Hey, I’m thinking of setting up a new song contest where you can vote as many times you want for the contestant of your choice (but only 20 votes per credit card, we don’t want it to appear like a money grab after all). I’m also thinking it should be a safe space for apartheid states committing genocide. Oh wait, sorry, Eurovision already exists.
And now the cleanup can begin. Dear #EBU, you have a lot of explaining to do. Overdubbing the booing from the audience. Disqualifying the Netherlands. This years #Eurovision was filled with wonderful music and artists, but your politics, dear EBU, yes, YOUR politics at this event, where you loudly claim it’s unpolitical — it stinks.
YOU, dear #EBU, with your arrogant and intransparent handling of YOUR actions and decisions, YOU made #Eurovision political. Now accept that responsibility and make things right. Music HAS the power to be political and cause change. And that is a GOOD thing. So grow some b*lls, fix your mess and do better. Thank you.
May I remind you, dear #EBU, that Countries cannot be EBU members[1]. So no country flags? Only broadcasting organisations can be member, associate or approved partner. These can however also be members of the Council of Europe. Whose flag is, you guessed it, the European flag[2]. So your argument makes no sense.
Staying up late hoping for the #auroraborealis to come back... (no luck so far and might have to give up soon) but glad to hear that #Switzerland :blobcat_flagEnby: has won #eurovision (and not, for example, a country currently engaged in genocide who should definitely have been banned if only the #ebu weren't cowardly hypocrites)
If it "would not be appropriate" for #Netherlands to take part in #eurovision while an investigation by the Swedish police is taking place, why exactly is it just fine for a certain other country to take part while an investigation by the ICC is taking place?
I'm not saying that threatening production crew members is fine; it's just really not on the same level as War Crimes and Genocide though, is it, #ebu?
No #Eurovision thread from me this year. The #EBU made too many mistakes and is completely ignorant of what is happening outside their closed circle. Have a wonderful evening y'all!
The more the #EBU (European Broadcast Union) insists that #Eurovision isn't political, the louder the criticism gets. Eurovision always was political, no matter how loud they tried to deny it. So now we see the Streisand Effect in full force. It will be an interesting evening in Malmö.
I don’t care for #eurovision, and if I did, I would have not watched, due to Israel’s participation. I don’t blame the 20 year old girl coming out for Israel though, just the organization (EBU) itself.
With regards to #joostklein: no idea what happened, but I do find it abject that apparently for the #ebu you’re not innocent until proven otherwise. What if he wins? In sports events, if you use doping, your medal gets revoked after the fact.
Let’s all share #europapa.💙 https://youtu.be/nRdY-UYWdXQ?si=kKCDUF8DIVVURFdZ
Het incident rond mijn stadgenoot Joost Klein lijkt te zijn ontstaan door een nuchtere opmerking: 'waarom niet' een vraag beantwoorden over de veiligheid van andere artiesten naast de vertegenwoordiger van een land dat 35.000 mensen heeft afgeslacht
Het doet er niet meer toe of Joost Klein vanavond voor de jury mag optreden of helemaal gediskwalificeerd wordt met dat fantastisch opzwepende nummer over Europese eenheid
Voor mij - ik ben al heel lang een fan - heeft Klein al gewonnen
Het 'incident, wat nauwelijks iets voor stelt' heeft niets met Israel te maken.
Maar het is ronduit #hypocriet van de #EBU om een land wat bezig is aan een etnische zuivering (je weet wel, #genocide) wel deel te laten nemen, maar iemand die 'woorden' gebruikt (naar mijn inschatting is het heel waarschijnlijk dat het als reactie op iets heel onaardigs was) te disqualificeren.
Dat is gewoon #oneerlijk en dat heeft niets met 'United by Music' meer te maken.