Today is our 15th annual Eurovision party at the Benediktsson household.

And let me tell you, it's no fault of mine.

When I introduced the girl who'd become my wife to Eurovision 15 years ago I didn't quite realize the Pandora's box I had opened.

So every year since we've celebrated the ridiculousness that is the Eurovision Song Contest.

If you haven't seen the documentary about it starring Will Ferrell, I highly recommend it. Very accurate portrayal of our country.

My wife goes all out in her research. She sends a mass email to the party invite list and I thought I'd share a snippet of it it with you:

"Here are the front runners and my personal honorable mentions for things that make them SO very Eurovision.

• Switzerland - by non-binary performer Nemo, song The Code tells the story of their gender identity. Wait for the hook. It's the current frontrunner but only by a little bit. (Björgvin's note: This is a solid production actually...Very cool mix of styles)
• Croatia - by BABY LASAGNA -- Video is so good. Would be a first time win for Croatia (Björgvin's note: This is quintessential Eastern European ridiculousness...what this contest is built on. Also possibly the greatest band name in the world)
• Netherlands - Europapa as in Euro pa-pa. Pure Eurovision gold and Lilja's fave. (Björgvin's note: Anything my daughter likes I love, and this silliness is no exception. He's currently in some hot waters due to some scandal so there's never a dull moment at Eurovision)
• Honorable Mentions
  • Spain's live performance has men in leather corset thongs really shaking their booties
  • Finland's song is by Window'sMan95 and he pops out of an egg with a Microsoft shirt and no pants
  • Ireland's is called Doomsday Blue... and it's a whole vibe
  • Austria's song is just called We Will Rave"

Kudos for Austria for being very direct and clear in their intentions. 

I'm not sure how much we will rave though. We're watching from Arizona so the contest starts at noon. Hard to rave when the sun's so bright your glow sticks don't even work.

And throughout all of this, we have the humble sound engineers scrambling around trying to mix 63 different genres (I forget how many countries are in Europe, it changes all the time...).

But one thing is an absolute certainty.

Every song will be EQ'd in some way, and I bet that if they had my Audio Issues EQ, the Eurovision song contest would sound just that much better.

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Enjoy the show!

Cheers,

Björgvin