Eurovision 2024 chat

[somber pelican]

In Ferrari terms: they're still checking

[royal vector]

multiple

multiple incidents

[oak oriole]

We don't know what happened at all, unless you were in the arena and have the biggest scoop so far

[slim sedge]

"why not" i dont see why it needs a full investigation its a normall sentance

[copper night]

Some journalist at Iltalehti: Maybe it is good that Käärijä didn't win when you look at this clusterfuck

[royal vector]

Its the sand I tell you

[somber pelican]

This is the latest update

[wild hearth]

JOOST PUT SAND IN EVERY DELEGATIONS DRESSING ROOM

[high remnant]

We have speculated that he is pregnant and pissing sand in a green room wich somehow transformed him in a sandworm from dune

[slim sedge]

just want my dutch friends to win okay

[somber pelican]

Wij ook. Broeder.

[high remnant]

Sorry i wrote green worm instead of green room, almost didn't make sense there

[royal vector]

I thought you called him a breeder 💀

[wild hearth]

what the fuck is going on in here on this day

[somber pelican]

You are a bit to fixated on the whole papa thing 😂

[high remnant]

There shall be no breeding

[somber pelican]

Basically:

[royal vector]

big_brother_1984.gif

[wild hearth]

this is painfully accurate, good job

[somber pelican]

Thank you

[wild hearth]

no wonder joost hates sand, sand = beach and beach = sea which the Dutch cannot have

[somber pelican]

We actually use sand like big time

we like sand

as sand is no water

[high remnant]

But sand is how we keep sea out, well some other stuff too

[slim sedge]

aint Sand the biggest allay in the dutches war against the sea its what fills up the sea

[wild hearth]

so true

[high remnant]

Yeah we love sand

[slim sedge]

meanwhile Belgian polders and dikes are completly forgoten about

[wild hearth]

what did you just call me

[high remnant]

You deltawerk

[copper night]

I think it is more sea being their mortal enemy

[slim sedge]

wich eurovision song this year would work the best as a anime OP

[somber pelican]

Denmark' song

[wild hearth]

attack on sand

[slim sedge]

and wich one would work best as a ED

[somber pelican]

also Denmark

Give in to the sand

[copper night]

Wonder if we should do what Sweden and norway have done and send Lordi

Maybe Denmark is now obligated to send the only teardrops lady soon

[somber pelican]

In a new version; Only sand

EBU website is back online btw

[slim sedge]

and?

[royal vector]

The S in Eurovision stands for Sand

The other letter still stand for Sand

[somber pelican]

it was down for the past 6 hours or so

[copper night]

Denmark must commit a war crime and attack sweden with a sandstorm

[slim sedge]

would it be a influx of activity made it spike and crash or was it forcfully downed

[somber pelican]

That I obviously can't tell

[slim sedge]

i mean there are no recorded war crimes in the geneva convension that include throwing sand at people

[copper night]

My favourite dane entry was higher ground

[somber pelican]

not yet...

[copper night]

Presumably no. But making a sandstorm would most likely be a war crime

[slim sedge]

i mean

it would go to the Hague for diliberation first

[copper night]

Something about not modifying the weather for warfare

[high remnant]

Don't bring your sand problems here, we have enough

[wild hearth]

sand...Sandstorm....darude confirmed Finnish representative 2025

[urban rain]

Cerys should become a sand witch

[wild hearth]

I would be delicious between two slices of bread

[urban rain]

true...

[copper night]

He was some time ago

[urban rain]

boil her, mash her, stick cerys in a stew

[wild hearth]

😭

cook me in a more dignified way, at least

[high remnant]

cerys stew

[copper night]

https://youtu.be/VSPhIwOJfRs?si=UEqtso9OWW1nlKVA
Didn't go well last time

[royal vector]

https://x.com/kaarijay/status/1789005949136466284?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

jay🍉 | 🇳🇱🇱🇹🇪🇪 (@kaarijay) on X

oh my god its getting bad

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 6:53 PM

People are united but certainly not by music 💀

[wild hearth]

he was too good for us

[copper night]

Like last year
United against the juries

[somber pelican]

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/melodifestivalen/a/MnRnOo/uppgifter-ebu-i-krismote-om-nederlandernas-joost-klein-anklagas

He was spotted back at his hotel

[copper night]

Sadly, Eurovision requires singing, I think

[royal vector]

https://x.com/vocaisuspension/status/1789014132160672194?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

Honest Vocal Cunt | 🇽🇰 🇦🇲 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 (@VocaISuspension) on X

JOOST UPDATE:

Media have been harassing Joost as him and the Dutch delegation await the results of the EBU Investigation into today's incident.

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 7:26 PM

[urban rain]

yaaaaaay

poor joost

[royal vector]

💀

[olive sable]

Every time i see something like this i remember lady Gaga's Paparazzi

[simple trench]

This is certainly one of the Eurovision events of all time

[royal vector]

Eurofans have crowned Hera Björk as the people princess now 💀

[wild hearth]

remember when the biggest drama was broken staging

Did you guys see the Moldovan lady lose it when she didn't qualify

[royal vector]

I remember when the biggest drama was an Australian showing his ass on stage

[royal vector]

No???

Share???

[wild hearth]

Ooo

So she vagueposted something on her insta whining about everyone being naked

hang on a mo I'll get it

[rancid tangle]

luv me hera bjørk thorhallsdattir

[urban rain]

based

[royal vector]

What the hap is fuckening

[urban rain]

lmao

[royal vector]

OH YEA I REMEMBER

Extra copium

[somber pelican]

These messages are already from 3+ hours back lmao

[wild hearth]

sucks to have a mid song

[royal vector]

My reaction to that information

[simple trench]

As an outsider, this whole thing seems like a sitcom, like if I didn't know about Eurovision before hand, I could be convinced this is all just a massive comedy event

[olive sable]

Eurovision is usually a fever dream but this one is a fever nightmare

[high remnant]

Usually it's just on drugs but this time it's mixed with alcohol

[royal vector]

It only took one shitty Eurovision to make the Europeans realise this is all kind of fucked

[high remnant]

All because of the sand, it's even in the air

[wild hearth]

the sand of palestine

[high remnant]

They talk about a sea and a river, but at the edge of those there was always the sand

I do wonder who will win tomorrow

[paper sphinx]

That's some not bad news for a moment??

[olive sable]

Denmark

[urban rain]

🙏

[high remnant]

Just because of the.....

[dense ibex]

Please stop the topic of politics in here - This is not the server or place for it - Please see the pins.

[royal vector]

Oh come on. We are discussing Eurovision and its repercussion which at this point cannot be separated from Politics

Its not like we are starting discourse on the matter

[dense ibex]

It's inherently political, and yes while there is overlap, it is not about the show. We wish to avoid the topic here before it turns into discourse or upset

[simple trench]

Imo, we should leave this place for discussing the event itself like the presentations and stuff, the political repercussions should go to another chat or not be discussed at all

[royal vector]

The event itself rn is a shitshow because of politics

[high remnant]

Not another chat, that would both get out of hand and not be practical

[high remnant]

Well that and the joost klein thing, wich we don't know if it's political

[royal vector]

Thats true

But its quite literally not getting out of hand

[high remnant]

It's getting out of sand

Okay ill leave

[olive sable]

I think the point is letting it lean into politics makes it likely to tip over later

[oak oriole]

Rules are rules I'm afraid, and you were present for this one being added. The user who created this thread also requested politics stay out of this channel (in bold no less)

[royal vector]

Which politics are exactly being discussed here?

