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Let’s start with the big yellow elephant in the room: Lithuania. To the shock of exactly zero people – and, as you’ll have noticed if you’ve read this site, something we’ve been predicting – The Roop won what was, in essence, an internal selection spread across four television shows, all there to get LRT some Euro in the bank. With 86.6% of the televote and a maximum jury score, The Roop…
…was crowned the “winner”. Who do I feel sorry for? The other 20 acts who participated in the sham.
Norway held its fourth semi-final heat, choosing KIIM, an alum of Norwegian Idol and lover of the cake.
Finally, the one that most fans believe is the best national final going (but in reality, it isn’t): Sweden chose Arvingarna and Danny Saucedo for its final. We’re not allowed to put any videos of Sweden’s “live” songs up, as competition rules prevent this, so I’m going to give you a look at the fifth-placed song, with a woman in an unfeasibly long dress. This is Eurovision, after all!
