🇸🇪 According to SVT, the EBU is currently in a "crisis meeting", given the strong reactions provoked after the disqualification of Joost Klein earlier today.
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no but in all seriousness do they *actually* want to host Eurovision, they asked the artists to make their own postcards, they made the stage ready thing on Powerpoint, they nicked the slogan from last year, and now whatever this stage is
This is simultaneously the most depressing and most perversely enthralling doomscroll of all time. As a fan my heart is torn into pieces but I cannot take my eyes off the timeline.
my pet peeve is when UK artists about 10-25 years past their prime like Steps get asked about a baseless Eurovision rumour and then have the sneering attitude that hypothetically performing in front of 160 million would be too much of a gamble for what’s left of their careers
🗣️ “I don’t feel up for the gamble”
🇬🇧 Sophie Ellis-Bextor has dismissed recent rumours about her representing the UK at
#Eurovision
2024
✍️ -
@JonathanVautrey
I've been desperately trying to think of a single positive, a single net gain contribution that the EBU or SVT made to Eurovision this year, and all I've got is the following:
-the last 8 seconds of each postcard, the Glambot bit, the music was like crack
-the Brighton skit
Can someone who has video editing software and time have it so when in their music video, Nemo runs between carriages of the train, they run into the car with Zdob si Zdub playing "Trenuletul"?
this guy won at life he has a
#1
hit in his home country, he's going to Eurovision, he's hanging out with second best Monika, and he's got a fuckass picture of a birdhouse
#EurovizijaLT
We're currently 1/3 for puppets qualifying for the Eurovision final.
Both Dustin the Turkey and the miniature Circus Mircus failed to qualify.
However Polina Gagarina qualified in 2015, bringing the average for puppets up a little.
as we near Friday and Mae Muller is on the cusp of getting Top 10, I really cannot overstate how important this is to the health of Eurovision in the UK. The BBC’s spot-on messaging about non-winners being a success can be proved to locals and labels alike.
Stream, download.
UK fans, remember this. Get behind Mae Muller and the BBC right now. Did you like Eurovision being here? Get behind them now because this is how we keep the good times coming.
Mae Muller, we're proud of you.
#Eurovision
EBU will have full-on resignations on Monday. From the way they dealt with Eric Saade all the way to the Joost DQ, they haven't had a single clue what they're doing. Disproportionate, hypocritical, and turned Eurovision into a circus. Martin Osterdahl & friends, it's time to go.
the most unhinged NF final lineup ever tbh.
-ESC 1997 4th place
-Rhythm of the Night singer
-Benidorm Fest 2023 4th place
-You Decide 2018 entrant/Katherine Howard in SIX
-AI song about climate change sung by frequent collaborator of 1970s era David Bowie
-Loredana Berté
The issue isn't Joost's DQ from Eurovision mid-investigation. The issue is hypocrisy, the EBU bending over backwards to accommodate Israel, song rewrites, security leaving the contest with a 7 krona budget, artists/fans left unsafe, and letting Israel bully delegations all week.
@esc_gabe
it's a busy day when the Israeli delegation's behaviour isn't the headline, and the Australian Kaleen and bizarrely-timed JESC announcement are footnotes. Thanks for the effort today Gabe.
RE: "the Cha Cha Cha effect at Eurovision"
no, Joost, 5MIINUST/Puuluup are not Käärijä copies. These are acts that existed before CCC, and would have always existed without ESC. But Kaarija's success has opened the door to all these different types of music. That's the effect.
i think people need 2 or 3 days to realise the fact that rina is not competing and this song is actually a bop and doesnt deserve all the hate its receiving
Should also note that the cheer after the song went on so long the hosts had to wait for us to shut up as it ate into their piece to camera, and then every voting recap after the crowd went bananas for Finland. They are taking
#Eurovision
.
these 9 were always stuck, a promised statement months in the making that’s filtered through legal at 18 different labels & broadcasters, watered down each time in the worst game of Telephone so it barely says anything, with Eurovision fans awaiting it to then go “is that it?”
hello! you can watch my first ever live performance of dizzy now !! thank you sm
@Vevo
@Vevo_UK
for having me 💕 i can’t wait to sing it with all of you dizzy dreamers !! x
The lesson to take from Rosa Linn finishing 20th and then going on to becoming the biggest thing from Eurovision 2022 is that you don’t have to win or even come Top 10 to be a success.
But a few Eurofans have decided the lesson is actually “she deserved to win, underrated”.
definitely polarising for moderates and locals, but most songs that actually want to do well are. A core audience WILL vote for this, instead of having a safer entry be among 15 of someone's favourites.
Our days of sending a bloke, a few backing singers and a dream are over.
Sam Ryder.
I literally have no words. Thank you TaP, Parlophone, BBC. Whatever happens this year, we actually tried, it's all I ever wanted.
From top to bottom, performer, publicity, staging. EFFORT.
#Eurovision
Aaaand we have the biggest prop of the contest so far – a metal structure made up of three enormous wings, like something off the set of a sci-fi movie. 🇬🇧
#Eurovision
✍️
when I try to explain to friends and family that Eurovision is a solid 5 months of entertainment, not just an evening of music in May, I’m always thinking of random ESC sitcom plot points like this
literally what's the point, 6 First Half spots, 6 Second Half spots, but then 13 Willy Wonka golden ticket spots? at that ratio why not just decide the entire running order instead of forcing the artists through this pantomime of drawing out spots?
sorry but all the Melfest hate this year is absolutely deserved. Boring songs, awful format. We don’t care it’s a polished show, we want substance. You watered down Froken Snusk because you wanted her name without her music, she got a
#1
, your terrible format ended it
#Melfest
hey EBU, Eurovision, look at the tweets attacking one of your artists this year for being put in an impossible situation by your own hand (locked into contracts whilst you spent an age deliberating over Israel). To quote you in '22, they are *dragging the contest into disrepute*
Queers for Palestine sent me their letter asking me to withdraw from the ESC earlier this week and I responded to them directly, I’m sharing my response here alongside this mornings collective artist statement 🩷
I love Eurovision National Final season, the impossible challenge of watching 5 streams like a security guard, trying to absorb songs in foreign languages, make sense of illogical competition formats, AND fighting with buffering is an experience I wouldn't change for the world
I wish people would get more upset with the idea of the Reference Group continuing to exist without changes than a sponsor sticking around for maybe another year that we already knew was happening
the EBU’s issues are fundamental and not just because Moroccanoil exists
I have written and rewritten this tweet, I am utterly lost for words.
KAN got away with all those rule breaks in the months before the contest, and they will get away with all these rule breaks from DURING THE BROADCASTS too.
You dare to say that when you know how much of the abuse artists are receiving this year is due to YOUR incompetence.
#BanIsraelFromEurovision
, and stop watching on doing nothing to protect your artists whilst they try to navigate the impossible contest you've created.
The EBU calls for all artists participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to be treated respectfully and condemns all abuse and harassment.
For our full statement please go to
it should be noted that not only is Wikipedia suggesting a split ‘Controversies of Eurovision 2024’ article, but that Eurovision 2023 didn’t even have an incidents section.
The EBU went from a perfect contest where big artists could compete and feel safe to THIS in one year.
Once you read this as KAN effectively soft-launching their Eurovision withdrawal to the Israeli people/government, it makes sense. This tactic is saving face 101: hand someone else the blame after refusing to follow the rules, come away looking like the victim.
even aside from everything else, this has been the worst week ever for Eurovision. It's not just Israel, it's not just Joost, it's now failing the basic non-negotiables like being a safe and welcoming environment for all fans. This is disgusting.
Osterdahl, describing the last 3 years as “extremely turbulent”. Contrasting Liverpool, which basically felt like a Eurovision theme park, a joyous celebration and coming together of UK and Ukraine, with the “safe” pure turbulence he’s crafted for Sweden this year. Laughable.