[wild hearth]

This is such a sa(n)d situation

[olive sable]

The sand joke fills me with joy

[royal vector]

The light at the end of the sand

[olive sable]

So glad that Denmark has left its mark on the contest

[royal vector]

Its

Denmark

[olive sable]

Or should i say its sand

[wild hearth]

it's certainly drawn its line in the sand

[high remnant]

We just have to keep talking about sand

I also liked the weird theories on joost klein's situation

We need more of those till the end of time

[wild hearth]

Its been discovered that joost isn't actually a person, he's a million grains of sand in a jacket

Denmark was trying to warn us

[burnt scarab]

I can't believe Joost stole Denmark's sand whilst riding away on a donkey laughing manically

ITS NOT EVEN A FAST DONKEY, THEY JUST LET HIM GO

[high remnant]

It has come to light that joost klein will not be joining us because he asked an intern to "sand nudes"

[fathom swift]

he comitted sand theft larceny

[olive sable]

Global sandsation

[high remnant]

Joost klein has fled the building screaming he will return the sand to sandiego

[wild hearth]

Sand the alarm

[high remnant]

After much consideration joost klein was allowed on stage again where he was met with a sanding ovation

[wild hearth]

guys I love greece's singer this year, marina sandti

[olive sable]

European Broadcasting Union disbanded, Eurovision Sandcasting Union takes place

[royal vector]

BREAKING NEWS: the People’s Princess Hera Björk and Joost seen together forcing Martin Eurovision into a sand blaster. More updates coming soon

[slim sedge]

if we cant behave i may close the chat myself

lets just try and get back to the funny song contest

[burnt scarab]

Are sand puns allowed?

Or is it a coarse subject

[high remnant]

Im looking foreward to a sandsational performance tomorrow

[wild hearth]

If they ban sand puns its Sandsorship

We have to go against the grains

[high remnant]

I think he was talking about the politics but im not shore

[olive sable]

We've washed that away with the tide

All that remains is the sand

[wild hearth]

Oh, seems I didn't undersand fully

[high remnant]

This joke may have stranded too though

[royal vector]

We literally are tho

Things are happening

Idk what those things are

But they are def things

[somber pelican]

its a joke

[royal vector]

Big if true

The serbian twink from 2023 speaks out

[olive sable]

i need a year where at the end of the ESC we get something like the end of Miss Congeniality where another contestant tries to steal the trophy believing they were robbed and its all descending into chaos but the presenters have no reaction and continue as if this is normal

[royal vector]

This happens but we dont see it

[wild hearth]

LUKE BLACK FROM SERVIA???

[royal vector]

I have no proof but many eurovision people are gay

And you know what gays love?

Fighting over shiny objects

[wild hearth]

petra said so

[olive sable]

EUROVISION is gay

[royal vector]

Like magpies

And some other corvids

[urban rain]

so true

[wild hearth]

I love corvids

top ten bird families

[urban rain]

people are behaving

[fair lodge]

Birds? BLACKBIRD WAS ROBBED

[olive sable]

btw has anyone heard anything else about whats happened in the jury finals

or have they been otherwise going ahead as normal

[royal vector]

No news

Other than in the rehearsal everyone was giving 12 points to Slovenia

[urban rain]

the contestants were forced to down a kilo of sand

[olive sable]

Solvenia Sweep

wait

SANDVENIA

[royal vector]

Martin Osterdahl is dead, the current Martin is Joost in a skin suit

[barren raft]

kaarija is blasting finnish polka outside Osterdahl's window https://open.spotify.com/track/7ehXSFlAsbadnSM93Pj4jT?si=3be6e32cd5c043ec

[olive sable]

Joost planted grains of sand across the eurovision venue they need to manually count and verify whether he crossed the line for malicious amounts of sand

[wild hearth]

This is the only explanation I'm listening to now

either that, or joost was loreen all along trying to win for a third time

Have we seen loreen and joost in the same room?

[royal vector]

Holy shit

Yet another swede plot

[wild hearth]

The song in sf2 was a DISTRACTION

WAKE UP PEOPLE

[olive sable]

someone walked into Joost's dressing room backstage by accident and saw Loreen removing her disguise

[fair lodge]

I knew we couldn’t trust Petra when she swore they wouldn’t send Loreen again 🤔

[olive sable]

they got the cha cha chas in to distract us

[wild hearth]

Petra said "they" as in Sweden... not any other country

[fair lodge]

GASP

[royal vector]

AND THE PLOT THICKENS

Can love flourish on the battlefield

[wild hearth]

👀

love wins

[paper sphinx]

Did efendi and tix last?

[barren raft]

carlow x lithuania

[royal vector]

That twink always looks slightly terrified

He looks on the verge of a panic attack in every pic

https://x.com/nonecosimale/status/1788712763532988665?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

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popcorn with the boys 🇪🇪🇨🇿

Twitter · May 9, 2024, 11:28 PM

European solidarity

[wild hearth]

americans will never understand

Also I'm obsessed with how this could look like a renneisance painting

[urban rain]

interesting how security aren't ejecting people for this non-member flag

[oak oriole]

Will have to ask them to take a new photo to see what has happened since

[barren raft]

theyd likely be pedantic by saying its a county flag of a member

[urban rain]

heh

[barren raft]

New weird post

[high remnant]

I don't understand

[barren raft]

Israeli team person shittalking bambi

[urban rain]

https://fxtwitter.com/RobPOPPED/status/1789017423506481221

[urban rain]

https://twitter.com/eimhin_sor/status/1789026557891395641 🧵 of a lot more of these

evan (@eimhin_sor) on X

here they go again - after the onslaught on Joost, the Israeli delegation are back to targeting Bambie.

Israeli songwriter, and the same person who was filming Joost the other day against his wishes.

#eurovision

Twitter · May 10, 2024, 8:15 PM

[high remnant]

Ah not poor bambi, her mother died in a fire or something

Can't remember that movie

Might have been her dad

Might not have been a fire

Something sad happened though

[fair lodge]

I could’ve sworn it had something to do with sand

[high remnant]

But in all seriousness why are they targeting that woman?

Did she do anything wrong except for a bit of an out there style of clothing?

[urban rain]

That delegation was targeting Joost too

I don't believe I can give you an appropriate answer within the rules the admins have assigned for this channel

as to why I believe its happening

[high remnant]

Ah, okay i understand

Then don't

[urban rain]

yeah

[royal vector]

Eurosaturday

[north owl]

Happy Eurovision day

And new doctor who episodes day

[slim sedge]

And new anime episodes day

[lament magnet]

According to Dutch news outlet NOS, the police have gotten involved and have interrogated both Joost Klein and the other person in the alleged incident. Resolution could take weeks. Still unclear if he'll show up tonight.
(Not able to post link, sorry.)

[fair lodge]

Joost doing the wrong Mathieu van der Poel challenge lol

That reference is gonna be lost on non-sports people, apologies

[wild hearth]

Happy eurovision day guys!!!!!! I hope everything is COMPLETELY NORMAL AND FINE

[somber pelican]

I get it. Very nice

[urban rain]

Hopefully Joost and his shoulder pads may compete

[somber pelican]

Flag is back

[olive sable]

Europapa!!

