"I'm sure a lot of people will be disappointed on my behalf but I have really enjoyed my Eurovision experience."
"I did the best that I could do with a great song. I don't feel down and I'm ready to party!" - Bonnie Tyler
It's becoming a bit like a mantra every year, but "we wuz robbed - again!"
In what is increasingly becoming a Scandinavia-Eastern Europe song contest (with all that "let's vote for our neighbours" predictability),
Bonnie's UK entry Believe in Me came 19th out of 26 countries at Eurovision 2013 in Malmo, Sweden last night.
We shouted, we cheered, we booed - to no avail. At least we beat France, Spain, Germany and Ireland.
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest (bafflingly - it's not a great song) won it with
Only Teardrops:
According to the votes at our party however (apart from darling Bonnie), it was this sparkling Shakira-like entry by Alyona Lanskaya from Belarus -
Solayoh - that should have taken the crown:
A close contender according to the Dolores Delargo Towers jury was this astonishing performance from Romanian entrant Cezar with
It's My Life. I want his jacket!
We also gave kudos to the ultimate party anthem from Greece (
Koza Mostra feat Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free), the controversial "lesbian kiss" from Finland (
Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me) and the very clever performance from Azerbaijan (
Farid Mammadov - Hold Me, who also got the "totty vote").
Despite the results (and the welter of complete dross that seemed to get high votes such as
the Netherlands and
Italy), as always, we had a magnificent dressing-up party!
We danced until the wee small hours. The buffet was a cornucopia of food from across the continent. There was enough booze for three parties. Two bags of plates, cups and bottles have gone out for the bin men. This morning we're hoovering up sequins, wig hair, streamers, glitter, feathers and salted pretzels.
And everyone enjoyed themselves! That, after all, is the point of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 results page
