Will Ferrell on ‘Eurovision’ Grammy Nom, Elves and the One Joke Nobody Seemed to Get

variety.com:

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorWill Ferrell first became obsessed with the Eurovision Song Contest, the infamous international competition, about 20 years ago when he and his wife went to Sweden to visit her family. “It just happened to be the night of the finale and they all wanted to watch and as soon as I saw it I was like, ‘This is a movie!’” Ferrell adds. “I never acted on it because I was sure somebody was going to make it, at least in Europe.

In the back of my brain, I was always thinking, ‘Why has no one made that movie yet?’”About six years ago, Ferrell finally took it upon himself to co-write, with Andrew Steele, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” a parody, homage and love letter to Eurovision.