[somber pelican]

Journalists have also been placed behind fences now at his hotel

A statement can be made any second now...

Joost has been disqualified

[olive sable]

???

Have the EBU put anything official out

[somber pelican]

This is from AVROTROS, the official Dutch broadcaster

Its real

[olive sable]

Yeah but shouldn't the EBU like just be making a statement regardless

[urban rain]

they should have done before banning him from the jury

[somber pelican]

https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/statement-dutch-participation-eurovision-song-contest

There you go

[urban rain]

"The Dutch artist Joost Klein will not be competing in the Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his performance in Thursday night’s Semi Final. While the legal process takes its course, it would not be appropriate for him to continue in the Contest.

We would like to make it clear that, contrary to some media reports and social media speculation, this incident did not involve any other performer or delegation member.

We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate behaviour at our event and are committed to providing a safe and secure working environment for all staff at the Contest. In light of this, Joost Klein’s behaviour towards a team member is deemed in breach of Contest rules.

The Grand Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will now proceed with 25 participating songs."

This is maybe fair, if it is infact a genuine allegation by a production team who didn't incite an incident

Interesting how they can deem behaviour in breach while also saying its under investigation

either the information is out there or it isn't

[olive sable]

This is just a very very weird situation

[north owl]

This whole thing is a shit show

Idk if this'll be a fun thing to watch

[olive sable]

Why couldn't the drama just be denmark sand attack

[urban rain]

It's also interesting how this is the only case of alleged harassment that's resulted in action

[somber pelican]

What happened to innocent until proven guilty lmao

[high remnant]

Welp i guess it's doctor who time for me

[olive sable]

Have they had allegations mid contest in the past?

[somber pelican]

Nah

[urban rain]

I don't know, but there's been video and photographic evidence of both the Dutch and Irish artists being harassed by officials from another delegation

this event

[olive sable]

Oh right yeah

[north owl]

At this point I'm genuinely considering skipping this song contest

[olive sable]

They do say themselves it's a 'zero tolerance' for inappropriate behaviour

[urban rain]

Which they then don't follow

[olive sable]

I'm sure the contest ans the run up to it are now going to be very uncomfortable

[urban rain]

tolerant and appropriate behaviour 😌

Filming artists without consent, physical aggrevation, sending borderline threats online, tolerant and appropriate

[olive sable]

Assuming the translation is correct, also what the Eurovision commentators for Israel said about bambie in her introduction in SF 1

[wild hearth]

OH FUCK

[burnt star]

Insane that the netherlands just got booted. A shame a different country from Semi-2 won't take their place

[olive sable]

This is the one i'm referring to

[wild hearth]

this is not very europapapapapapa

[high remnant]

Ive kinda lost all interest in watching the show now, i do hope that everyone else who watches has a fun time and there won't be even more weird things

[burnt scarab]

Im still here for my rock boys, Estonia and Croatia

[north owl]

I'm on the fence

[olive sable]

I'll probably still watch it, but not expecting it to be a great time

[high remnant]

I will stay here for the sand though

[north owl]

With all this shit going down I doubt it'll be fun

[paper sphinx]

This, if I watched I'd be nervous the entire time of something happening

[fathom swift]

im defo not watching now, i they can kick out joost over an investigation, but not the country that is on video harassing others, then its not something i even want to entertain

[somber pelican]

this is me rn

[fair lodge]

I do be feeling all sorts of rough and coarse now 😔
No shade on everyone prepping to watch, have a wonderful time

[olive sable]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68993726

BBC say that the allegations made were of intimidation/unlawful threats

[high remnant]

Yeah, let's not accuse those people of burying their head in the sand

[wild hearth]

there goes my sandturday evening plans

[somber pelican]

The Dutch commentator stated that ''Incident hardly amounts to anything''

[urban rain]

@wild hearth

[olive sable]

I am inclined to believe them however i want to wait for all the information to actually be out there

[wild hearth]

😭 oopie woopsie

[pastel minnow]

Can we all just agree to only watch the father ted episode instead? https://youtu.be/RLtgbAoy27Q?si=vfAXiXDUtogZQq4_

[slim sedge]

EUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[high remnant]

Having trouble on the toilet?

[slim sedge]

For the first time in my live

FUCK THE EBU

[north owl]

I get the feeling that this Eurovision may just get cancelled

[somber pelican]

I'll just pretend it never happened

[high remnant]

I doubt it, something else would have to happen for that

[urban rain]

entirely could tbf

[somber pelican]

Rumors are that Estiona also wants to drop out because of this

[mellow ruin]

Rumors

Let's keep it at that

[olive sable]

its very possible something else does happen as a response to this, but it would still all be an if something else happens yeah

[high remnant]

Yeah if other country's back out that would be that "something else" that could get the show cancelled. But we don't know that for now

[olive sable]

either way the EBU are not going to be having a fun time for a good while now

[high remnant]

I doubt they will hear the end of this any time soon

[mellow ruin]

Finland must be real glad to not host this shitfest

[mellow ruin]

I got the reference don't worry

[high remnant]

I do hope the show will go on, both for the people who want to watch but maybe more for the artists performing

For a lot of people participating this is something really special and important to them, would be a shame if incompetent managment ruins it

[olive sable]

yeah thats the main thing that makes me not want it to be cancelled

[urban rain]

I kinda feel that'd already been broken tbh

[olive sable]

as much as its already a messy and stained eurovision, it must still be quite special to the people performing regardless, we hear the drama but i'm sure that there are still lots of good moments too

[high remnant]

I guess we will see

[olive sable]

i also feel bad for the hosts tonight

[wild hearth]

I have no idea how they're going to mention ut tonight

Does that mean they'll bring someone who didn't qualify in?

[urban rain]

no, 25

the missing 3 minutes will be allocated to sand cleaning time /j

[burnt star]

They can't

they had rehersals yesterday. They can't bring a person on stage less than 12 hours before the actual grand finale

[wild hearth]

The 3 minutes will be dedicated Måns Worship Time

[olive sable]

the implication that denmark is hiding in the venue and throwing sand everywhere

[high remnant]

Imma throw some sand in your eye

[fair lodge]

So yeah, now we’ll have booing for the DQ right before they go to the next artist … *checks list
Ah, splendid.

[high remnant]

I think that's bingo

[olive sable]

the booing will probably be most intense where he would have been shown but keep in mind that he technically isn't in the running order at all

[somber pelican]

They'll have to fix the script at many places too

[olive sable]

it will be mentioned at the start rather than where he would have performed

[high remnant]

Yeah i doubt they will even talk about

[somber pelican]

As there are many references towards Joost / Europapa at the end

[olive sable]

will the netherlands jury still be in it actually

[somber pelican]

Weirdly enough; yes

[high remnant]

We enjoyed (redacted) and his song (redacted)

[fair lodge]

They did compete, so makes sense

[somber pelican]

It's more like; And now we'll go to our 'Europapa', give it up for Martin Österdahl

That was literally said yesterday

during rehearsals

[olive sable]

it would be awfully embarassing if they didn't change part of the script or they got the wrong one out for the autocue and stuff

[high remnant]

That would be so funny

[somber pelican]

Well if you DSQ someone, you kinda DSQ the whole country?

