i just know israel is pissed right now
a non-binary singer who's vocally against the genocide in palestine won the biggest music show in the world
this is not only a victory for nemo & switzerland, but for everyone who believes in PEACE โ๐ผ
#eurovision
To all the journalists attending
#BritishGP
press conferences:
PLEASE ask everyone about Nelson Piquet's comments.
Not just Lewis. Not just Max. EVERYONE.
Let this be a moment for the entire grid to *actually* unite and stand up against racism in the
#F1
community.
@JustReidy
in the lead-up to the grand final, the israeli delegation & broadcaster harassed and verbally abused nemo and bambie, the two non-binary artists in the contest, due to their gender identity and their stance against israel
this win is basically a big middle finger to israel
breaker of ireland's eurovision curse.
monarch of all non-binary monarchs.
pioneer of genre-bending music.
champion of peace in palestine.
if you're willing to vote tonight, VOTE 10 for BAMBIE THUG!!!
crown the witch & boo the zionist bitch ๐๐ง๐ฅ
this has to be the most technically impressive performance in this year's competition ๐คฏ
how is nemo doing those mind-blowing vocal acrobatics while running and jumping around on a floating disc?! MONARCH OF
#EUROVISION
๐
for cornald maas, the face of eurovision in the netherlands with over 2 decades of experience with esc, to say "f*ck the EBU" loud and clear on camera is simply astonishing
europapa is more than a "joke entry"
for starters it's SO PAINFULLY DUTCH. especially with that signature hardstyle production
to top it off, it's a touching tribute to his late father, who taught joost to go beyond the boundaries built by society ๐
i won't comment about whatever joost did that pissed off the EBU so much that they kicked him out
but i will comment on their bullsh*t "zero-tolerance policy"
EBU, you are tolerating a genocidal country. you are tolerating that country's delegation harassing other delegations
eden had the audacity to say that eurovision is a safe space for everyone...
yet her own country's delegation is making it UNsafe for other countries to move around the arena freely and rehearse.
hypocrites. ๐๐ผ
Yes, S10 did end up crying after her performance. ๐ฅน
A well-deserved qualification. Did not deserve being announced last tho ๐๐งก
#Eurovision
#NED
๐ช๐บ Who will host
#Eurovision
2023?
๐งต Here's a thread of the countries that have put their names in the hat so far!
(This thread will be updated when new countries state their interest)
๐งต LONG THREAD:
EBU's stance on ๐ฎ๐ฑ hearkens back to the expulsion of ๐ง๐พ๐ท๐บ
main takeaway: EBU's regulations on the non-political nature of
#eurovision
are not clear & strong enough
EBU were only able to act against ๐ง๐พ because BTRC didn't hide the political intentions... (1/7)
๐ฆ๐น POE POE
๐ฎ Crystal Ball ending
๐ฌ๐ง The Sun "leaking" Mae Muller as the UK entry
๐ฎ๐ช We Are one "revamp"
๐ซ๐ท La Zarra stepping back from her career
๐ฝ๐ฐ RTK announcing a contest to look for "future ESC artists"
๐ฎ๐ฑ Feminine feminine phenomenal
I thought today was not Super Saturday?
"it's a very strange feeling to be here celebrating while my people are being exterminated at the same time"
keep telling the story of palestinians, bashar!! โค๏ธ๐ค๐
#s
รถngvakeppnin
can you imagine what was going through bambie's mind during this moment?? ๐ญ they literally broke down crying the moment ireland was called as a
#eurovision
qualifier for the first time in 6 years
somebody commented this under joost's post on instagram announcing "europapa" as his song title. joost is being genuine here.
for context: joost lost his dad when he was 12 to cancer, and his mum one year later to cardiac arrest. his 2022 song "papa en mama" is a tribute to them
I need the full video of that
#Tokyo2020
#OpeningCeremony
pictogram segment RIGHT NOW. ๐
One of the most creative and entertaining concepts that I've witnessed in the history of the
#Olympics
.โฏTake a bow, Japan! ๐๐ผ
EBU finally listened to fans this time around
but lest we forget the other sins they haven't addressed:
- making semis 100% televote
- restricting fan media access
- rehearsals behind closed doors
- blocking people on social media for disagreeing w/ their choices
#Eurovision
word on the street is that bambie defied the EBU's ruling and wrote "ceasefire" on their face in ogham script for tonight's performance
BAMBIE THUG THE MONARCH YOU ARE ๐๐
as if i could not love bambie more ๐ฅน
"nemo winning, i'm so proud we're all in the top 10..."
