THE END OF THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
13 May 2007

Yesterday was a big disapointment. Dead is the happy Eurovision contest were we lightheartedly can sing along, well aware (and content) of the absence of deeper meaning in the lyrics. Yesterday's winner, Marija representing Serbia, sang a rather heavy song about religion and god ... and made me feel heavy hearted. That was not the point of the song, which was the peoples' big-time favoutite last night, but I was very disappointed.

It looks like we have entered a new period when it's no longer even political voting with determines the outcome (Sweden votes for Norway, Norway votes for Sweden, UK votes for Ireland, Ireland votes for UK, etc.) - but it's rather a voting behaviour based on demography: European migration patterns could clearly been identified in at least half of the national votes.

(West European) people are also talking about an East-West divide: Very few of the former countries of the 'East' voted for songs of the 'West', whereas 'western' countries did indeed vote for songs from the 'east'. Music tastes are different in 'East' and 'West' and this, together with the number of neighbours, also seemed to determine the result of yesterday's contest.