Instead we’ve got a Christopher Biggins impersonator with a comedy busom doing a Buggles impression whist wrapped in turkey foil complete with scrawny legged backing singers wearing Eric Morecombe sock suspenders.
Blognor Regis
The general view was that Ukraine’s entry looked a lot like Christopher Biggins although I thought he was more Timmy Mallet-esque. But the really unexplained appearance was that of Alex Salmond for Latvian operatic combo, Bonaparti.lv even down to his trademark overcoat. He’s the third bloke on.
Either way, Mallett or Biggins, it’s the enormous glasses that do it.
Don’t suppose you won any money this year?
Not a betting man, I’m afraid, even if I’d heard any of the songs before the event!
Translated – this was the chorus of that Latvian song:-
“Went down to the all night garage for some fags
Then called in to the pub for a swift half.
Posted a letter to my insurance company
Then it started to piss it down with rain…”