"f*ck the EBU. eurovision is the contestants and the fans, not the EBU."
"the queers are coming. non-binaries for the f*cking win!"
For the first time in history, four
#Eurovision
songs simultaneously chart in the top 10 on the UK singles chart:
2. Loreen ๐ธ๐ช
6. Kรครคrijรค ๐ซ๐ฎ
9. Mae Muller ๐ฌ๐ง
10. Alessandra ๐ณ๐ด
๐บ๐ฆ UKRAINE - Winner 2022
President Zelenskyy has expressed his country's intent to host
#Eurovision
next year
He puts forward Mariupol as host cityโ"free, peaceful, rebuilt" ๐
(Click "ALT" on the image to read an English translation of President Zelenskyy's Instagram post)
๐ช๐ธ Spain
#ESP
THIS IS A BIG ONE. LLEGร LA MAMI!!! ๐ฅ๐ฅต๐ฅญ
Seรฑorita Chanel Terrero is giving you drama, body, choreography, vocals, hair, outfit, camera angles, sex appeal, pyro... you name it,
#Chanelazo
's got it ALL!
Espaรฑa, cherish her. โค๏ธ
#Eurovision
what even is this FAQ page??? it didn't even answer the questions at all ๐ญ๐ญ JUST SAY THAT MONEY IS THE REASON YOU CAN'T LET GO OF ISRAEL FFS
idk how eurovision managed to create an even bigger PR disaster out of a PR campaign that was intended to defuse the situation
I don't want this situation to dominate the entirety of this week's presscons.
However, as journalists, it is your right AND duty to give these drivers a platform, to give them a chance to silence the people saying "they're staying silent, so they are racist/don't support Lewis"
๐งต THREAD:
so many people have pointed out that all the drama about how the EBU repeatedly rejected israel's song for eurovision 2024, hurricane by eden golan, might be fake news ๐
let's look at the timeline of events and evidence behind this theory...
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
#NED
No matter what happens tonight, S10 is a winner to me ๐
Telling a story about letting go of your dark past in Dutch to 200M ppl is hard. She does this with such admirable passion, fragility & power.
HUP STIEN ๐งก
#1metS10
#Eurovision
many who watched
#benidormfest
last night complained about the bad audio mixing on the tv broadcast
turns out the audio mixing in the arena was SO MUCH BETTER. here's part of sofia coll's performance recorded from the standing audience area, she actually sounded very good here:
๐ณ๐ฑ NETHERLANDS - Host 2021
Marnix Kaart, director of
#Eurovision
2021, said that bringing the contest back to Rotterdam "seems fantastic" to him
He added that Europe should organise it togetherโ"the finances have to be shared with each other"
Source:
@RTLBoulevard
(in Dutch)
when switzerland said "we're not sending a male ballad", i did not expect a BANGER BY NONE OTHER THAN NEMO ๐คฏ
this is literally love at first listen ๐ if they are given the right staging and they could nail the falsetto parts live, THIS COULD WIN EUROVISION. mark my words
If Israel is disqualified by the EBU, a few other countries, notably Germany, may withdraw. And that would mean the end of Eurovision.
Welcome to the real world, Eurofans!
this is the first time i've felt so emotional over a eurovision entry's staging that i spontaneously started crying
ireland, bambie thug has done you proud. CROWN THE WITCH!!! ๐๐งก
#eurovision
The BBC has NOT offered to host
#Eurovision
2023 in ๐ฌ๐ง the United Kingdom.
The UK is a Big 5 countryโthey might have the budget & venue options to host the contest. However, there are no rules which stipulate that the runner-up is given first refusal if the winner can't host.
