Humans are pretty weird, we Europeans even more so. Nowhere is this better proved than at the Eurovision Song Contest, where attention-seeking has-beens, attention-seeking wannabes and attention-seeking weirdos shout their hearts out in front of an increasingly drunk audience.

So gathering together just 10 of the weirdest we've ever seen was, it's fair to say, a pretty tough challenge - for our eyes as well as our ears.

But we powered through, creating this mind-blowing collection of oddballs dressing up in silly costumes and revelling in their four minutes of fame. In other words, if you're feeling brave, click play on the first clip below... and prepare to laugh your European head off.

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  • 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' - Verka Serduchka

    <strong>Year:</strong> 2007 <strong>Country:</strong> Ukraine <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "Speak English? Nicht verstehen? Speak English? Don't understand?"

  • 'Irelande Douze Points' - Dustin The Turkey

    <strong>Year:</strong> 2008 <strong>Country:</strong> Ireland <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "G-o-b gobble b-l-e yeah"

  • 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' - Lordi

    <strong>Year:</strong> 2006 <strong>Country:</strong> Finland <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "It's the arockalypse!"

  • 'Guildo Hat Euch lieb!' - Guildo Horn

    <strong>Year:</strong> 1998 <strong>Country:</strong> Germany <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "Piep, piep, piep, ich hab' Dich lieb."

  • 'Bunica Bate Doba' - Zdob Si Zdub

    <strong>Year:</strong> 2005 <strong>Country:</strong> Moldova <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "She's screaming like Hawkins, my old Big Mama..."

  • 'Opera' - Çetin Alp & The Short Waves

    <strong>Year:</strong> 1983 <strong>Country:</strong> Turkey <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "Opera, opera, opera, opera, opera"

  • 'Euro-Vision' - Telex

    <strong>Year:</strong> 1980 <strong>Country:</strong> Belgium <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "Eurovision, Eurovision, Eurovision"

  • 'Djambo Djambo' - Peter, Sue & Marc

    <strong>Year:</strong> 1976 <strong>Country:</strong> Switzerland <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "When Djambo Djambo plays his barrel organ, children call it circus in the streets"

  • 'Cipela' - Marko Kon i Milan Nikolić

    <strong>Year:</strong> 2009 <strong>Country:</strong> Serbia and Montenegro <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "Moјa stara cipela, pola sveta videla (My old shoe, it saw half of the world)"

  • 'Wolves Of The Sea' - Pirates Of The Sea

    <strong>Year:</strong> 2008 <strong>Country:</strong> Latvia <strong>Choice lyric:</strong> "With a hii hii hoo and a hii hii hey!"