Copenhagen - Day 3

The following day was Semi-final 1. Before we headed to Sweden, we decided to treat ourselves to a slightly more upmarket lunch. I ordered our lunch: 2 hamburgers with bacon and cheese, no meal deal, and one caramel shake (to cut down on calories and cost). As I walked back to our table, I did the conversion: AU$65. I almost needed to use the defibrillator to kick start my heart and get me off the ground.

After lunch, we returned to our Airbnb and started to get ready for the first semi-final. Just as we were about to leave, Jason had a wardrobe malfunction to attend to. With that sorted, we were on our way. Sweden has a law that no bags are allowed into major events, which meant we needed to be very strategic with what we brought to the show. We were told that we should bring our passports because police would be checking. But that seemed to only apply to those that didn’t look like locals, and apparently we blended right in.

With another refuelling at Max Burgers, we were set to tackle the long queues at Malmö arena. Australia was in the first semi-final, which was jammed packed with audience favourites. Australia was never going to get out of this bloodbath alive.

After the first semi-final show, we took the train two stops to Malmö Central to party at Euroclub. Not only do they have a no-bag policy, but also a no-jackets policy in the club. In a cold climate such as Sweden, this policy puzzled us. Even though we were inside, it was still cold. Jason wasn’t parting without his jacket. He convinced one of the organisers to allow us in, on the provision that we didn’t take our jackets off.

Inside the club, security guards, dressed similar to the police, wandered through the crowd, being oogled by a room full of queers. Jason thought they were police, and even thought they were carrying machine guns. They were only keystone cops with a baton. Such a drama queen!

When we looked up the return train back to Copenhagen, it seemed the last train was 1:35am (later we found out that Google lied). As we headed to Malmö Central, we stumbled upon the Irish contestant, Bambi Thug. Jason went all fangirl on them and gave them a hug.En savoir plus