T'was a slight surprise that Finland, land of the midnight sun and the Moomintroll, won Eurovision for the first time on Sat night. Particularly as their entry, Lordi, a masked band in the vein of Slipknot with a member named 'Hell Bull', sported a certain 'lite' brand of heavy metal.
The band's victory probably owed something to the lurver-ly Lauren Laverne, breakfast host at xfm extraordinaire (sound indie station, despite being owned by the extremely commercial Capital Radio). She adopted Lordi's cause in the name of ROCK, unleashed the Finns onto her unsupecting London audience, comprised for the most part of pimply wannabe guitar gods, aging indie kids and mellowing punks.
Who decided that, David Lee Roth comparisons aside, it was no bad thing that this year, the 'song contest' that was Eurovision should be reclaimed from all things kitsch fluffy and camp.
Hear! hear!
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