Originally published on Art UK and again on BBC Arts

Eurovision. A celebration of European talent? Or a televised musical Olympics fraught with political tension and some rather questionable singing? 

Either way, it's all a bit of fun, isn't it? Eurovision is worth watching for the sheer spectacle alone, and of course, following in Terry Wogan's giant drunken footsteps, Graham Norton's highly entertaining running commentary.

While some Brits claim to be indifferent to the talent contest, many still secretly tune in from their living rooms and then proceed to be outraged when (yet again) no one votes for us. But in these murky, post-, mid- (who even knows anymore) Brexit waters, are they really to blame? ... See More