Eurovision Drinking Game

Why not host a Eurovision Party on May 12ht, to make the party go with a bang try the Eurovision Drinking Game, word of warning keep 13th free for recovery!

Drink two fingers...

Presenters

• Terry Wogan makes a satorical comment that no-one laughs at.
• Presenters try to be funny.
• Female presenter changes her dress
• Male presenter changes his dress - drain your glass
• Bad time delays during video/audio link
• Presenters overlapping with voter during video/audio link because of the bad delay
• Presenters having a time-wasting conversation that no-one can follow, understand or care less about.
• Tezza's predictions come true.

Performers

• Performer resembles someone you know.
• Performer resembles another famous person. Drink four fingers if that person is present in the audience. Drain your glass if the camera zooms in and lingers on that person.
• Singers wave their arms around whilst singing.
• Singers put excessive emotion into their singing.
• Tacky and nonsensical song titles (shoo-wop etc.)
• Main singer is grossly overweight.
• Singers try to join in with musicians during instrumentals.
• France does not conduct a musical experiment.
• Retro/out-of-date clothing and hairstyles.
• Singer from eastern Europe has faked blond hair.
• Bad dress-sense. Four fingers if it's blatently offensive.
• Visible/prominant nipples/genitalia.
• The Maltese performer does not have a hairy chest.
• High & loud obnoxious noises emitted from singer during their act.
• Unnecessary dancing.
• Act steals ideas from Eurovision acts from previous years
• Interaction with the audience. Four fingers if the audience is unusually passive.
• Dancing that surpasses belief and credibility.
• Foreign acts sing in English.
• Singer flirts with the camera when she has finished her song.
• The song goes up half an octave in the last refrain.
• A style of music that would be ruined by appearing in EuroSong.
• A country from Former Yugoslavia has a depressing song.
• Countries where the lead singer is not a native of that country.
• Use of atmospheric panpipes

The judging

• Reference made to Norway's null point.
• Cyprus gives Greece 12 points.
• Every time Norway gives Sweden any points but not vice-versa.
• Every time there is an Irish performer in a foreign act.
• France gives United Kingdom null point.
• Acts where the lead singer is attractive and receive high (8+) points and the act is crap.
• Surprising voting - you judge what's surprising!
• United Kingdom come second.
• Ireland win yet again.
• A question about Israel's presence.
• Politically-related effects during the act (eg. Croatian singer removing black gown to reveal white dress signifying "coming out of the darkness and into the light").
• Acts are on their mobile phone to their family during voting. Increase to a whopping four fingers if they're on the phone during their act.

Television coverage & venue

• Bad telecommunications link.
• Preview video is completely pointless and/or a blatant fragmented tourist advert for the host country
• Preview video is full of gormless smiles.
• National symbols are seen somewhere.
• Special effects are:
  1. Cheesy
  2. Better than the song
• Both (obviously this is a case for four fingers' worth)

Drain your glass...

• If the winning country decline to hold the event next year due to:
  1. Financial reasons
  2. Political reasons
  3. Personal reasons
  4. Moral reasons
  5. All of the above
• If Germany spares one single point for her southern neighbour, Austria.
• If your own country comes first.
• If Norway does not give Sweden any points.
• Drink everything in sight if the United Kingdom come first and you're British.
• If Greece gives Turkey any points then stop drinking!. This is very unlikely to happen so you must be veeeeeery drunk at this time. GO TO BED.
• Germany's song does not mention peace, harmony or love...

Of course, it's always a good idea to try and consume a single shot of alcohol native to a given country.