Five Eurovision Ladies

Hey, it was International Women's Day the other day. I went to an event with a fashion show and goodie bags with moisturisers, hair products and chocolate. Yeah, that's what women are all about. Hair, clothes and chocolate. I despair sometimes, I really do.

Anyway, here's 5 Eurovision Ladies, in no particular order.

1: Ase Kleveland, Norway, 1966
Please excuse the lack of proper characters on that name. I have an English keyboard and getting them into Blogger posts is a pain.

Anyway, Kleveland came third in 1966 with this folksy song that she performed on guitar in a pantsuit. At the time that was considered notable. Nowadays, actually the way women's fashion is, that'd be notable for the inclusion of pants. And when so many songs are about love, desire and all that stuff, it's lyrically interesting too.




After Eurovision: She has had a long career and was formerly Norway's Minister for Culture. Yeah, she did alright really.

2: Silvia Night, Iceland 2006
Well, with my blog's name there's not a chance I wasn't going to mention my Trolling Queen! Oh, how awesome she was! How dreadful she was. I love her so!

I miss Silvia Night. They really need to bring her back!
After Eurovision: Well, Silvia Night is missing in action... Agusta Eva Erlendsdottir is doing Icelandic Films. She's doing alright. I mean, it can't be hard to be big in Iceland.

3: Dana International, Israel, 1998, 2011.
If anyone made Eurovision modern, it was Dana International. Within Eurovision, she's a divisive figure. She pretty much ushered in the era of media-hype winners, though the change to televoting also impacted on that. She is a Eurovision personality, as much as a performer. Which arguably, is a very bad thing. On the other hand, she brought modern pop back into the Eurovision, at a time when it needed a shape up. Certainly, without Dana International, the Eurovision would have continued as a very safe, conservative affair.

After Eurovision: Still performing, she's still a well known gay icon, and obviously (I mean obviously!) has had lots more plastic surgery. Shame she never made it to the final last year.

4: Massiel, Spain, 1968
Hahahahaha, she beat Cliff Richard. Hahahahaha, she was wearing a lampshade as a dress. The UK still hates her.

After Eurovision: Still hearing arguments that her win was rigged. Sigh, UK, let it rest. You've won enough times. Had a long career in Spain afterwards. Was not really ever relevant again to the rest of Europe. But she beat Cliff Richard. Hahahahahaa. And she was wearing a lampshade as a dress (how did she sit in that thing?) That dress, seriously!

5: Niamh Kavanagh
Maybe in private she secretly has a dartboard with Lena at the centre of it, and is cursing Europe for not giving her a second win, but most of the Eurovision fandom seems to agree that she is a genuinely nice person. Deserved to do better in 2010. According to a friend of mine, has MILF potential.

Probably is secretly evil though. Evil!