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European Song Contest is a load of rubbihs nowadays

A long number of years ago this event was reasonable and singers sung but now it is full of crackers getting all daftly dressed up, doing all sort of daftness added to the singing stuff. It is rubbish and mental pits. I have never seen answers as to why damn Israel is invol when not in Europe. Geography has become a farce.
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Re: European Song Contest is a load of rubbihs nowadays

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Estonia's Nublu (with Finland's Mikael Gabriel) are trying to win Finland's national song competition to get to represent Finland in Eurovision. With this configuration they hope to secure 12 points for Finland at least from Estonia.

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Turkey is sabotaging Greece's Eurovision song. Turkey thinks the song is about Pontic Genocide which it does not want anybody to know about (but by Turkey's raising riot of course more people will know about it). Turkey's Radio-Television company is a member of EBU, so they have a word, even though they are not participating in the song contest.

Γιουροβίζιον: Ελληνοτουρκικό «δράμα» από το πουθενά https://www.kathimerini.gr/culture/563455393/gioyrovizion-ellinotoyrkiko-drama-apo-to-poythena/

Linguistic note: The spelling Γιουροβίζιον is a transcription from English instead of somewhat more Greekish Ευρωβίζιον.

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This year's Eurovision song from Estonia rides on stereotypes about Italians. Maybe it can be interpreted in a good way, because the guy actually likes macchiato (as do I).

Quote from: https://canaledieci.it/2025/02/19/tommy-cash-chi-eta-lavoro-instagram-vita-privata-cantante-espresso-macchiato/
Il brano è ironico e molto corrosivo, contentendo vari stereotipi con i quali gli italiani sono noti nel mondo, raccontati e cantati in italiano, per molti in modo assurdo e volgare, per i fan, al contrario, Tommy Cash è un cantante che si esprime in modo geniale.

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CNN from USA ranks Eurovision songs. I'll try to quote just one sentence per entry, and I won't quote for every entry.

The good, the bad and the raunchy: All 26 Eurovision songs, ranked from worst to first

Quote from: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/entertainment/eurovision-2025-final-songs-rankings-cmd-intl
Updated 11:06 AM EDT, Fri May 16, 2025
London
CNN

26. Armenia: PARG, “Survivor”
The song’s terrible, by the way.

25. San Marino: Gabry Ponte, “Tutta L’Italia”
Remember the infuriatingly addictive 1998 hit “Blue (Da Ba Dee)?” That was this guy!

21. Germany: Abor & Tynna, “Baller”
Germany won’t win Eurovision, but they do win CNN’s coveted award for the competition’s worst lyrics.

19. Spain: Melody, “Esa Diva”
Melody’s staging is fabulous, and this song is a hot, chaotic mess (complimentary), but it’s hard to see either jury or televoter falling for it.

18. Iceland: VÆB, “Róa”
VÆB will give you a headache.

14. Greece: Klavdia, “Asteromáta”
It’s ambitious and personal, and Klavdia’s vocals are top drawer.

13. Netherlands: Claude: “C’est La Vie”
If Claude makes it onto the stage, he’s already one-upped last year’s Dutch entrant, Joost, who was disqualified moments before the show...

12. Ukraine: Ziferblat, “Bird of Pray”
Nemo likes it: “One of the most interesting (songs) musically – it’s very daring, bold, but beautiful.”

11. Estonia: Tommy Cash, “Espresso Macchiato”
You won’t want to like this song, but you probably will.

10. Malta: Miriana Conte, “Serving”
"Serving" is an energetic, if a little dated, Maltese effort that has shades of "Je Me Casse," a similarly buzzy entry from 2021.

9. Denmark: Sissal, “Hallucination”
The competition’s longest absence from the final (they last qualified in 2019) has been snapped by a fabulous, epic, searing ballad that deserves far more love than it’s getting.

8. Sweden: KAJ, “Bara Bada Bastu”
This song is the favorite and it’s been endorsed by Finland’s president – which is awkward, since the country has its own contestant.

7. Luxembourg: Laura Thorn, “La Poupée Monte Le Son”
It would be a crime if this didn’t do well.

6. Italy: Lucio Corsi, “Volevo Essere Un Duro”
Corsi's song is a beautiful and gentle effort that subverts traditional ideas around masculinity.

4. Switzerland: Zoë Më, “Voyage”
Countries never win back-to-back, which is a shame, because this is stunning.

3. Finland: Erika Vikman, “Ich Komme”
"Ich Komme" is one of many severely horny entries this year.

2. Austria: JJ, “Wasted Love”
It’s the best song at the competition.

1. Albania: Shkodra Elektronike, “Zjerm”
They sing about an oasis – “There’s no ambulance around the street, no one talks to you arrogantly” – clearly oblivious to the British bachelor parties that blight Tirana, Albania’s capital.