A mediocre Eurovision Song Contest

Estonian music critic Margus Kiis finds the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 mediocre: "When I listen to the 42 songs that are competing this year I can only say one thing to the people of Europe: You should be ashamed of yourselves! You are trying to be pseudo-Brits, Pseudo-Germans and even pseudo-Italians - anything but proper countrymen. It is truly embarrassing that there are fewer national elements than there have been for years, and when even the French start to sing in English it is the beginning of the end. Yet the original idea behind Eurovision was to find a European answer to American rock 'n' roll. ... At least the Estonians have one advantage over all the fat men in hetero get-up: their breakneck chorus. And because Europeans have terrible taste in music and a weird sense of humour and are tired of the traditional 'Eurovision' fare, 'Kreisiraadio' has a real chance of winning. After all, we have nothing to lose."

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