This year it was a foregone conclusion that Ukraine would win, and that Perennial Eurovision Baddys Russia would come last. Well the latter was avoided only by them not turning up at all!
What was surprising was that the UK won the jury vote (meaning they came second overall, their best result in many years), although as it is well known that they are all rigged by mannys with hardly any cats on the juries - hence the word 'gerrymannydered' - we shouldn't be surprised when those votes are inevitably all over the place.
This year the cat vote went to Moldova, who were one of only three entries going for the 'fun and silly' type of song. The other two were Norway and Serbia. Norway in particular really went for the silly this time, with their song Give that Wolf a Banana.
Maybe some of the other countries decided they couldn't compete with that and so didn't even try? Whatever the reason, there were a lot of serious, sentimental songs - silly mannys, Eurovision may be serious business, but that doesn't meant the songs have to be!
The best of the serious songs was from Lithuania, who's singer was obviously much inspired by the 1960s. They're a country with a good track record in Eurovision. So are Sweden, but their entry was disappointing this year. Sure, they got a lot of points and came fourth, but that's not as important as being entertaining to us cats.
There were, to be fair, a few songs that had elements of silliness, but which didn't seem to want to fully commit to it (perhaps in fear that they wouldn't get through the dreaded semi-finals, which are often harsh on the silly songs). These included Finland, France, and the ultimate winners Ukraine.
Somebody needs to tell that manny that his pink fez is too big.
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