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Eurovision looming, any favorites? I already know who has won so I won't spoil it. I am still very excited to watch it.
Eurovision soon to be with us
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I find it just one big gayfest.
Israel won't win.
Not gay enough?
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It is turning into that because of the dwindling straight people who watch it now. I will be there waving my flag for the straight viewers.
I liked Brotherhood of man, are they in it this year?
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They might be. Doubt it though.
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Which of this years songs strikes out as a winner to you. ?
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Oh come on now. This is an exciting event
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Nooooooooooooooooo!!!
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Ooh yees
Just been reading about the Israeli contestant.
'Israel-bashing Eurovision has-beens shamefully target October 7 survivor'
You'd think a survivor of a pogrom featuring racist rape and murder would be a cause for celebration. You'd be wrong.
www.express.co.uk
You'd think a survivor of a pogrom featuring racist rape and murder would be a cause for celebration. You'd be wrong.
For this year there are calls to ban the Israeli entry sung by Yuval Raphael. The last time the 24-year-old attended an event celebrating music, song and peace was at Israel's Nova festival October 7th 2023.As Hamas stormed in from Gaza, Yuval fled for her life, taking refuge in a bomb shelter, crammed in with 50 others as the terrorists fired guns and threw in grenades.
Hiding under a pile of dead bodies for eight hours, the singer was one of only 11 people in the shelter to survive. That Yuval, who still has shrapnel in her leg, will be performing the Israeli entry New Day Will Rise, at the 69th Eurovision semi-final in Basel on Thursday is itself a triumph – regardless of how many points she scores.
But instead of applauding Yuval's resilience, as well as her repeated messages of peace and hope, the usual headbangers and useful idiots are out indulging in a different form of point-scoring.
Coming out in force to protest at her participation. