Day 134 - Saturday May 14th, 2011

It was Eurovision Song Contest Final night tonight, and to celebrate, Svetlana and Martin threw their traditional annual Eurovision House Party, laying on a delicious buffet of marinated meats, new potatoes, salads, cheeses and mouth-watering dessert, all washed down with ample quantities of hop-juice. In the prediction contest, each of us picked our Top 5 - ech vote they received was added to our score - and Bottom 1 - each vote it received was subtracted from our score. Wiley old Euro-dog Marcus emerged winner of the €40 pot - all the more impressive as he arrived half-way through the songs. Lana took 2nd and I came 3rd, for which there was a zero cash payout.

I had placed money on France a few weeks ago at 9/2, and by the start of the night the song was 6/4 favourite. Disastrously, his earpiece didn't work, causing his face to perspire profusely, and he sang a key out of tune. Thankfully the power of Betfair allowed me to lay off the bet immediately after he sang, at a price of 5/2, ensuring a small profit. Martin fared even better with a €10 each-way bet on winners Azerbaijan, reaping €120 in winnings - great success! For the record, Jedward finished a very respectable 8th, Ireland's best result in over a decade.

 
Can you spot an even more emblondenized me?

Contentment : 14 / 25
Excitement :    4 / 10
Memorability : 5 / 15

Overall Score : 46% (28th out of 134)