Cats and Eurovision

I've had my cat now for about 9 months and he's been a good pet for the most part until he decides to do his own thing. I can now read how feels but one of the things of confusion is a cat's wagging tail. A lot of resources tell you that the cat is either angry or indecisive, which to me is not a good thing but it can also mean showing affection and contentedness if the tail is wagging by the tip for instance.

A lot has been said about the Eurovision song contest. The UK have done so badly in recent years and this year's entry from x-factor hopeful Andy Abraham was fairly decent and yet it came joint last. Basically, each country seem to be voting for neighbouring countries and hence Russia came out on top. It could be argued that neighbouring countries would be familiar with the country's artists. However if someone big represent UK came to sing in the competition would they win? The only other way I can see the UK doing well is get a famous Russian to perform the song. For example, we could have Boris Yeltzin. (Note, my good friend says it always comes up as Boris Yeltzin instead of Boris Gardner on his media player)

The bloc voting is a joke and Sir Terry Wogan who commentates on the the event for the BBC is threatening to quit over it in disgust. Mind you, I thought the reason why he's commentating and why we love it so much, is that he takes the mickey out of the show.

Also it looks like the UK could lose their bye into the final. That would be interesting, it's unclear if the UK will cut their funding as a result as the main reason why they don't have to qualify is that they are part of the big four (with France, Germany and Spain) that do the bulk of the funding for the event.

The other thing that could improve the situation is have regional qualification and have one song represent say Scandinavia, the Baltics, the Med, etc...