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Last night's Eurovision interval act hilariously took the piss out of the whole competiton

“Peace peace love love – and a man in a hamster wheel.”
May 15th 2016, 10:00 AM 8,464 2

DID YOU TAKE a little break during the Eurovision interval act last night? Head off to make some tea (or refill your wine glass)? You shouldn’t have.

Sweden Eurovision Song Competition Source: Martin Meissner/PA Wire

You missed Justin Timberlake, yes, but also a rare moment of the Eurovision becoming self-aware.

Presenters Mans Zelmerlow (last year’s winner) and Petra Mede combined all the cliches to create the ultimate Eurovision performance, complete with a dramatic beginning:

manszelmerlow Source: YouTube

Strange ‘local’ instruments:

instruments Source: YouTube

Dramatic costume changes:

costumes Source: YouTube

And strange, banal lyrics that simply went “Love love peace peace”.

eurovisionact Source: YouTube

They even brought back past Eurovision contestants, including Alexander Rybak, Lordi, Loreen, and the GRANNIES.

grannies

Everyone thinks it should have actually won.

We agree with them. Watch it in full here:

Source: Eurovision Song Contest/YouTube

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