The Eurovision Song Contest proves that Europeans are just as tacky as Americans.

Grazing on these endless YouTube clips, one cannot escape the similarity between the Eurovision ethos and the right honorable Lady Gaga. Throughout the ascent of her ladyship, I have repeatedly been struck by the fabulous Eurovision-esque avant-gardism of her costumes. In addition to Gaga's drama-drag, her simplistic, language-blind lyrics—"Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah Ro-mah-ro-mah-mah Gaga-ooh-la-la"—also suggest that little Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta might well have enjoyed a Eurovision moment or two when growing up in the Bronx. If this is the case, then all I can say is bravo! Finally an American looked at Europe and went straight for the cheese instead of wasting time at the altar of high culture.