European Idol?!

So last night there was that American Idol thing and yet another smooth voiced pop/soul/country crooner won. Nothing wrong with it, just how it is.
But last week, Europe held its 51st annual Eurovision song contest. The winner, almost every year, is a pop and/or dance act. So it holds less respect musically than American Idol but is popular (obviously, having been around now for 51 years). But the winner this year...

Lordi.
Dressed up something akin to Gwar and Slipknot but taking it a step further, and playing essentially 80's hair metal (right down to the Black-sounding chorus in the background), these guys are the ultimate gimmick. The NY Times recently did a write-up on these guys and their underdog status, as well as how, as can be expected, they are some kind of intellectual project. Yeah.

Oh, and to prove this was something beyond the winners, here is the Eurovision competitor from Germany called Texas Lightning...

So much for Rammstein. Hahahahaha.