But the points are going to be give from Leeuwarden, the home place of Joost

Whilst there's a big party supposed to be going on in the background.... you'll probably know what will happen 💀

[fair lodge]

Imagine the representative showing up in a Europapa costume

[urban rain]

are jury votes determined during the event? if not they'll have to re-calculate them

[high remnant]

Those douze points will be going up EBU's ass

[somber pelican]

They were determined yesterday

[oak oriole]

From my understanding they would have voted based on the rehearsal yesterday

[somber pelican]

But since Joost did appear on video during that rehearsal

there will be changes

[urban rain]

They'll have to call the jury back to calculate them again, now the list has changed

[somber pelican]

I can only assume, but they probably made a complete ranking and stuff already

[high remnant]

Oh yeah i did not even think about that

[somber pelican]

just gotta scratch out the Netherlands on the card

[fair lodge]

It is my understanding that each member of the jury just ranks every song from 1 to 26, so scrapping one might be relatively easy.

[urban rain]

ahhh yeah

that'd be simple, just remove the dutch from the raw data and re-calculate

[somber pelican]

we will however throw sand too

hahahaha

[high remnant]

Noooo, im being removed from raw data

My people too, r.i.p to the dutch

[olive sable]

thats right the dutch are being COOKED

[high remnant]

We have been recalculated into belgium

We are belgians now

[somber pelican]

Belgians are out too

[high remnant]

We are french now

[somber pelican]

Based on our flag, we should either root for Luxembourg or Croatia

No. Not the French

[high remnant]

I guess ill be croatian

[urban rain]

croatia seem our best hope for winning

[olive sable]

lets go Baby Lasagne 🔥

[urban rain]

lasagne against the world

[fair lodge]

Cmon Germany

[somber pelican]

KEKW

[fair lodge]

Yeah no can’t say that straight faced

[somber pelican]

Go Germany! ... for last place or something 💀

Who is going to finish in last place?

[slim sedge]

spain slander

[olive sable]

what did SPAIN do to deserve last

spain have a banger song??

[somber pelican]

I guess they won't score that high with the jury

[fair lodge]

Oh I thought I was the only one who thought Spain overreached

[high remnant]

Not having listened to any of these songs im going to say UK

[somber pelican]

and that there are better options for televote

Bambie, Marina, Silia and Nemo apparently didn't went on stage for the flag parade

[olive sable]

the flag parade from yesterday?

[somber pelican]

No, from 5 minutes ago

[olive sable]

Oh

[somber pelican]

They have to my understanding the last rehearsal / family show right now

[olive sable]

ah so they do have one more rehearsal

i imagine this one's going to be a bit frantic

[wild hearth]

aww come on our staging is good this year

[somber pelican]

i chuckled

[urban rain]

penis balloon filled with sand

[somber pelican]

imagine

all the sand

[olive sable]

the balloon pops and sand goes everywhere

soft sobs are heard from the cleaners

[somber pelican]

I wonder though

with the EBU burning down rn, wouldn't the sand turn to glass?

[olive sable]

denmark's sand is magical it can't just be turned to glass by some weak and puny thermal energy

only a true Sandcaster can will the sand to turn into glass

[somber pelican]

I feel like this is my destiny

This must be the reason why my parents gave me the name Sander

[wild hearth]

isn't the trophy made of glass?

so the trophy is made of sand

[tender shuttle]

The official Eurovision twitter has been ratio’d by our king himself ‼️

[olive sable]

well said !

not to mention their approach to 'zero tolerance'

[olive sable]

good to hear that the EBU are taking this one seriously though at least

i assume then that the acts that missed the flag parade were probably in the same boat as bambie

[paper sphinx]

Nice to see RT calling it out tbh

[olive sable]

the EBU have proved that they have zero standards

i'd say double standards but i don't even know what those are

across the board they have just messed up this year for everyone

[oak oriole]

Rip another social media person

[paper sphinx]

Yeah, genuinely shocking

[urban rain]

"I hope to see you on the stage" so not even confirming that she'll be there

[olive sable]

perhaps also because she's directing it at the people watching that rehearsal specifically

some of them might be watching the rehearsal but not the final show

[north owl]

honestly I don't think I'm going to watch it

this whole thing is just too much of a shitshow

[olive sable]

absolutely fair there yeah

i'd recommend going back to the SF footage and watching some of the acts if you haven't as there are some good ones in there

[north owl]

if only things were different

I might catch some of the acts later

but I wasn't just watching for the music

I was watching for you guys

rooting with you

[olive sable]

since they also made the big 5 and the host perform in the SFs too you technically don't even need to watch the finals unless you're in it for the full experience

[north owl]

laughing with you

[paper sphinx]

Exactly

[olive sable]

yeah i have to say that spirit really feels subdued this year

[north owl]

but it just won't be fun after all this shit happened

[olive sable]

bless the hosts for trying their best atleast

[paper sphinx]

Every year here is my big Eurovision party, it's really weird this year D:

[north owl]

maybe next year the higher ups will learn from this

[paper sphinx]

I hope so

[north owl]

if only we could all just do something else

[paper sphinx]

Ikr

[high remnant]

That's our drift papa

[celest basalt]

👏 yes

[north owl]

before I leave this thread I wish best of luck to all the competitors

[fair lodge]

So happy our drift papa stands with us 🥹

[urban rain]

https://fxtwitter.com/danieladomako/status/1789294123796557875

Time for a second DSQ?

well on slimane

[olive sable]

i can't hear the speech well what'd he say

[urban rain]

My attempt at transcription:

...I just want to say something

I'm sorry I don't speak english very well, but
When I was a child, I dreamed about music
I dreamed about this dream, to be a singer, and to sing peace
cheers
[blocked by cheers]...to sing about love. and to sing about peace
we need to be united by music, (yes, but with love and peace)

thank you all

brackets is obscured but my best guess and agreed upon with another attempt

https://fxtwitter.com/ESCdiscord/status/1789296702718968115

better version

[olive sable]

bless slimane

[paper sphinx]

Ummmmmmm

I'm sorry, what

[urban rain]

lmao

[paper sphinx]

20 times as well

[urban rain]

governments funnling money into a win at all costs

[somber pelican]

They've also shown ads on Times Square

[urban rain]

doesn't surprise me

[slim sedge]

Grant me a link please

Also #scrubtheboard

[urban rain]

all the more reason to use ublock

[somber pelican]

https://x.com/RTGameCrowd/status/1789250788860068298

RTGame Daniel 👑 (@RTGameCrowd) on X

@Eurovision I know it's a wild idea, but maybe you shouldn't have let a country actively committing genocide take part in the contest this year. Or to put it in your own words

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 11:06 AM

[slim sedge]

Its clear they have no backbone and kiss the feet of anyone

[tender shuttle]

https://x.com/rtgamecrowd/status/1789250788860068298?s=46&t=BK9LYY0Oq2isLZUOQCd92w

RTGame Daniel 👑 (@RTGameCrowd) on X

@Eurovision I know it's a wild idea, but maybe you shouldn't have let a country actively committing genocide take part in the contest this year. Or to put it in your own words

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 11:06 AM

[urban rain]

https://twitter.com/esc_gabe/status/1789296716149133651

Gabe (@esc_gabe) on X

Last night’s France performance was run in the recap.

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 2:09 PM

at this point the final will be a slideshow

[olive sable]

interesting thing this was probably made yesterday because its still using the running order that includes Joost

also i scanned the whole ESC public informational publish of the rules and it doesn't say anywhere that you can't influence the votes like this from what i can see

[urban rain]

anything about buying votes?

