13 Ridiculous Eurovision Songs

Tomorrow is the Eurovision final, an event which charges each European nation to submit its best song for competition. If you think you'd find an impressive array of culturally diverse music, you've made the wrong assumption. Eurovision is full of nonstop dance/pop monstrosities with misguided costumes, embarrassing dance moves, and strange displays of patriotism. It may not be good, but it is certainly entertaining.

I compiled the above video to commemorate the most ridiculous songs entered into the contest. Who thought that any of these songs were the best their countries had to offer?

The show is available for streaming tomorrow at 3 eastern/12 pacific, and you're going to want to tune in - if not for the camp appeal, then to just feel better about the mainstream American music scene. I personally enjoy trying to comprehend the muddled "English" lyrics written by non-native speakers. They rely heavily on song cliches like "hearts pounding", "birds soaring", and "sun shining", and yet they still manage to mangle them somehow.

I'll be rooting for Hungary, Ireland, and Serbia. Admittedly, all of them could have been included on the ridiculous list, but they're also on the right side of catchy. Meanwhile, I'm still upset "I Love Belarus" didn't make the finals. It might have been thinly veiled propaganda, but damn if I won't be singing that chorus for the rest of my life.