Eurovision Song Contest 2006

A theatrical heavy-metal band called Lordi who perform under monstrous latex masks and outfits have won the Eurovision Song Contest. I haven't watched Eurovision for years since it usually promotes the most saccharine, vapid kind of pop-cheese that I have always despised.

So, upon hearing that a rauccous bunch of guitar-wielding Finns dressed up like monsters from a Clive Barker movie came along and crushed the opposition, I wish I had watched it this year.

As the lead singer commented, "We are a rock band and we just won Eurovision - that's weird."

It's good to know that inversions of reality such as this can actually happen outside a Flann O'Brien novel.