EUROVISION or SOVIETVISION
Is the Soviet Union finally conquering Europe? Since 2001, five former Soviet republics (6 if you add Serbia) have won the Eurovision Song Contest , an annual jamboree of Euro-pop music where no costume is too extravagant and no effect is too over the top. As last year’s winner, Azerbaijan gets to hold the contest this time around. The final takes place Saturday in Baku, at the just- finished Crystal Hall on the Caspian Sea, and it seems as though the sentimental favorite is the Russian group called the Buranovskiye Babushki, a group of six grandmothers in traditional dresses who may not be the tops in the harmony department but more than make up for it with wrinkly cuteness...