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Damn, I wish I spoke Spanish!
because most of Russian people are kicked out their homeland so for sure they won the Eurovision.
Now, now, let's not spoil their celebration. No need to get into politics on THIS post, is there?
Omigod, they stacked the deck with Pleshenko! What a hoot!
IIHF World Champs AND Eurovision? It's been a big week for Russia.
/delurking
Germany: 14 points.
And it is likely that it would have been lees if No Angels member Lucy Diakowska hadn't family relation to Bugaria (12 points from there).