Karma is as Karma does

Last Sunday was full of different television shows which I wouldn't even notice if I weren't married. Here's a brief introduction.

We got a new Miss Finland (Miss Suomi). She's Essi Pöysti and she looks good. Good enough to walk in the streets of Stockholm. Even in Östermalm. Personally I don't like that skinny women. They claim that it's fashionable for women to show their ribs. I strongly disagree. The whole show was basically waste of time. They said that this time women are more daring than ever, but actually they showed less than usual. And the people got to select Miss Finland for the first time. I'd rather remove this competition than Eurovision song contest. If I had to choose, that is.

Funny thing happened when the brand new Miss reported that "let's see how long my boyfriend stays with me". Talk about frank talk! Usually they promise that nothing will change their love towards their boy friends. And every time they will break up during one year. At least she's not shy about it, LOL!

Then we got a winner in a choir contest, Kuorosota ('Choir war'). I saw some similar ads in Sweden before I left there. Swedes got to it first once again. The group from Lappajärvi won deservedly. They had a heavy rock theme on all the time. There is a slogan in Finland: "Hevillä ei hävitä" which means 'we won't lose easily' AND 'you can't lose with heavy rock'. A double entendre that has been in heavy (pun intented) use lately. There was a lot of discussion about the choirs' pre-recorded performances, which kind of takes away the point of the contest. No wonder the band was never shown: it wasn't there at all! No need to 'lip sync' their playing this time.

Another funny thing happened. In the choir contest final we heard, among others, You shook me all night long by AC/DC. By coincidence, the same song was heard in Miss Finland contest. All over and over again in both shows, almost all night long, LOL!

And the last but usually the least: 'Tanssii tähtien kanssa' ('Dancing with the stars'; in Sweden it's called 'Let's dance'). The 4th season started with reminiscing. The show has bad karma in Finland. In the first season, an actress lost her son during the competition. In second, a famous singer (Kirka) died in days before the show was to begin. This year a former Miss Finland lost her dad and today it was reported in the news that another actress has lost her husband, Åke Lindman - a real old-class actor and director, soccer player and worthy of any respect a man can get. It's a strange coincidence, which may affect future seasons and the contenders' desire to accept the invitation. No-one claims to be superstitious but still... It starts to be a shitty job for the hosts to show a happy face in the show!