[olive sable]

however, this is the public summary and not the entire set of rules

[urban rain]

ah

[olive sable]

nothing about buying votes either

from the 'How it Works' section of the about eurovision

essentially they will not publicly release the list of banned practices to ensure no loopholes can be found which is fair

[urban rain]

also means there's no external transparancy

[olive sable]

thats also very true yeah

also someone said something about votes opening after the first song this year i thought but the site clearly says 15-25 minutes after the last song

wait no i was reading the semi finals section

i am dumb dumb

starts before the first performance

[fair lodge]

Yeah my first time being ad bombed to vote 14 (in French no less) was about last week

[urban rain]

https://fxtwitter.com/holyweekesc/status/1789309022169903457/en

(almost) all the artists

[barren raft]

who's missing i wonder

[urban rain]

:)

[steady blade]

Let's go to the commentators from the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet

[paper sphinx]

Omg fantastisk

[simple trench]

I don't need to know another language to know what the title means lmao

[olive sable]

the fact that shitshow is just shitshow in norwegian is the cherry on top

[fair lodge]

Now rhyme it to the tune of La Det Swinge
chef’s kiss

[paper sphinx]

Translation:
"Eurovision 2024: What a s-word show.
This year's Eurovision has gone to hell. It is first and foremost the EBU's fault."

[wild hearth]

LMAO

GET THEIR ASS

[paper sphinx]

Ikr xD

[somber pelican]

Context has been given

[burnt star]

No but it’s true

Eurovision has absolutely gone to shits

SO HE DIDN’T EVEN ASSAULT ANYONE

[somber pelican]

Yuuuuuuuuup

[burnt star]

This gives so much more firepower. Israel should be banned as they have done the same thing many times

I feel bad for Eden for having to be at the head of all of this, but the Israeli delegation has been nothing but bullies

INCREDIBLY unclassy behavior

[somber pelican]

Oh there is also an official English statement

in that case

[barren raft]

Fucking joke

[burnt star]

The hypocrisy in this competition is astounding

[somber pelican]

There is also something going on with Bambie right now

[burnt star]

I didn’t even really like the Netherlands this year all that much, but man this is unfair

[barren raft]

Israel could just walk up shoot someone and get away with it in eurovision

[burnt star]

It’s really unfair for the Netherlands. They qualified and absolutely should be allowed to compete like everyone else who qualified

[fair lodge]

Wait… ‘didn’t like’ Jonas, what do those words mean? 😂

[wild hearth]

Fucking hell, are they doing anything to the camerawoman for harassing him?

[burnt star]

But if they’re going to disqualify him for threats when the Israeli delegation has done the exact same thing multiple times, it’s only fair disqualify them too

[burnt star]

Yeah, not the biggest fan of the Netherlands this year

The Dutch entry this year was very mediocre imo

[somber pelican]

Would it matter? They took away Joost' biggest dream, to perform on the Eurovision stage

For the sake of just this?

[burnt star]

That being said, I still think they should be in the finale, despite me disagreeing that they should’ve been qualified. He did get that spot fair and square

[somber pelican]

Dutch broadcaster will have a pressconference in 6 minutes to adress the situation btw

[burnt star]

Just because I thought other entries in the semi were better doesn’t mean I think the Dutch should be disqualified after getting a grand finale spot

It’s BS that they got disqualified and seeing other countries remain in the competition for doing the same thing

[barren raft]

correction, remain in the competition for doing WORSE

[high remnant]

What a joke

[urban rain]

woooooooo politically motivated disqualifications

[high remnant]

Im not really that much of a patriot, but they did my country so dirty

[paper sphinx]

Yeah, it's unacceptably dirty rn

[urban rain]

yep

[high remnant]

There was a whole big watchparty planned too in the place where joost lives, now it's gonna be a pretty sad party

[steady blade]

The article is also throwing shades

Because this year's Eurovision has been a shitshow. The scandals have come like pastel-coloured pearls on a string, the protests have been ubiquitous, the delegations have engaged in shit-throwing. For the first time in history, a participant is now disqualified just before the final. If Eurovision is in any way a metaphor for Europe, then it shows a Europe that is about to disintegrate.

[urban rain]

https://fxtwitter.com/nwjnsev/status/1789237130650161205 🧵

starting off strong with homophobia

[barren raft]

a tournament that's not nearly as dodgy? well i've got the perfect one for you https://www.twitch.tv/eslcs

[urban rain]

homophobia, multiple violations of the law, physical provokations, attempts to silence the press

[olive sable]

hoping that the incident bambie got the attention of the EBU about is related to their harassment so they'll be removed from the contest by tonight

[urban rain]

not a chance

they'd remove bambie before they did that

[steady blade]

Why is Australia in this

(/s)

[high remnant]

Never gonna happen, they are weak as piss about that

[barren raft]

eurovision this year is giving major olympics '80 vibes, that is, a farce

[young heron]

honestly i know that if slimane gets DSQ'd the entire country is going to cheer

even though i fucikng hate the guy

[paper sphinx]

Jan = Austria's ESC narrator?

Rip Estonian vsauce

[high remnant]

I mean i could see it happen

[barren raft]

@royal vector the egg is possibly gone

[olive sable]

i really hope that someone just says it all onstage and force them to make a statement when ALL of eurovision knows whats going on

[young heron]

what time is the grand final at

[steady blade]

What grand final

[high remnant]

[young heron]

the "grand" "final"

[olive sable]

9 CEST, 8 BST, 7 GMT/UTC (all times PM)

[olive sable]

grand final of the EBU management

[barren raft]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-band-rock-metal-talented-gif-12837200372479099960

pov eurovision israel next year running off the budget of a used condom and some string

[young heron]

just so i can see who hasn't been thanos snapped

[young heron]

turkey every day

[high remnant]

They will probably stream it on a delay in case something like that happens. Although that won't stop all the phones

[urban rain]

then broadcast a semi final replay on air

[high remnant]

It's just last years finale

[young heron]

does anyone have any idea of who's actually left

[olive sable]

officially, everyone except joost

[high remnant]

I mean so far everyone except netherlands

[young heron]

wouldn't be surprised if the final ESC is just hurricane 25 times

[fair lodge]

Remembering how last year we said it was all a setup to launch a grand celebration for ABBA’s anniversary 🙂

[steady blade]

Whoever that got hold of a monkey paw last year in the SVT headquarters is having a terrible time realising it was a cursed monkey paw 🙈

[barren raft]

fiver says theyre gonna say about how tragic it is that october 7th happened and that the entire ebu stands in solidarity with them

hence the whole making everyone else take the fall

[olive sable]

if anything ABBA was lined up you can bet they're either rolling it back now or they're going to go "look ABBA! please we need to go sort out the naughty contestants! you love ABBA! watch ABBA!"

[high remnant]

Look it's abba, don't mind the sound of a whip in the background we are just taking care of something

[olive sable]

the people are crying because they love abba

[barren raft]

something even more symbolic: abba is something that should've stayed gone and is well beyond salvaging, much like the ebu and the current state of affairs

"it's boourns!"

