Eurovision ’06
Well, at least the winners look interesting (like an act from a really well done Finnish ‘Star Trek’ convention) and not as naff as Abba* in 1974

A good explanation for Americans
Imagine whole countries embarrassing themselves like contestants at ‘Idol’ auditions

An example of what it’s about

*Who did record a lot of crap but also a few pop treasures, one of which was good enough for Madonna to recently (with permission) nick.