Amusing Music Video: Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody

The annual Eurovision Song Contest has become something of a punchline.  For those unfamiliar with the concept, competing European countries all nominate a song to represent them in competing against the songs of the others.  Over the decades, competitors have noticed that the songs that win are seldom the best songs.  Rather, the songs that win typically have some sort of a gimmick.  And the competitors in this year's Eurovision Song Contest continue to buy into that formula for success.

A case in point is Russia's entry, Buranovskiye Babushki and their song Party For Everybody.  The band is made up of eight grandmothers from the village of Buranovo, in the Ural Mountains region.  Don't let their advanced years, traditional dress, and the fact that they sing mostly in Udmurt  - an obscure regional dialect - fool you.  These ladies can put on a show, and even the most stoic Russians in the audience can't help but smile.  Buranovskiye Babushki will never win any songwriting awards, but if you can get points for entertainment value - and isn't that what Eurovision is all about - they may go far.

Oh, and by the way, that large object on the revolving platform at the back of the stage is a bread oven.  Don't ask.  Just accept it.