Montenegro's Entry in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest: Euro Neuro

From The Economist's Eastern Approaches blog:

EURO neuro
Euro neuro
Euro neuro
Monetary brake dance
Euro neuro
Euro neuro
Euro neuro
Give me chance to refinance 

The above are some of the lyrics of the Montenegrin entry to the Eurovision song contest that kicked off on May 22nd. Montenegro uses the euro, although the country is not officially a member of the eurozone. 

The Montenegrins have chosen Rambo Amadeus to represent them. It is not hard to work out why. Long before the collapse of Yugoslavia the singer was an iconic and often hilarious presence on the music and entertainment scene across all of the former Yugoslav states, so this year the Montenegrins are hoping to bag the votes of all the countries from Macedonia to Slovenia, before they win over anyone else. 

In the accompanying video “peasant” Amadeus comes down from the hills with his donkey to make some money from snobby northern Europeans, nubile bikini-clad girls and other holidaymakers....MORE