[high remnant]

It's like poetry, it rhymes

[olive sable]

btw how long is this thread? can't read any of it because elon beloved is a smoothbrain

[paper sphinx]

Ikr, can't read it here either

[high remnant]

Same, it's really annoying

[olive sable]

unfortunate that twitter is a news platform for some reason

[high remnant]

I love my twitter news

Read a great article about how the goverment is trying to keep track of us by using elephant poison there

[steady blade]

Big if true
https://twitter.com/eurotrashtalken/status/1789217380863713540

nati (@eurotrashtalken) on X

apparently what joost did was say guten morgen to someone from german delegation when it was already time for a guten tag 🫤

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 8:54 AM

[urban rain]

(can't confirm the one about Satti on account of the language)

[olive sable]

ooh thanks 👍

[urban rain]

(sorry hit attatchments cap on first)

[high remnant]

How dare he

Now i understand why they disqualified him

[olive sable]

had a thought, they can't actually ensure a broadcast delay tonight unless they force all the broadcasters to do it right?

i suppose they could cut the official feeds but the commentators will still be in the venue

[royal vector]

This year is such a mess I cannot even begin to start

[north owl]

Honestly I'm only in this thread to see this fucking contest go up in smoke

[olive sable]

absolutely fair

might as well stay for the big finale at this point

[north owl]

I'm not watching the contest though

[olive sable]

you'll hear about it all anyway

[north owl]

I even cancelled my VHS recording

[royal vector]

I am gonna watch it cos I fully expect something messy to happen

Which is fucking sad byw

[north owl]

Maybe I'll pop it on iPlayer later

[olive sable]

incredibly sad yeah

[north owl]

But yeah this is just awful

[urban rain]

I bet they put it on delay to prevent that

[royal vector]

Eurovision went from being a genuine source of enjoyment to whatever the fuck this is

[high remnant]

Weird to be so homophobic, wasn't there a trans woman who got the win for israel one time?

[north owl]

Honestly if I was the guy running this show I'd consider resigning

[royal vector]

Israel loves its pinkwashing

[north owl]

Because this just has the vibes of a career ender

[urban rain]

and messy recordings are swapped for the semi final

[olive sable]

all of the acts this year have had their big dream ruined by some malicious actors and atrocious management

[high remnant]

I honestly don't think i ever want to watch it again, i don't think ill get any enjoyment out of it anymore

[steady blade]

https://fixupx.com/hkesvani/status/1789295835131326561

[olive sable]

the most heartbreaking thing is that the end of Joost's song was all about him fulfilling his dream of getting to perform on eurovision like he had promised his parents

[royal vector]

https://x.com/escinsiders/status/1789298439764721986?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

Eurovision Insider (@escinsiders) on X

🇸🇪 SVT reported that Jean Philip De Tender, the EBU's director of media, gave his words regarding the Netherlands’ situation in the contest:

• We have a zero tolerance policy against inappropriate behavior at our events and work to have a safe working environment for all…

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 2:16 PM

Zero tolerance huh???

[steady blade]

Oh boy
Can that head sink into the sand even deeper

[high remnant]

Speaking of sand

[north owl]

Oh the no politics rule is really stifling me rn

[royal vector]

100%

https://x.com/vocaisuspension/status/1789329100148015212?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

Embed fail

[steady blade]

Also Philip de Tender is not a real name 😭

[oak oriole]

If you want to talk politics you can go to twitter. This was supposed to be about the contest itself, but I accept we can't avoid talking about the endless drama surrounding it atm.

[high remnant]

So Chicken tenders are made from him?

[oak oriole]

Try to avoid it becoming a eurovision people bad echo chamber though in any case.

Facts first

[royal vector]

We are discussing what we know

Rn the EBU is fucking up

Spectacularly so

[steady blade]

Well here's a cute cat gif

https://media2.giphy.com/media/v6aOjy0Qo1fIA/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952b4lmhkytyvgnn2jnfx7pok0xr8nhyni0vqg7drdk&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

[oak oriole]

I am aware of what is happening, you really don't need to reply to everything I say. Some things are just general statements for people to read and not reply to.

[royal vector]

According to the information given

[high remnant]

That cat has a big head

[royal vector]

You should add a Do Not Reply statement then, like automatic emails

[olive sable]

when can we get signatures for our discord messages
every time someone posts something you get to see their flashy wordart thats like their favourite book quote of the month

[oak oriole]

I give you 3 seconds until someone sets their signature to meow and then acts surprised that this causes problems

[urban rain]

𝒟𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝓁𝓎!
I like cheese

[high remnant]

Why is someone meowing?

[urban rain]

Setting it to scunthorpe is funnier

[royal vector]

All messages on discord should have banners at the bottom like old internet forums

[urban rain]

god can you imagine

[olive sable]

yes this is what i was thinking of

[urban rain]

what a mess

[steady blade]

Isn't that what the profile "frames" do nowadays

[urban rain]

⠝⠑⠧⠑⠗ ⠛⠕⠝⠝⠁ ⠛⠊⠧⠑ ⠽⠕⠥ ⠥⠏
I like beans

[olive sable]

lets not given them ideas discord would totally add this feature

[barren raft]

dont remmber this part of eurovision https://vxtwitter.com/AlsikkanTV/status/1789027968238375224?t=921-aGsJgEdcI_Fl5VSs5Q&s=19

[royal vector]

I hate that you are kind of right

[urban rain]

Add a brailposting feature

[north owl]

Honestly I'm still a smidge tempted to record the song contest anyway just so I have is unmitigated disaster on record

[steady blade]

(contains four photos)
https://vxtwitter.com/ESCjoanna/status/1789306854172184985

[olive sable]

most importantly though

Who The Hell Is Edgar

[paper sphinx]

[burnt star]

ughh I can't wait

[royal vector]

https://x.com/eurovision/status/1789268284749017100?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) on X

As a result of no participation from the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final the following will take effect:

All contestants keep their number in the official Running Order.  There will be NO song in position number 5.

The jury results, received after Dress…

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 12:16 PM

[burnt star]

A whole two and a half hours left :(

[north owl]

I'm starting to come around to watching this again
Dammit guys

[steady blade]

https://fxtwitter.com/NazirBashir_/status/1789244144142963078

[high remnant]

If you want to you should

[oak oriole]

You're allowed to watch the thing lol

Watching it has precisely zero impact on all the ongoing bs

[high remnant]

Yeah

[burnt star]

Even in the fake results the UK can't help but land last 😭

[olive sable]

armenia in the top 5?? all is well

[barren raft]

hoping ireland loses so i dont have to deal with traffic in placement next year

[burnt star]

Norway above Sweden. Everything is right in the world :)

[north owl]

I know I'm allowed but then I thought that it just wouldn't be fun because of all the chaos
Now the chaos is making me think that this might end up like a bad movie night

[royal vector]

https://x.com/kthejutokes/status/1789284576654700634?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

harry (@kthejutokes) on X

don’t need to speak norwegian to get the gist of that article 😭

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 1:21 PM

Transcends language

[olive sable]

hoping ireland wins so that all eurovision fans get to witness the beauty of the spire

[urban rain]

they'll probably run it delayed to avoid chaos

if an artist does a protest, they go to semi-final

[barren raft]

but i would rather not deal with busses of annoying people

i already deal with that i dont want MORE people

[steady blade]

Dutch is never not funny (contains a video)
https://nos.nl/l/2520081

[oak oriole]

Tbh if you watch it without following the online discourse ™️ it'll likely be pretty normal. Maybe a protest during it which isn't unique to this year by any means.

