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IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF LARCENY

Envious of Fox's American Idol success, NBC has announced plans to launch a stateside version of the Eurovision Song Contest, an overseas institution that launched the careers of, among others, ABBA and Celine Dion. Which makes it, at best, a mixed blessing. (Go ahead.... I'm ready for the hate mail today, people.)

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Envious of Fox's American Idol success, NBC has announced plans to launch a stateside version of the Eurovision Song Contest, an overseas institution that launched the careers of, among others, ABBA and Celine Dion. Which makes it, at best, a mixed blessing. (Go ahead.... I'm ready for the hate mail today, people.)