News from Stockholm

The news from Eurovision is that somehow a clever little song has found its way into the contest, representing Sweden. durham_rambler was so shocked that he phoned in a vote for it.

I'm still lamenting the absence of Belarus: but the video on the Eurovision website doesn't show the extraordinary lighting effects that so impressed me in the semi-final - no, not that Ivan appeared naked, and not even the wolves.

Actually, forget the songs, this year's show is all about the lighting. Italy, wearing sparkly dungarees, in a flooded garden, Ukraine's beatiful tree of light...

If Germany is channeling some manga that I ought to recognise, would someone let me know, please? No hurry, though, I'm not planning to stay up for the voting.