The Netherlands' track Europapa is one of the most memorable of the show and was described by one critic as "so bad" it will "put you off music forever". The EBU, which organises Eurovision, says it is investigating an unexplained incident.
Always has been. The whole introduction of the public vote really highlights (what has always been) the political voting of the judges. All the scandi countries voting for each other, border buddy voting, no-one voting for the UK etc.
It was only a few years ago that Iceland got in trouble for briefly showing a Palestine flag in the finals because the rules state “no politics”, but half the songs are making political statements.
Probably another Israel protest…
Maybe because Israel’s contestant is someone they literally held a TV contest to find, and then told her what song she’s allowed to sing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/arts/music/eurovision-israel-eden-golan-hurricane.html
It’s pure propaganda and rubbing everyone else’s nose in Israel being allowed to participate while actively committing a genocide.
The song was written explicitly to attract sympathy, and it was so bad originally Eurovision had to make them change some of they lyrics.
I miss the days Little Big did a Spanish language song to piss of Russian nationalists, now they’re living in exile in LA and this shit is going on.
I don’t follow Eurovision that closely, did I just never notice this before? Or has it always been like Olympics and FIFA?
Always has been. The whole introduction of the public vote really highlights (what has always been) the political voting of the judges. All the scandi countries voting for each other, border buddy voting, no-one voting for the UK etc.
It was only a few years ago that Iceland got in trouble for briefly showing a Palestine flag in the finals because the rules state “no politics”, but half the songs are making political statements.
Neighborhood voting is usually more frequent in televoting tbh (as is running order bias)
Little Big are masters of not giving a fuck who they piss off :)