The Eurovision 2014 finals were held last night in Copenhagen, marking the 59th year of the annual song contest. Eurovision is an amazing spectacle that is best viewed while drinking gallons of cheap wine, then sitting back to watch it all unfold. Every year, countries submit a song to be performed live on television, and then vote for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. France submitted this little ditty, reconfirming the stereotype of French pop music: You're welcome. I woke up with this song in my head, so I figured I'd share the love. And in case you were wondering, they came in last place of 26 performances in the finals, which was the first time in the history of the contest for France - ouch.
This year's winner was from Austria, and is known in the media as the "bearded lady," Conchita Wurst. There was actually a lot of controversy about her nomination in the first place, as Conchita was born a man, and now performs in drag and identifies with the female pronoun. Online petitions were started in Belarus, Armenia and Russia - whose government, as we know, passed a law last year banning "gay propaganda" to minors - to have Conchita removed or edited out of broadcasts in their countries. No dice, guys! She won the whole shebang with a fierce bearded diva performance of Rise Like a Phoneix - check it out here.
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