The Eurovision Song Contest took place on Saturday 25th May, and this year, one of the performers was blind. Corinna May, singing for Germany, Waved the blind flag for Europe and, as you can imagine, BlindKiss had plenty of advice on how to celebrate. Unfortunately, she didn't win.
It's that time of year again, and this year, BlindKiss has a reason to get all excited about Eurovision! This year one of the singers is blind.
Corinna May, representing Germany, will sing "I Can't Live Without Music", (of course she can't, she's blind!) Appropriately, when we tried to watch the video of the song on the BBC website, we discovered they're just showing a blank screen with the song playing, and we thank the BBC for this small tribute to blindness!
So, how should you celebrate this special blind Eurovision? Don't panic! BlindKiss is here to help! Obviously, you must have a party, but what should a blind Eurovision party be like?
Well, here are your party rules, (don't worry, it's well within the ethos of the EU to have rules, not to mention guidelines and procedures, for parties.) Firstly, remember that you're celebrating the fact there's a blind entry, any blind entry. This means that it doesn't matter if you don't actually think Corinna's song is any good.
Secondly, We feel it's important you watch the Eurovision on TV with Terry Wogan. Whilst radio is more accessible, Eurovision just wouldn't be the same without Terry and some of the party games we have lined up for you, certainly won't be as much fun without him.
For party food you should stick to French bread, interesting sausages and pizza, (we realise Italy aren't taking part in the competition, but it's important to remind the Americans once in a while that pizza is a European invention!) For drink you should stick to beer or schnapps, and vodka at a push.
So now the fun begins… Terry Wogan is known for his insulting, sometimes downright xenophobic comments about Eurovision entrants, but that's OK 'cos he always delivers them in that jokey Irish way he's so famous for. This year, BlindKiss predicts his commentary will be littered with references to blindness.
Now, there are two ways to handle this. The first is to get all wound up, writing strong letters of protest to the BBC, the Eurovision organisers and Mr Wogan himself. The second is to get drunk. No Guesses which option BlindKiss recommends.
Those party games we mentioned earlier? As you may have already guessed, they just happen to be drinking games. Here's how It goes:
Every time Terry Wogan mentions the word "blind", knock back a shot of schnapps. Every time he comes out with, "poor little thing", "ah, love her", or anything similarly sympathetic, down a vodka. Every time he says, (and we're certain he'll say it quite a bit), "sympathy vote", feel free to sink a beer, and should he happen to say anything really offensive, like, "we can't expect her to dance well, she's blind!" "I suppose we can't expect her to look good as well!" or maybe, "someone cart her off to an institution, quick!" then we suggest you dump your schnapps and your vodka in your beer and down the lot.
By the time it gets to the scoring, you probably won't care whether our blind sister wins or not, but we still strongly recommend a large drink every time she scores "Douze Points", just to toast her success you understand! And when she finally wins, you'll probably be drunk enough to descend into orgy, Well, feel free, but just one more thing: Remember to turn off the telly before she gets up to sing it all again - it could really put you off!
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