This Saturday will be the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held in Athens, Greece.

It’s a unique event for so many reasons, but mainly, it’s the one time of the year where each country agrees to making a complete fool of itself for the sake of “music”.

While Terry Wogan’s classic commentary makes the event slightly less painful, I suggest a drinking game. Let me know if you choose to tune in to the embarrassment that is the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night!

Hosts

• Sing
• Speak in rhyme
• Gaze into each others eyes — drain glass if they pash

Singers/Backup Singers

• Wink at camera
• Drop to their knees
• Make a peace sign
• Sing in language other than English or native tongue (ie. Ukrainian sings Hasta La Vista)
• Wear a hat – drain glass if wearing horns
• Flick their hair – drain glass if bald
• Have a moustache – drain glass if female with moustache
• Show décolletage – drain glass if wearing a codpiece
• Rapping – drain glass!

Dancers/Musicians

• Mime heavy guitar solo
• Play an ‘ethnic’ instrument
• Play piano while standing
• ‘Ethnic’ dancing – drain glass if Hip Hop dancing
• Pretend to fight – drain glass if martial arts
• Contortionist – drain glass!

General

• Helicopter shots
• Sped up or slowed down film
• Any costume change
• Any key change
• Use of props (i.e. candles, ribbons, dummies)
• Use of fireworks – drain glass if singer catches fire
• UK gets no points – drain glass if UK catches fire
• Your country wins – drain glass!

All credit for this hilarious drinking game goes to Kim Beissel.