Martin Österdahl just did a big interview with Dagens Industri/DI, talking about the situation with
#Eurovision
and Israel, Russia and his career which got him to where he is today. I translated it.
(1/2)
We need to stop thinking like this:
"omg Sam Ryder is in between Sheldon and Ochman, we're screwed"
and start thinking like this:
"omg Sam Ryder is in between Sheldon and Ochman, THEY'RE SCREWED"
UK are one of the big boys this year. We're here to play.
#Eurovision
other Eurovision songs in the UK Top 100:
#45
Unicorn 🇮🇱
#48
Who The Hell Is Edgar? 🇦🇹
#56
Solo 🇵🇱
#63
Because of You 🇧🇪
#79
Promise 🇦🇺
#92
Break a Broken Heart 🇨🇾
#94
Evidemment 🇫🇷
#95
Heart of Steel 🇺🇦
>10% of the chart was Eurovision which has to be a record in the UK.
it really needs to be documented that Eurovision 2024 wasn't just broken for Israel's inclusion/lack of budget. The LEVELS it was broken. The excitement of Luxembourg's return fading like a window left open in the winter. The script was abhorrent. Petra was bored.
@TVsCarlKinsella
real talk the only reason I crumble at NYT Connections is *because* I’m used to Only Connect and I have a habit of immediately looking for things like [anagrams of countries but with their last letter missing] and not [types of vegetable] or [red things]
if the BBC couldn’t even be bothered to play Europapa on the Radio 1 Chart but found time for a two year old Harry Styles re-entry then what are we even doing here
thank god the song quality was high. thank god for national final season (this year was one of the best). thank god for the fans on here who make Eurovision what it *actually* is.
my wild theory is that it shows up during the NYE fireworks and is released 1st of January
my wilder theory is that RTD (the writer of It’s A Sin, that Olly starred in) inserts the song into the Ncuti Gatwa dance scene in the Xmas Day Doctor Who episode
Bashar Murad being in the running to represent Iceland at Eurovision has fully left the bubble, but inevitably because locals don’t understand how ESC works and can’t read headlines they think he’s already been selected
The aim for the UK at Eurovision 2024?
I’d like to see a UK Eurovision entry hit
#1
in the charts. Infact, I’d like to see it charting in this country **BEFORE** Eurovision, like entries do in other countries. That is the next frontier for us to build on our Sam Ryder moment.
I genuinely think the Froken Snusk
#1
single Andra Chansen NQ and Bashar Murad finishing 2nd sequence might be the most shocking NF results in one weekend since that weekend in 2020.
Wild West was a genuinely good song and I’m already seeing eurofans celebrate Bashar lost, not because they liked Hera but because political discourse was too exhausting to them
please remind yourselves what the song was about and why it mattered
#Songvakeppnin
I need more tweets like these.
Wild West is about the challenges Palestinians face in the Western world to be heard, and all I see on the timeline is Eurofans/locals theorising and politicising Bashar's sheer existence in Songvakeppnin, literally what the song is about.
If someone else had to host the event in 2023:
It should have the Ukrainian flag on the logo.
It should be hosted by Ukrainian presenters.
It should celebrate Ukraine throughout.
It would just happen to be held in Glasgow or Manchester or Stockholm or Warsaw or wherever.
Eurovision kills careers.
Meanwhile, and on a totally unrelated note, here’s Sam Ryder singing Somebody To Love alongside actual Queen and actual Dave Grohl at the
#TaylorHawkinsTribute
at Wembley.
