I do need you all to know that the favourite to win Iceland’s ESC National Final, Söngvakeppnin, is Bashar Murad, a queer Palestinian man.
His song is Wild West (title in English)/Vestrið villt (title in Icelandic), which he co-wrote with the guys from Hatari (yes, the guys who held up the Palestinian flag during the 2019 contest held in Israel) and even learn how to sing in Icelandic to perform this song.
Anyway, here’s his live performance. He has qualified to the final
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Once Söngvakeppnin is over, Iceland will discuss with the winner about whether they should attend Eurovision or boycott it
Catherine x 2023 Eurovision is the crossover we deserve
The Princess of Wales plays with last year’s champions Kalush Orchestra & their winning entry, Stefania. Catherine played her instrumental piano performance in the Crimson Drawing Room of Windsor Castle.
Lil edit dedicated to our long-distance boos <3
[Will post on TikTok later]
Song: "First Date" - Blink182
Because Eurovision was the best first date, let's be honest.
Footage:
During Eurovision
Titanic Clip
The proposal
At the club sharing nicotine
On a boat
Bojan serenading
Käärijä & Jokerman taking the bus
Käärijä & Joker Out iconic tour [Koppitules was included in that vid]
Fuck the jurys. Get rid of them. Käärijä deserved it more. LOTL deserved to place higher. But you know what is most heartbreaking to me? Hearing Peter Urban (Germanys commentator for 25 years) being sad over the fact that we got last again on his last Eurovision when he was sure we would do a lot better (he also said his favorit was Käärijä). Tomorrow all of Germany is going to talk about about how much everyone hates us when we could have placed a bit better if it wasn't for the jurys.
By the way, German public gave Käärijä 12 points and for once I'm proud of my country 💚
I'm also watching the German/Swiss/Austrian aftershow talk right now and I don't know why I'm doing this to myself. It explains a lot why the jurys vote as they do