Eurovision Song Contest 2026

It will be a classic 😄

Of course your friends don’t participate in the ESC - nor are they wanted.
We know full well from October 7 how much these scum value music festivals.

it all sounds so silly now, but how did no one see this coming? This BlueSky comment sums it up pretty well:

Why did no one pick up that Bulgaria had such a complete package? Perhaps we were all still scarred by Intelligent Music Project.

Honestly, the more I listen to it and watch it, the more I like it. I was "meh" after the semi-final, but now I love it. On the flip side, I was all aboard the Delta train after the semi-final, and even on the night of the final itself, but that song isn't having the same impact on me now.

Fair play to Delta - beating cancer twice, having to relearn to speak after botched surgery. Showed such grace, beauty and elegance throughout the whole ESC experience (trying not to sound like a beauty contest judge from the 1960’s).

She did Australia proud - wish her well for the future. 🙂

Iran, Hezbollah and the Palestinian government/terrorists have failed miserably in their duty of care to the Palestinian people. They have used them as cannon fodder in their war with Israel - for zero gain.

The October 7 attack has backfired badly on these terrorist groups - the leaders of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas before Oct 7 are now all dead. Good riddance too.

Also, whatever chance a two state solution had previously, it will now be kicked decades down the road as Israel can’t be seen to reward the perpetrators of the Oct 7 atrocities.

But you keep boycotting the ESC like the useful idiot/puppet for Iran that you are.

Just to make the point that Israel is the only protagonist from the Middle Eastern conflicts to be competing in Eurovision. If Palestine, Lebanon, Iran or even Gaza were also submitting entries, you could be making these arguments with gusto. But they are not there and nobody in Europe is in a position to either vote for them or to boycott them. The only issue up for discussion here is Israel's participation.

That really sucks about Switzerland. And yes, Croatia 2021 was the only time it has happened previously. I can't help but feel that if both the juries and the public want a song in the final, then it should be in the final. I mean, we usually have 26 countries anyway, so why not? It's not like it's an annual occurrence.

In a world gone crazy, it's good to know one thing is consistent…juries love Sweden. I watched the second 2008 semi-final on Thursday night instead of the live show, and it happened again there. Charlotte Perelli was dumped out at that stage by televoters, but since the stand-by juries (required in each country back then in case of a televote failure) were allowed to save one song that year, they went for Sweden. So it's the second time in 18 years that a rule change conveniently saved Sweden from semi-final elimination (and saved Charlotte from being the first returning winner to exit at semi-final stage, an "honour" that ultimately went to Dana International in 2011.)

Honestly, I think the public voters are just tired of overpolished, overproduced, overly slick Swedish pop. However, the relative "failure" of last year's more unconventional entry probably ensures it'll more of the same in the years to come. And while I appreciate the reasons for Felicia not showing her entire face, there were a lot of "I don't want to be reminded of COVID"-type comments on social media last Tuesday and Saturday.

I appreciate that the juries should be neutral and focus just on the song (as we've seen with the Moldovan scandal), but even judging Michelle on its merits alone, it didn't deserve such a high jury placing. It's a very average song.

Wasn't that the approach they took with Sam Ryder? Spaceman was never written for Eurovision and was already getting attention on social media before Sam was announced as the UK representative. I don't understand why the BBC didn't stay on that path. I've been saying this years now…the key to writing a good Eurovision song in the 21st century is to not write a good Eurovision song. Write a good song, then consider it for Eurovision.

There is something very wrong in the mind of the British public when it comes to Eurovision, many of them still consider Buck's Fizz the height of Eurovision success. Those days are long gone. This BBC article from Sunday got quite a lot of attention:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy72e81dp28o

It's concerning how even Eurovision fans, as opposed to the public, think…demanding key changes, Cliff Richard, wind machines, etc. It's not 1971, 1981 or 1991 anymore. And it proves exactly why calls for the BBC to bring back a national final with a public vote should be ignored - the British public, at the moment at least, don't know how how to pick a winning song.

I'm reminded of the 2007 and 2008 contests…both years, the UK not only sent a poor song, but also failed to vote for the winning song, as if to prove that the British public just cannot recognise a winner.

Using the opportunity to save money. I think excluding ourselves because Israel is involved in something is dumb. Do we just exclude ourselves from everything then forever?

Formerly known as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Norway really missed a trick not sending Frankenstein by Mileo this year!There was sound issues in the final which Mileo complained about himself and the lighting is definitely too dark but it is so catchy and the choreography is great too but it would of been even better on the big stage in Vienna!Would definitely of been top 5 and could of went even higher!