The Official Eurovision Thread 2019

[Antepli Ejderha]

Boycott it. It's being held in an apartheid state.

[Antepli Ejderha]

If you believe in human rights, Madonna, don’t play Tel Aviv

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...y_to_clipboard

Roger Waters has appealed to Madonna not to play Eurovision. She's so clearly being used by the regime to legitimise the occupation and demonisation of the non Jews in both Palestine and Israel.

[Gerontophile]

US TV channel Logo will not be showing it this year. Considering only 74k watched it last year, I am not surprised.

[Benjm]

I won't be watching, probably would have otherwise had I been in.

As a take it or leave it viewer, respect to anyone who loves and looks forward to the show but decides to pass this year.

[BallochSonsFan]

Its not as good as it used to be when you got some genuinely quirky entries. Last year's winner bucked that trend as it was completely bat crap crazy, but generally things have been tame for the past couple of years.

[Antepli Ejderha]

I'd normally watch but won't this year. It's a fucking disgrace.

[MsD]

I've been invited to watch by two sets of friends, but am nobly boycotting.

:-(

[wingco]

So glad for an oasis of moral sanity. I get the impression that some on my timeline are watching Eurovision in defiance of that dangerous murderer Bobby Gillespie.

[diggedy derek]

Has it ever been explained why in God’s name Australia is in it?

[ursus arctos]

They are an associate member of the EBU, and as of 2017, any such member can participate if approved by the organisers.

Though of course it comes down to money.

[diggedy derek]

Thanks.

I don’t mind the idea that it started as an EBU thing, but the idea that anyone who joins the EBU now can get into ESC is kinda insane.

[ursus arctos]

Well, Morocco participated in 1980, so it isn't as if this is completely new.

[diggedy derek]

I've become a bit sucked into this on catch-up. The voting system seems to have become a total joke. At the end, they award the public votes – which can be 0 votes, or 100 votes, or over 250 votes... or anything, really. So in the last ten minutes, all the tension that was built up over an hour of slowly accumulating votes is gone. It makes no sense at all.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Yes, they need to go back to each country announcing in turn. The public votes are still country by country so they can be merged with the panel's votes (if we really need those).

Interesting that last night the panels had Sweden and North Macedonia neck and neck in the lead, but the public largely ignored both.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Has it ever been explained why in God’s name Australia is in it?

And Israel

[Guy Profumo]

And Israel

Ask UEFA...

[MsD]

So, Madonna flashed the Palestinian flag and a WAKE UP message. Better than nothing, but not better than staying away.

[Wouter D]

Yes, they need to go back to each country announcing in turn. The public votes are still country by country so they can be merged with the panel's votes (if we really need those).

Interesting that last night the panels had Sweden and North Macedonia neck and neck in the lead, but the public largely ignored both.

The best bit about last night's voting was the Belarussian jury votes, which were all assigned to countries in the second column of the standings. Think you have a shit song? Not in Belarus!

[Guy Profumo]

Boycott it. It's being held in an apartheid state.

No.

Israel is a terrorist state waging a racist war against it's neighbours, and the illegally occupied adjacent territories.


I'll admit, there's a subtle difference, but state is still run by criminal scum guilty of crimes against humanity by murdering non-combatants and children.

[Guy Profumo]

It's, it's, FFS.

It's "its"

[elguapo4]

Ireland finished last with just 16 points, we shouldn't bother entering any more if we don't take it seriously

[Diable Rouge]

Ireland finished last with just 16 points, we shouldn't bother entering any more if we don't take it seriously

That was Royaume-Uni, unless they've published the scores from the semis?

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

It's well worth finding a video of madonna's performance. Moshe Dayan meets the pearly Queens, with singing by florence foster jenkins

[Diable Rouge]

My apologies.

[elguapo4]

That was Royaume-Uni, unless they've published the scores from the semis?

They did, Netherlands won our semi final with 261 points to give you an idea how bad we were.