Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Mod warning in the OP

That is funny but there is weirdly a bit of truth in it...not mossad...but the Israeli government have been paying seemingly pretty highly for ads, I was inundated with them on YouTube, they have form...

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/28/nx-s1-5091270/israel-has-been-buying-google-ads-spreading-false-information-about-unrwa

Israel has been buying Google ads spreading false information about UNRWA

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/28/nx-s1-5091270/israel-has-been-buying-google-ads-spreading-false-information-about-unrwa

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Paresh Dave of Wired about the Israeli government buying Google ads that are spreading false information about the UN's relief agency in Gaza.

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

This is probably why we fail. Who on the continent would like that, same with suggestions of Irish music, it's irritating for the most part, might work out in America, Europeans will hardly like it

I'm proud to say i was one of the people who voted for Israel. The threats and abuse aimed at a survivor of the October 7th 2023 massacre was despicable. The anti semetic Hamas loving fruitcakes will spout their conspiracy theories and while the Israeli government may have it's issues, the Jewish people have a right to their own state and they have a right to defend and protect themselves from terrorist groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. A lot of people in Europe don't share the anti Israeli/pro Hamas sentiment in certain online far left echo chambers. So well done Yuval you didn't win Eurovision but you triumphed over the anti semtic haters and begrudgers!

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The German entry was great i thought! It should've have finished a lot higher than 15th place as well.

The one I think of first was the lad with the camel toe a couple of years ago😂😂 that was a truly awful song. This years wasn't a classic but was decent

🤣 I’d forgotten just how bad the song and the outfit was

https://youtu.be/80-4_rjW10U?si=-IO4GeGPbehREK6O

While I think the Israeli singer and singer were the best, perhaps it is good that next year the contest will be in Austria, not Israel. If it was to be in Israel it could have forced the country to wrestle with the unfathomably acerbic test of pretending all is hunky dory while hostages continue to languish in Gaza’s tunnels. Even as results were being announced on Saturday night ( it was Sunday morning in Israel) sirens were going off in much of Israel warning of incoming rockets. The war there is not over yet.

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Say what you like about Eurovisions past …. but there seemed to be more fun there and a more innocent feel ….. The last few years have been politically charged ….. with Russia being treated one way and Israel another way …… the quality of the songs has gone down too ….. with many being just acts not songs ….. for what ever reason people have lost interest …..

I remember a few years back Eurovision was everywhere …. everyone talked about the Irish entry ….. in good terms or bad but they talked about it …… and they watched it ….. it was shown in the pubs the hotels the restaurants ….. and people watched …..

Lately people feel it is rigged set up biased against Ireland or in favour of others ….. no one believes Ireland can win it ….. Perhaps after coming too often last or near it or not even qualifying had an impact ….. whether it was Chris Doran crooning If My World Stopped Turning In The Morning or Dustin squaking or Sinead Mulvey singing Etc or Ryan Dolan crooning Only Love Survives ….. none got there ….. only Brian Kennedy, Jedward and Bambi Thug and maybe a couple more were glimmers of hope across a bleak period of no wins spanning near 30 years …..

Most people yesterday did not want Israel in it …… People who watched it said Czech Republic or Australia should have gone in instead ….. others said Ireland and the Party In The Sky should have gone in ….. it was no worse than a lot of the stuff in it and better than some …..

The Eurovision certainly had its moments over the years ….. Dustin was one of them ….. and remember that Icelandic entry where she was performing a song/act where she was after winning it ….. she did not win and then went into a tantrum …… and then there was Lordi in all their glory winning with hard rock ….. and Maneskin later …… but are the glory days of this behind us ??? Is it now just an excuse for sci fi acts and strobe lighting ??? ….. and should countries like Ireland give it a break ??? ….. certainly most people have lost interest in it …… and I can well understand why ….. if Israel won it I'd say it would turn off most ….. their song was nothing special either so cannot really understand why it did so well with some ….. there were stronger more memorable songs that should have beaten it …..

I have heard it all now!!

If that makes you feel better that your beloved best song was lucky it finished second,that it helps you sleep better at night then cool!!

It finished second because it wasn't good enough to finish first and luck had absolutely nothing to do with it!!

Dunno. They played Germany, France, Holland and Belgium last month anyway. I've no idea of the venue sizes though.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Graham hangs up the Eurovision mic soon.

Rylan and Scott Mills do a good enough job with the semi-finals - get them to cover Saturday night (with Richie Anderson and Sara Cox providing the GF commentary on radio).