What is the deal with the drums?

Some snarky comments about Eurovision...

What is it with the bloody drums?!? Every song has superfluous drums. Is there a theme this year?

And every contestant has sung at least one off note so far. Don't these people practice before the night?

P (in response to Germany's entry): "I'd rather listen to Vogon poetry."

Best mis-heard Wogan line all night: "There's a woman in front of me who must have all the flags of the world in her drawers somewhere." He probably said drawer (singular), but it works so much better as the plural.