[OFF TOPIC] Eurovision Song Contest 2024

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 5/11/2024 at 8:37 PM, Olympian1010 said:

…and there’s the first political statement of the night.

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Was there?

[rybak 3,238]

  On 5/11/2024 at 8:45 PM, heywoodu said:

Was there?

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I think that it was made by iolanda

[Gianlu33 4,725]

The Swiss song is very beautiful. In an ideal world, they would compete for victory with Croatia. Instead, there's Israel... 

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 5/11/2024 at 8:45 PM, Grassmarket said:

Damn, the one time in the year Hilversum appears on the global stage.

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Nope, this year there is a full blown party, the Europapaparty in Leeuwarden (Joost is from Friesland). But yeah

[heywoodu 15,333]

I just can't understand how Switzerland scores so high with the bookies. Such a default song, nothing special at all...

[Grassmarket 3,608]

 i’m thinking magnetic boots.

[OlympicIRL 5,534]

I cannot warm to the Swiss song at all.... it hasn't grown on me since first listen and it's always an effort to listen to.

[Grassmarket 3,608]

Jeezo, an actual funny joke* for the first time in 60 years!  
 

*Requires an intimate knowledge of northern European iron age archaelogy.

Edited May 11, 2024 by Grassmarket

[Olympian1010 8,068]

  On 5/11/2024 at 8:48 PM, heywoodu said:

I just can't understand how Switzerland scores so high with the bookies. Such a default song, nothing special at all...

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It’s a mix of three styles (pop, rap, opera) and the stage performance is pretty impressive.

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 5/11/2024 at 8:54 PM, Olympian1010 said:

It’s a mix of three styles (pop, rap, opera) and the stage performance is pretty impressive.

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I just find it to be like 100 others