Want to win Eurovision? Write a nice, slow song about love

You might be forgiven for thinking the Eurovision Song Contest doesn't lend itself to rigorous academic analysis. After all, this is a competition in which six elderly women in national dress once earned Russia second place by performing an ethno-pop ballad called "Party for Everybody," which featured the refrain "Come on and boom, boom," sung ad nauseam.

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