It’s cool that they allow non-European countries like Azerbaijan
But also that year Azerbaijan had just don’t something bad and the tone of their song was “AND WE’LL DO IT AGAIN”
That's a fair assessment of it, except said fake TV show wouldn't be anywhere near as weird as the actual show is.
If you read the commentary on it, try to visualise what it's like, and then go and check, about 50% of the time it'll be way, way stranger than you imagined
The first time I saw it, I was living in Barcelona. We had a party and everyone put in money and drew a country and then you had to root for your country all night, so you could win the pot. It was extraordinary.
The countries that have English as one of their official languages are at a distinct advantage. Some languages just do not lend themselves to catchy pop songs.
the 1984 winner kinda worked in a combination of swedish and nonsense (they're singing about walking around in their golden shoes, the diggi-loo diggi-ley part is nonsense)
youtu.be/ySOCalwr6Yo?...
Not sure if serious bc I find that post a bit offensive, but that's just habit honestly. Almost everyone into K-Pop had parents who thought it was the weirdest thing they ever heard.
We out of the Anglosphere do not need to convert to the main-economic-power-after-WW2's language to make music. <3
I normally love it, it's like a national event in Ireland but this year what feels like the whole country is boycutting it. I can't bring myself to watch it either 🥲
as a person who has always lived in the EU (and still does)
it's also really really weird
/also every local gay bar is doing it live on big screen if they can 🤷
Fans of Abba, Riverdance, and Maneskin, Katrina and the Waves, Celine Dion... they all know.
Oh, it's weird. But usually worthwhile. Surprisingly entertaining every year 🎵
The thing that makes it not so weird to Europeans is variety shows. They were a staple of Euro TV, and still are in many places. Eurovision is an amped up version of those. But, sadly, the US doesn't have them anymore outside of things like America's Got Talent.
After living in Europe for a few years i started to get the sense that Eurovision is a geopolitical alliance with as much import for many people as institutions like the EU, the Schengen zone, and NATO.