QUEEN and Foo Fighters with Sam Ryder singing Somebody to Love at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at the Wembley Stadium on September 3rd
#TaylorHawkins
#taylorhawkinstribute
*someone who has video editing software and a tendency to slack off from what they should be doing at work so they make two versions of the meme just for the more satisfying transition
the trouble with all the bands in Eurovision this year is that every pre-party lineup is going to involve me staring blankly at a load of bass guitarists and drummers trying to figure out which country they’re part of
@LESLlEKNOPE
this is why I maintain it's done to make it more difficult for young people to vote, not just hoping young people won't have ID, but for those that do that a lot of young people don't even remotely look like their ID picture
With a number of other countries/broadcasters and artists already declaring their concern of Israel's presence in the contest, you really thought slandering and attacking one of the entries personally was how to restore your image at Eurovision?
@EBU_HQ
@Eurovision
get them gone.
Clearly
@alexander_olly
graduated from the Middle Eastern School of TikTok.
We would be happy to arrange a trip for you to visit the
#October7thMassacre
sites in Israel, where the rights of LGBTQ+ are celebrated, protected and cherished.
Unfortunately, our neighbours can’t
The bit that annoys me most about non-fans of Eurovision wading in just to attack Olly, especially those with very big platforms on here, is that they were NOWHERE to be seen months ago, back before Israel were confirmed when there was still a chance to actually do a boycott.
🚨 | The UK’s spokesperson for
#Eurovision2024
will be exclusively revealed tomorrow night on The One Show!
Any guesses? They’ve never performed or hosted Eurovision before 👀
I’m honestly rolling at the thought of TaP having Rina Sawayama, Mimi Webb, and people with actual careers on speed dial, putting plans on hold until MARCH just to find out they’ll be singing in Semi Final 2 with Eiffel 65, some Greek lawyers, and the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe
I for one am glad Sweden are sending this in 2023 and not 2022, I would not want to be the Swedish delegation wondering how Rai were going to mess this up, break it and/or worse
2022 was about teaching UK locals that ‘Europe hates us’ was a lie.
Based on the replies to this tweet, 2023 should be about teaching the UK locals a Eurovision song can be a success without winning. If I see another “what’s the point, we’re not winning” comment I will scream.
I still can't even imagine what an EBU/Eurovision announcement confirming Israel's participation would look like, which goes a long way to underline how wrong it would feel to have them participating. They HAVE to know this.
always find it funny when Eurofans just shout WHO at 95% of entrants
I didn’t know what a Brooke Scullion was 9 months ago but by May I was ready to throw hands if that cousin kisser didn’t qualify
hello
@EBU_HQ
@Eurovision
if there are any grown ups left in your organisation willing to make grown up decisions, can you please note that this 300th redraft is being done after both the president has stepped in AND a Palestinian entry is confirmed to not attend
I do feel sorry for people struggling to enjoy this Eurovision year, but as someone who remembers just how many 2000s and 2010s contests lacking any sort of real musical diversity that I had to limp through to get here, this one is for me.
whilst you'd think this is partially due to performing at 1am, you've got to imagine this is from the protests outside. When do the
@EBU_HQ
realise it's not just Israel dragging the ESC into disrepute, but the EBU themselves for letting artists take the brunt of political ire?
@David_Chippa
one day it's "Meg, she's too quiet" only to ignore the Mollie/Charlotte/Evie trio for the rest of the series
the next day it was targeting people for talking or doing too much which was inconsistent with Meg but was also code for "they're weird I don't like them"
or Pop Crave you could have, y'know, used your massive platform of 1.7 million followers to tweet weeks ago about Israel being let into Eurovision and enact some change that way.
UK Eurovision entry Olly Alexander responds to calls to boycott the contest in protest of Israel’s inclusion:
“It is my current belief that removing myself from the contest wouldn't bring us any closer to our shared goal. Instead, I've been speaking with some of the other EV
shall we keep moving the goalposts
@EBU_HQ
?
*Israel commits genocide* EBU: "Eurovision is a contest of broadcasters now!"
*KAN written on missile* EBU: "oh uh well you s-"
*president of Israel interferes* EBU: "fuuuuu-"
*KAN employee leads anti-Bashar campaign* EBU: "-ck"