I was going to do a double shot of music on Monday, but since I had nothing else planned for today, here's something that might interest you.
Eurovision. In North America, we usually only see highlights of the weird stuff, which is more often than not, all the acts. I was aware it was going on, but by chance I heard one of the artists, and after a bit of digging, I discovered some interesting acts.
Let's start with the winners:
First place: Nemo / Switzerland
Second place: Baby Lasagna / Croatia
Third place: Alonya Alonya & Jerry Heil / Ukraine
Like many contests, this wasn't without its controversy. Favored winner, Joost Klein was disqualified after an alleged offstage interaction with a camera woman.
Dutch broadcaster Avrotros, which sends acts to Eurovision, said: "Against clearly made agreements, Joost was filmed when he had just gotten off stage and had to rush to the greenroom. At that moment, Joost repeatedly indicated that he did not want to be filmed. This wasn't respected.
"This led to a threatening movement from Joost towards the camera. Joost did not touch the camerawoman."
The statement said the body had "consulted extensively" with the EBU and "proposed several solutions" but the decision was still taken to disqualify Klein.
Would he have won? Perhaps, but after hearing the top 3, I'm kind of leaning toward wishing Baby Lasagna had taken the title.
Fun fact: Did you know Celine Dion won in 1989 representing Switzerland?
Well, she's good, but she's no Baby Lasagna...
I know one thing, I gotta watch it next year.
-Leon
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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