So, Little Dinosaur’s latest love interest, Alexader Rybak of Norway, won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Look, ten out of ten for his chutzpah (he admits he’s not the best singer around), but my niggles were with the very first line of the song:

Years ago, when I was younger….

One. What?! As opposed to, “years ago, when I was older“?

Two. Sweetie, you’re already young. When you were younger implies toddlerhood. And so it was therefore difficult for me to take a toddler love song seriously. Especially, as I said before, with those out-of-condition Cossacks flinging their hats around in the background.

The lesson from this is that Eurovision is so campy, so over-the-top, that even someone who can’t write songs or sing very well can win it! And that’s the charm of the entire competition. Bosnia & Herzegovina for the 2010 win!

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