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mrsmarymorstan · 1 year

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Europeans whenever we see a Piano on Stage:

#Eurovision #ESC 2023 #Euroblogging #ESC #Estonia #Morstan Live Blogs Stuff #greatest hits

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starry-eyed-steve · 27 days

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No, I'm still not over this. A Spanish reporter was begging the EBU to ensure freedom of press at the ESC because he got intimidated by the Israeli delegation yesterday. Like this alone should've warrant a fucking ban. Not to mention they shouldn't be here in the first place. Like in every corner of the world, Israel is allowed to break the rules and commit crimes without any repercussions. I'm so sick to my stomach. This is not what the ESC stands for initially. But money talks more than morals.

As of rn, Israel is still harassing other artists. They create an unsafe environment for everyone, the artists, and the audience. If this is the last contest ever, congratulations for ruining the legacy over a genocidal country that isn't even in Europe.

#i'm so furious #eurovision 2024 #esc 2024 #eurovision song contest #eurovision #esc #ban israel #boycott eurovision #sandra says stuff

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allthingsgerman · 1 year

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I feel like ever since American people have been allowed to watch Eurovision it has gone down the drain.. where is the drama? Where is the glitter? Where are the men in hamster wheels? Where are the naked women churning butter? Where is the fire?

Can't we just get to keep this for ourselves? Americans literally ruin anything they touch!

This has nothing to do with Americans, this has to do with a certain cultural hegemony within the music industry and the way the contest is set up.

From what I remember the juries were originally introduced to moderate the block voting of certain regions (the balkans always exchanging maximum points, greece and cyprus etc.), but not only does that still happen, it now also seems to be a tool for the music industry (the jury is comprised of so-called 'experts' and professionals) to preserve what they apparently perceive as the 'dignity' of eurovision, by selecting boring mainstream songs and neglecting, let's say, interesting songs because it might be embarrassing.

This year the German jury was comprised of:

Katja Ebstein, a 78 year old singer who represented Germany in Eurovision three times between 1970 and 1980.

Alina Süggeler, whose band Frida Gold is mainly known for making forgettable EDM inspired pop stuff and commercials that are thinly disguised as music videos.

Anica Russo, a pop artist who I actually don't know much about but she finished 6th (out of 8) in the national selection for this year's German entry so make of that what you will.

Arne Gosh, a music manager.

Kai Tölke, Head of Music of a German radio station.

I'm assuming it will be similar in other countries. Managers and nonthreatening mainstream pop artists who are the darlings (and clients) of said managers and the labels, but who don't even match the most successful artists in the country.

And the vote of the German jury was:

12 points: Sweden, 10 points: Estonia, 8 points: Australia, 7 points: Spain, 6 points: Norway, 5 points: Czechia, 4 points: Italy, 3 points: Serbia, 2 points: Austria, 1 point: Lithuania.

The vote of the German public was:

12 points: Finland, 10 points: Italy, 8 points: Albania, 7 points: Ukraine, 6 points: Croatia, 5 points: Norway, 4 points: Poland, 3 points: Switzerland, 2 points: Belgium, 1 point: Sweden.

As you might notice, only two countries appear in both lists, and Sweden is last in the German public vote.

#reply #german stuff #german #germany #deutschland #deutsch #esc #eurovision #eurovision 2023 #esc 2023 #jury votes

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heritageposts · 4 months

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🍉 Bashar Murad - MASKHARA بشار مراد مسخرة

From a 2021 interview with Bashar, where he explains some of the choices behind his music video for Maskhara:

[...] Meanwhile, the coffee cup reading is a metaphor of family expectations, and the pink outfits, the pink lighting and filters, and pink roses stuffed into a military tank are a nod to pinkwashing – the promotion of the queer-friendliness of a political entity to distract from human rights abuses. As a gay Palestinian himself, the latter hits close to home. In 2019, Bashar attracted global headlines through his involvement in Globalvision, an alternative concert that was livestreamed simultaneously with Eurovision in Tel Aviv – which had been plagued with pinkwashing controversy. "We didn't get the same number of viewers as Eurovision, but it still felt like we were doing something important," Bashar recalls. "Eurovision is a very queer event. It's also a musical event, so it was not just pinkwashing, it was also artwashing. As a gay artist, it was so important for me to make a statement. "They were also emphasising the fact that Eurovision is not political when it's the epitome of politics. It's different countries voting for and against each other and flags being waved everywhere. "But when it comes to Palestine and our voices, we were shut down. We were told that no, this is not a political event, this is a party and this is a happy event."

. . . continues at The New Arab (5 Mar 2021)

#palestine #bashar murad #eurovision #i've been following bashar since his collab with hatari in 2019 #and i was about to make a post about his entry for the icelandic eurovision entry contest (wild west / vestrið villt)#but he genuinely has so many good songs #you should know about him outside of the stuff his done for esc too

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king-krisu · 22 days

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From now on I want every smaller country to send in a relatively unknown artist with weird hair and unique music, so they can expose the entire esc system and show the ebu we don't want polished shit like what sweden sends in year after year

#sorry oops i will forever be a hater of ballads or other stuff at esc </3 #idec about ballads but ever since they called themselves the pop machine of europe ive been a bit bitter #käärijä #joost klein #also joosts hair isnt even that weird its just SO fucking white lmao😭

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questionablelightyagami · 1 month

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guess who’s back with dog bojan yet again….