Yes, yes, it’s true! The 25 finalists have been chosen for Saturday’s Eurovision final. The ones determined by voting were:

Azerbaijan – yay
Ukraine – yay
Croatia – y’know, with all those smoke effects, I hardly noticed there was a song. Maybe the live gig in front of the audience was better.
Lithuania – yep, pretentious, forgettable & emo wows the crowds.
Moldova – full of young men and pastures. Heaps and heaps of pastures.
Estonia – yay
Denmark – can’t even remember them.
Norway – ah, the ultimate cuteness factor. Of course.
Greece – minus the travelogue of the good life in Greece, not sure what they had.
Albania – even an imperfect ABBA is better than none.
Turkey – those damn jeans again. How do they stay on?
Sweden – smug Swedish socialists swing selectors.
Israel – no comment
Portugal – you gotta be kidding me? Antique boring gets the nod?
Malta – oh, now I’m insulted. Malta? In?
Finland – yay (never underestimate the zombie vote)
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Ah yes, the underpants song. Glad they made it.
Romania – Fembots forever! Wonder if the horses will appear on-stage?
Armenia – yay
Iceland – obviously the pity vote is larger than I anticipated.

The ones who got through because they “sponsored” the contest and thus didn’t have to come up anything of worth (and they didn’t) were:

France
Germany
UK
Spain

and the Klingon entry gets in because Russia won last year, or something.

You see how much fun Eurovision is? The final is on Saturday night at 19:00 CET, which equates to 01:00 Sunday, Malaysian Standard. Damn, damn, and damn. I hope YouTube keeps a full repeat. Meanwhile, The Wast & Little Dinosaur are gearing up for a Eurovision Semi-Finals Party tonight, with the PC hooked up to the TV, much sushi and free-flowing Californian red wine. Join us?

Just to recap, to join in all the capers, direct your browsers to Eurovision TV. And may the kitsch be with you!