I Am A Swede

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Maybe not a conventional beauty, but she has something special nonetheless....

After all the commotion, Switzerland emerged as the winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Not exactly my personal favourite, but that is usually the case for me. Final result: Country Jury points Televote Total points 1 Switzerland 365 226 591 2 Croatia 210 337 547 3 Ukraine 146 307 453 4 France 218 227 445 5 Israel 52 323 375 6 Ireland 142 136 278 7 Italy 164 104 268 8 Armenia 101 82 183 9 Sweden 125 49 174 10 Portugal 139 13 152 11 Greece 41 85 126 12 Germany 99 18 117 13 Luxembourg 83 20 103 14 Lithuania 32 58 90 15 Cyprus 34 44 78 16 Latvia 36 28 64 17 Serbia 22 32 54 18 United Kingdom 46 0 46 19 Finland 7 31 38 20 Estonia 4 33 37 21 Georgia 15 19 34 22 Spain 19 11 30 23 Slovenia 15 12 27 24 Austria 19 5 24 25 Norway 12 4 16 26 The Netherlands - - -

What a complete mess this is turning into. Apparently some countries missed parts or all of the dress rehearsals, and the Irish contestant is supposed to have said that she wants Israel to be excluded.

It is being rapported that the Dutch entry has been disqualified! 😲 Statement on Dutch participation in the Eurovision Song Contest

Quite an eventful year this year.... First all of the commotion and controversy surrounding Israel's participation, and now the Dutch artist Joost Klein is under investigation for an alleged violent incident towards a female crew member. He won't be performing during the rehearsals this evening, so the juries will see a tape of his performance from the semi-final instead. (The jury votes are placed based on tonight's rehearsal)

I love that final segment. Those looks between Brooke and Stephanie are pure gold. And neither Ridge nor Thorne look unhappy with the show....

Some people call them a weed, but I think a field full of dandelions is a thing of beauty....

The best part of last night's semi-final was the interval act..... (Sarah Dawn Finer as Lynda Woodruff is always hilarious )

Novelist and campaigner Dame Shirley Conran dies aged 91 "Lace" is one of those books/miniseries that epitomizes the flashy decade that was the 1980s. Nostalgia of the highest degree for those of us who were young then.

Not a good week for Y&R!

Or maybe you could just tell them to drop the attitude, act like the (comparatively) well-paid professionals that they are and just do their job. Deidre and Suzanne might not be friends but Marlena and Maggie are. So use your acting skills and convince the audience that that is still the case.