some questioning whether the mock-Satanic rockers were the best possible ambassadors for the country.
Finland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ireland, Sweden, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkey, Armenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia garnered the most votes and advanced from the semifinal. Thirteen other countries were eliminated.
The 10 join Greece, Switzerland, Moldova, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Spain, Malta, Germany, Denmark, Romania, Britain, France and Croatia in Saturday's final showdown.
Viewers tuning in to Thursday's semifinal were treated to an over-the-top extravaganza from the opening number -- a medley of past Eurovision hits performed by figures from Greek mythology.
For half a century Europeans have embraced the glitzy, kitschy Eurovision contest, a place where nations battle for pop supremacy and musical tastes collide. And there was good news also for Americans -- the event is soon to be replicated on U.S. television.
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Contest will be webcast today at 3pm.
http://www.octoshape.com/ESC-TV/esctv_selector.html
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Those stage antics are crazy. Laci Peterson and Michael Jackson were represented on stage. Just bad.... :P
