Yesterday was Eurovision! While we watched, I managed to sketch each country’s entry (I added colour to the ones that performed particularly amazingly).
We were all upset that the obvious winner (Kaarija from Finland) didn’t win - later found out he got double the people’s votes of the winner (Sweden). It does seem like the system is broken if the performer the people who watch Eurovision want and vote for, doesn’t actually win. Hopefully they’ll be able to fix this problem. It was a perfect show right up until they announced the winner.
Maybe a solution is to have 2 winners? - 1 is the jury’s winner and the other is the people’s winner.
Gustaph from Belgium and Lord of the Lost from Germany were real highlights - absolutely incredible to watch!
We had a watching party and made a retro pineapple-cheese with European flags. It was great to enjoy the spectacle with friends and vote for our favourites!
I especially thought UK and Ukraine did a great job hosting such a fantastic show. I did some sketches of the hosts and some extra guests - the real star of the show was definitely Hannah Waddingham. A real highlight for me was Dadi Freyr singing an Atomic Kitten song!
It’s a whole year until the next Eurovision, I can’t wait…