An officer one rank superior

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As you might guess from the title, I’m finally getting round to watching Line of Duty.

Saturday night was Eurovision night!  This bit is going to include videos, but none from the night itself as they’re all geoblocked in the States.

Our entry was James Newsome with Embers:

How did we do?  Well, we came last.  And despite the fact that it was theoretically impossible with the current scoring systems, we did so with absolutely no points whatsoever.  Which I think is harsh.  I didn’t think we’d win, but I thought we’d do better then that.

I mean, we got less points than this, for fucks sake:

Now onto my favourite songs.  The first one was Frances entry, Voilà by Barbara Pravi:

As one friend put it, it’s so French that the audience spontaneously started smoking unfiltered cigarettes.  I love this type of music though.

Next up, the Portuguese entry, Time is on My Side by The Black Mamba:

Not entirely sure why I like this one, I just do.

Next is Iceland.  Ahhh, Iceland, represented by Daði & Gagnamagnið (and, yes, I did copy/paste the band name).  Now, they were favourites to win last year with Think About Things:

Which is a song I really, really like.  But, the competition was cancelled.  They were chosen again this year, but had to enter a new song.  They went with 10 Years:

A rather sweet song written about the lead singer and songwriters wife (She’s the keytar player on the left).  Then they didn’t get to perform live in either the semi final and final as two of their team tested positive for Covid.  (To add insult to injury, the lead singers wife tested positive when they got home.)

Blind Channel from Finland up next with Dark Side:

In case you’re wondering why they didn’t actually put their middle fingers up, the EBU wouldn’t let them.  This is obviously Finland trying the same thing that saw them win with Lorde.  It shouldn’t surprise you that I like this one.

And finally, the winners.  Italy.  Måneskin with Zitti e buoni:

Yeah.  Again, no surprise that I’m a fan.  They also caused a bit of controversy as it appeared that the lead singer did a line of coke, on camera, while the results were read out.  He denied it and the band passed drugs tests when they got home.

Sunday, I went to see Judas and the Black Messiah.  Which is a very, very good film indeed.

Hopefully going round to see my best friend and her lad on Saturday.  Then I might book myself a table at the pub.

Will