FUN FACT: The colours of the Ukrainian backing vocalists' outfit are actually the colours of the flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the region of Ukraine where Kalush Orchestra's lead rapper Oleh Psiuk is from!
#Eurovision
nemo, monarch of europe:
"i broke the code. i broke my trophy too, but that can be fixed. i think eurovision needs a little bit of fixing too."
YES NEMO, SPEAK UP AGAINST THE EBU'S BULLSH*T!
๐ช๐ธ SPAIN - 3rd place 2022, Big 5
In an interview during a live aftershow on TVE La 1, Eva Mora, head of Spain's
#Eurovision
delegation, announced that the Spanish broadcaster is offering to host the 2023 edition if Ukraine is unable to do so
Source: RTVE
RTVE se ofrece para apoyar a Ucrania en la organizaciรณn de
#Eurovision
y, en el caso de que lo necesitaran, estarรญa Espaรฑa dispuesta a albergar la prรณxima ediciรณn.
#GraciasChanelRTVE
#Eurovisi
รณnRTVE
@letscountsmiles
- ๐ซ๐ท (like, I legit thought this was top 10 material)
- ๐ณ๐ฑ (producers f*cked S10 over with that running order)
- ๐ฑ๐ป (I just wanted to hear ๐ฑ in the grand final K don't @ me)
the "they only let Sweden win
#Eurovision
because it's ABBA's 50th anniversary next year" conspiracy theory has been squashed
so what now, salty Eurofans? ๐
Here's a recap of all the instances of
#Eurovision
not being hosted in the country that won in the previous year, courtesy of
@DanieTreg
(and Wikipedia!)
๐ธ๐ช SWEDEN - 4th place 2022
Anna Kรถnig Jerlmyr, Finance Minister of Stockholm, contacted the ๐บ๐ฆ Ambassador to ๐ธ๐ช to offer her city as host of
#Eurovision
2023
"This is a way to continue to show support. We are used to arranging Eurovision"
Source:
@Aftonbladet
(in Swedish)
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
I couldn't be happier for S10 right now! She was so close to tears at the end of the performance... and so was I ๐ญ
My personal winner. Let's see if the public will react positively to a song in Dutch
GOED GEDAAN STIEN ๐งก
#Eurovision
#NED
@Eurovision
@EBU_HQ
Are we surprised to see this? Absolutely not.
We were surprised by Ukraine getting all pissy about the EBU not wanting them to host & thus allegedly not supporting them.
๐จ UPDATE on ๐ฌ๐ง the UK
In an interview on BBC News Sunday Morning Live, the Secretary of State for Business, Kwasi Kwarteng, stated that "it would be an honour" for them to host
#Eurovision
However, he added that Zelenskyy "is fully confident that Ukraine would be able to host"
๐ฎ๐น ITALY - Host 2022, Big 5
Stefano Coletta, director of Italy's
#Eurovision
broadcaster Rai 1, stated that Turin is โat the disposal of RAI and the EBU for a possible organisation in the event that the event cannot be hosted in Ukraineโ
Source:
@escitalia
(in Italian)
i know you dutchies & windows95man enjoyers are eating joost klein up
all i'm saying to y'all is: get ready to defend europapa like how spanish eurofans defend zorra. europapa is divisive af
๐ช๐ธ SPOILER: Chanel has reworked the ending of her "SloMo" performance. Injecting more sass with the hand fan, executing big vocal runs, doing completely new choreography, and of course... pyrotechnics galore. ยกMuy caliente! ๐ฅ๐ฅต๐ฅญ
#Eurovision
#ESP
๐ต๐ฑ POLAND - 12th place 2022
Jacek Kurski, president of Polish broadcaster TVP, has said that he is "always open" to help Ukraine organise
#Eurovision
2023
However, he implied that matters would have to be discussed with the Polish government first
Source: Plejada (in Polish)
...behind their 2021 entry. and EBU only kicked ๐ท๐บ out due to pressure from nordic & western european broadcasters, not because there were clear violations against EBU's own rules (allegedly)
๐ฎ๐ฑ's case is unique. europe is torn on whether ๐ฎ๐ฑ is in the right or the wrong. (2/7)