[olive sable]

dutch is the best language

[urban rain]

I mean they disqualified an artist

the first time ever

[burnt star]

"What a shitshow. This years Eurovision has gone to hell. This is first and foremost the EBU's fault"

[royal vector]

Funniest picture ever btw

[barren raft]

in other news, the clouds are in the sky

[oak oriole]

Sure but that isn't going to be reflected in the show itself is it. They aren't going to put "we disqualified someone isn't that unprecedented" on the screen at all times.

[burnt star]

Ermmm it's actually clear skies here

[barren raft]

"why is he the representative of lithuania. he looks too gay"- my bf

[oak oriole]

The commentator will probably say "oh yeah this happened" at some point and that's that

[urban rain]

"if you don't know whats going on, it will be normal" is a fairly silly sentence

[high remnant]

I doubt they will even mention it, most people that aren't that online (or that don't live in the netherlands) will probably just think "wait wasn't there some other guy?, i guess not"

[burnt star]

Yk, despite all the chaos and drama, i'm still hoping for a good show tonight <3

[oak oriole]

Not really. People are going to watch it today without living on twitter. This is a realistic situation.

[steady blade]

Two separate groups of my friends will do watch parties tonight

They'll be having good fun

[north owl]

I expect that the crowd may boo at points

[high remnant]

Same

[urban rain]

Of course, however an artist being disqualified is odd and out of the ordinary

And below the normal amount of artists is something that people who know the show will raise an eyebrow too

[olive sable]

even if you haven't been living on twitter, mainstream media has covered this

[royal vector]

They will a 100% censor the crowd again

[barren raft]

sure they already have, but the canned claps are on

[north owl]

Ah

[olive sable]

they will, however, do everything they can to act as if its normal

[high remnant]

I mean here it has definitly been in the mainstream news since it's our country that got booted

[royal vector]

Which is so dystopian btw

Just pretending that people actually like this and are ok with it

[urban rain]

It's been fighting with the Rafah assault for BBC headline all day

[barren raft]

most of the folks i know irl who were really excited for eurovision just feel disgusted with the way it's been handled, plus are far from happy with bambie thug n whatnot

[royal vector]

For me it completely soured it

😭

[high remnant]

How many times will i have to see this tweet

[steady blade]

Not enough 🇳🇱

[high remnant]

Yeah you're right

[olive sable]

We hebben een serieus probleem 🇳🇱

[north owl]

To be fair it is a kind of funny tweet

[high remnant]

I think it would have been funnier if he said "we hebben een klein probleempje"

[royal vector]

LMAOOO

[young heron]

yeah, yeah, thank you mr president

[burnt star]

Who do y'all think is gonna win tonight?

My bets are on Ukraine, Croatia, or Switzerland!

[urban rain]

Israel

[olive sable]

united kingdom trust

[north owl]

#UKSWEEP

[astral stream]

don't think it'll happen but i hope for Norway

[young heron]

wasn't france ranked high in the predictions as well

somehow

switzerland's one is a total banger

[barren raft]

thank you president please help

[royal vector]

He was reportedly seen crying after the rehearsals

[barren raft]

oh dear

[high remnant]

I do kinda wanna see the dutch commentary tonight

What will that guy have to say

[north owl]

I'm going to will a UK win into happening

[simple trench]

This is already way better

[steady blade]

You already know what they're gonna say

[simple trench]

I mean the cat concert, not the situation

[high remnant]

Like he would watch eurovision

Oh what if he watches eurovision

[royal vector]

NikkieTutorials is apparently giving out the Netherlands Jury Vote today

She commented “are we still allowed to vote? Huh”

[rancid tangle]

TRUE

[royal vector]

https://x.com/vocaisuspension/status/1789340204093858164?s=46&t=eM3KgsAP4gmfwKZUHSyJ5w

Honest Vocal Cunt | 🇽🇰 🇦🇲 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 (@VocaISuspension) on X

UPDATE:

The Dutch Commentator for tonight has just gone on RTL News and stated "Fuck the EBU".

Twitter · May 11, 2024, 5:02 PM

[rancid tangle]

Amazing, love me dagbladet

[olive sable]

SLAY

[high remnant]

Im so looking foreward to that commentary

[olive sable]

i need a new musical thing like the one on thursday night but its just everyone dissing the EBU

[steady blade]

Something something Dutch funni
https://fixupx.com/VocaISuspension/status/1789340204093858164

[north owl]

Bro really pulled no punches

[high remnant]

We have a new target for kendrick lamar

[north owl]

They may have been disqualified but the Dutch are the winners in my heart

Unless the UK wins #UKSWEEP

[lament cave]

there's a protest in roblox i can't

[high remnant]

Pfffft

[olive sable]

a what 😭

[north owl]

Is this #UKSWEEP bit getting old?

[olive sable]

no no

uksweep forever

[lament cave]

#LATVIASWEEP

Latvia sweep is way funnier

[high remnant]

Yesterday we just made sand puns for hours don't worry about things getting old

[north owl]

The UK will be the first act to get one UKillion votes

[olive sable]

what's the theoretical maximum

[lament cave]

lemme check

[olive sable]

12 from all juries plus 12 from all countries but i don't know the amounts for each

[lament cave]

876 is the maximum points a song can receive this year

[royal vector]

Apparently theres an eurovision roblox protest 💀

[wild hearth]

UK SWEEP

[high remnant]

This is the stupidest thing

[royal vector]

I KNOW LMAO

WHY IS MORGANA THERE

[high remnant]

This is where years of technological advancements have gotten us

We can now protest in roblox

Wait why is one of them have the flag of israel? Are there counter protesters?

[wild hearth]

it's dan

[high remnant]

Also why is dying your hair an insult

[royal vector]

JoJo Siwa is here

[wild hearth]

JOJO FUCKING SIWA

[olive sable]

this is hilarious

[north owl]

RYAN GOSLING

[high remnant]

This has made everything just a little better

A lot going on in the world, but we have these brave children standing up for what they believe in

Actually scratch the standing up part they are probably still in their chairs

[north owl]

I think the #UKSWEEP bit is doing to make this watchalong more fun

[high remnant]

When is it starting again?

[olive sable]

1 hr 45 min

[high remnant]

Also have there been more roblox protests?

[high remnant]

So curious how it will go

[north owl]

Anyway if you live in the UK and want some pre Eurovision entertainment doctor who is about to start

[high remnant]

Im watching it this very moment

[north owl]

The second of the two new episodes involves music and is rather camp

I saw the episodes earlier but I'm recording the episodes for later viewing

But enough about that
Eurovision is soon

#UKSWEEP

[olive sable]

the gay energy will win

unless denmark returns in which case it will be #SANDSWEEP

[high remnant]

Sand will survive

[steady blade]

I love Norwegian media outlets... they are so on point

[north owl]

It sure is

But dammit I'm going to make the most of this

[rancid tangle]

"experts think more countries could pull out: "total chaos""

[wild hearth]

thank you norway

[royal vector]

???????

