This looks normal.

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Bambie Thug to represent Ireland at Eurovision

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck56z3rxl6go

Let's remind ourselves how that brand new Ireland entry goes:

Doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.

Closing hints of Holst's Mars.

Like a cross between Rebecca Black and Grimes.

Bit old fashioned innit?

Butterfield wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck56z3rxl6go[/quote]


I keep reading

AILSHA (Go Tobann)

As
AILSHA (Go Taliban)

So, where are we. "Qu££rs for P@lestine" - and more importantly 0w£n J0n£$ - have demanded that Olly Alexander pulls out of Eurovision due to Isr@el's participation. He has (so far) refused to do so.

With all these "qu££rs" supposedly boycotting Eurovision there'll be no one left to watch it or take part in it. The lead up to this contest is going to need a lot of boxes of popcorn.

I wish we could bring back the genteel days of Dana International.

I was labouring under the impression that Olly Alexander was the same person as Oli London, causing me to fundamentally misunderstand this whole issue.

I don’t know who that is, does he play for the England cricket team?

Oli London is the one who had facial surgery to look like a K-pop boyband member, causing all kinds of cultural appropriation excitement, before regretting it and becoming a worldwide right wing commentator. Quite the journey.

Tuesday is semi-final 1 night!

It seems to have come around quickly.

I've got a really horrible feeling about this year's contest. It's like just the worst mix of modern day political fallout and "queer" propaganda. I just want a wholesome experience where there are people of all types who all get on without having to shout about something. Sort of like this forum.

Taking of "queer" propaganda, are we all looking forward to Finland's "Windows95man"?




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teemu_Keisteri

Vapourwave is like sooOooo 2010.

So, the Irish devil-worshipping, non-binary they/them, queer, trans-flag-wearing/waving, pro-Gaza-text-written-on-body witch got through to the final.

Have I missed anything out?

Butterfield wrote:

Oli London is the one who had facial surgery to look like a K-pop boyband member, causing all kinds of cultural appropriation excitement, before regretting it and becoming a worldwide right wing commentator. Quite the journey.

I’ve heard (and can well imagine) that is excruciating. You’re basically having your face smashed in and rebuilt, the bones shaved down and pinned. Bad enough if you’ve been in a very serious accident and require it, but to undergo it willingly - I think I almost admire it.

Apparently Korean plastic surgery with a facial reconstructive element has quite a high death rate. Not because it’s not good enough - it’s a very high standard in surgical technique, hygiene, look, everything. It’s just that it’s inherently a dangerous thing to be doing.

The K pop boyband look - I can see the appeal. Very pretty, delicate faces. But the pain! Oh my god, the pain, the blood, the complications - as I say, I almost admire anyone with the guts not to leap off the anaesthesia table. I feel faint just typing this post about it.

Butterfield wrote:

Tuesday is semi-final 1 night!

It seems to have come around quickly.

Quickly? Are you taking the urine? It feels as if it’s been going on forever.

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At the end of the broadcast, the Italian national broadcaster RAI revealed (accidentally) the results of the Italian televote. Israel won the Italian televote by an absolute landslide, followed by the Netherlands in second place and Albania in third.

The full Italian results were as follows:

39.31% Israel
7.32% Netherlands
6.68% Albania
6.64% Georgia
6.03% Switzerland
5.83% Armenia
5.29% Greece
3.54% San Marino
2.93% Denmark
2.91% Latvia
2.84% Austria
2.80% Estonia
2.48% Czechia
2.19% Malta
1.68% Belgium
1.55% Norway

https://escbubble.com/2024/05/israel-won-the-italian-televote-by-a-landslide/

I was assuming that they'd be quietly eliminated for purely musical reasons, it never occurred to me that they might win cuz, not despite, o' politics.

Oh Em Gee