bitful

10 reasons for you to vote for Iceland tomorrow night at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003:

1. If Iceland wins, next year the contest will be held in Reykjavík. The last weekend in May means light (and partying) almost all day round - and I get free accommodation at my Icelandic friends so I can go see the show at Laugardalshöll.
2. The favourites from British betting shops this year seem to be Russia, Ireland, Spain and Latvia. Latvia has won last year. Spain does not deserve to win because even my grocery list would sound good if sung in Spanish over a flamenco guitar and Eurobeats. Ireland has won four of the past eleven contests - enough already. Russia has undemocratically chosen to send t.A.T.u. and is annoyingly confident to win. Now, we do not want pseudolesbians to win, do we?
3. Iceland is the first country to sing, and it will therefore be the first song to be forgotten, hence collecting few votes. They need yours.
4. Iceland deserved to win with Selma in 1999. She was robbed by the ABBA-ripoff that was "Take Me To Your Heaven".
5. Iceland was represented in 1997 by Pall Oskar, dressed in black PVC, who sat on a big couch on stage and performed with my ex-boyfriend's pvc-clad cousin. Cool.
6. Iceland is this year sending Birgitta: Birgitta looks like Barbie. We like Barbie.
7. The lyrics of "Open Your Heart" truly represents the Icelandic people, because it's a song about their typical national character being impenetrable: "Open your heart, show me your pain, it's all part of who you are…". I can relate to that.
8. Every single year the Icelandic make a huge deal about how they really really stand a chance to win, and never do. Come on, make them happy, 288,201 Icelanders (as of December 1st, 2002) can't all be wrong.
9. I'll be party-hopping during the contest and will probably not be able to vote, so you need to dial that number dozens of times for me. Please?
10. I'm betting a brown granny on it winning. A brown granny is, according to Popbitch, what princes William and Harry call a tenner, as their grandmother is on the brown note. A brown granny is a lot of money when you're unemployed. Pretty please?

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