[olive sable]

this is old news

happened around ~1-2pm

but yeah its certainly something

[high remnant]

So many incidents

[royal vector]

A recent post by Bambie

[olive sable]

this is the kind of drama i want

[royal vector]

Penis Update

[lament cave]

it belongs to Georgia

[fair lodge]

Ok we’re team Georgia now #penissweep

[olive sable]

this is so upsetting really

[high remnant]

Don't just sweep that penis

[urban rain]

I feel so bad for them

[steady blade]

Just want to share this clip in general
https://fxtwitter.com/scottygb/status/1789254609812210173

[olive sable]

bbc peak

[sour current]

Let me just tell you the translation is accurate

Translated it myself

Also Hamas are threatening country wide rocket attacks in about huhhh 10 minutes

So I have something to look forward in the next ten minutes! (Please god help me)

[olive sable]

oh hell, please stay safe

[high remnant]

Stay safe yeah

[barren raft]

a mess much like this

[sour current]

There is a chance they will do it when Eden goes on stage

Or when Eurovision starts

We know Hamas is launching a full on rocket offence tonight

[celest basalt]

ironically, the dutch song is about a united europe

yeah, stay safe. i wouldnt wish that on anyone

[burnt star]

Käärijä has also pulled out

He was supposed to represent the finish jury and their points, but he's pulled out as he is joining people like Alessandra and pulling out

[celest basalt]

i find europapa a very dutch song which makes me sad about this shit

[celest basalt]

good

i wouldnt expect them to stay

[urban rain]

As has Norways Alessandra

[high remnant]

Aparently someone was not allowed to bring her dutch flag with "bring joost back" on it with her because only the flags of the country's competing and rainbow flags are allowed

A bit silly if that's true

[royal vector]

Theres reporting on social media that they are taking away NB flags

[celest basalt]

wow

[urban rain]

yeah

[royal vector]

Take it with a grain of salt

But fucked if true

[urban rain]

Reported by a person who works as a photographer/producer for the event

[celest basalt]

i hope its not

[urban rain]

though without photographic evidence

[high remnant]

I trust the dutch flags being taken away (or at least that 1 flag) a bit more because it was reported on an official dutch news and not social media

Well i trust it more

[wild hearth]

I've heard croatians have been turning their flags around to make it the Dutch flag

[celest basalt]

good

[high remnant]

Haha

[celest basalt]

i feel vindicated

[royal vector]

Croatia is our savior this year

[celest basalt]

its funny because the panslavic colors (which croatia uses for their flag) are the exact colors of the dutch flag

so thats smart

[wild hearth]

🙏 rim tim tagi win

[burnt star]

Croatia would be a fun win tbh

But I am personally more of a Ukraine fan overall

But I wouldn't mind if Croatia wins

[crisp idol]

Amen

[young heron]

the two peakest artists become even peaker

so is there going to be a watch party or not?

[royal vector]

I wont be able to stream this time cos my internet connection is being stupid

But I am down for joining vc

[rancid tangle]

ill be on after the show to turn my camera on

[young heron]

i could definitely stream

[north owl]

I'm down for a Eurovision VC if we're doing one

Though I'll probably be watching my countries' coverage instead of your stream though

[wild hearth]

I'll be nipping into chat now and again, BBC broadcast will be like 5 minutes behind everyone else lmao

[north owl]

I love Graham Norton

[north owl]

Why?

[wild hearth]

He's going to be fucking hilarious

bbc and my internet connection is just Bad

[royal vector]

My parents are having people over for dinner cos they dont care about Eurovision so I wont be able to vc much cos I have to go down and pretend I am normal now and then

[wild hearth]

Can't believe they're barring you from the gay olympics

[royal vector]

I KNOW

This is an actual hate crime

[young heron]

the wokevision

[wild hearth]

WOKEvision LEFTIST contest

[young heron]

the COMMIEtest

[royal vector]

based Netherlands

gonna be streaming Europapa on repeat

[celest basalt]

the outro is also so good

[north owl]

Just started watching BBC one live just time for ||the goofy ass musical number from|| the end of the latest Dr who episode

[royal vector]

I am gonna be streaming Europapa until the thing statrs

[north owl]

so when are we jumping into the VC

[copper night]

Maybe we never should have invited countries not of Europe to Eurovision in the first place

[north owl]

hey australlia did nothing wrong

[copper night]

Why is Israel in Eurovision? How did they end up there?

[royal vector]

not to sound like an euro supremacist but I agree

[olive sable]

European Broadcasting Area

[north owl]

anyway let's not get political

[royal vector]

basically all countries that have access to the EBU get to participate

[sour current]

Is it vc time

[crisp idol]

Eurovision time

[royal vector]

euro time

[slim sedge]

Belgian Union protest pre show

[sour current]

Heads up when we start I might have to run to a safe room

[north owl]

the show is starting

[young heron]

is australia part of the EBU...?

[slim sedge]

Now lets see if we atleast get a good flagparade

[wild hearth]

I'm scared

[royal vector]

European Broadcasting Area yeah

[sour current]

Hamas kinda threatened to send rockets to over all of Israel

Tonight

Which I guess will happen when Eden gets on stage

[slim sedge]

Swedish monarchy jumpscare

[royal vector]

MONARCHY????

[north owl]

I just see hair

[crisp idol]

What’s happening to the audio

[olive sable]

BBC fucked the audio

[crisp idol]

LOL

[celest basalt]

idk if ill join, my country is disqualified so itd be kinda weird

[copper night]

Has Australia done anything significant in the competition?

[wild hearth]

FUCK ME HER HOUSE IS FANCY

[celest basalt]

maybe i could see what happens with the other countries

[wild hearth]

graham???

[north owl]

this is going to be special

[crisp idol]

Woooo male nudity warning!!

[royal vector]

such a pretty intro wasted on a trash fire

[crisp idol]

Oh my god

[young heron]

we're starting the vc as well

:)

[wild hearth]

Graham says it's been "quite eventful:

[celest basalt]

...to put it lightly

[royal vector]

THIS SONG IS SWEDISH???

[crisp idol]

Exactly what I’m thinking rn 😭

Banger though

[slim sedge]

You'd be supriced

[copper night]

So was I

[sour current]

Who’s ready for the censored boos!

[royal vector]

ICONA POP

[young heron]

LMAOO

[north owl]

so are we actually going into the vc
it's kinda awkward with all of us muted

[copper night]

It is Swedish? I hate it now

[royal vector]

Kinda on the nose to play “I dont care” rn 💀

[wild hearth]

average dane

[crisp idol]

Luxembourg queen

[young heron]

i so don't want to be the only person talking

[wild hearth]

ICONA POP?????

[sour current]

Fake as fuck

[celest basalt]

im not watching rn

[crisp idol]

I ended up liking Luxembourg’s song more than I thought

[celest basalt]

dont think i wanna

[candid lion]

Oh? What's going on with this?

[exotic knot]

So going into this, who has bangers in store for us?

[royal vector]

Booing

[crisp idol]

Croatia ftw

[olive sable]

So right Graham lets keep talking about Joost

[copper night]

I assure you this appies to all nordics. Lot of grudges

[slim sedge]

That was fake cheering if ive ever heard it

[royal vector]

LMAO they censored the crowd so badly you could still hear the boos

[sour current]

They 100% censored the crowd during Israel

• an Israeli

[young heron]

held-at-gunpoint cheering

[crisp idol]

Estonia YEAHHHH

Go Vsauce go

[wild hearth]

UUUUUUU JEAAAA

[royal vector]

IRELAND

THAT CHEERING

[crisp idol]

Ireland was giving

[wild hearth]

oh I'm so behind you guys lmao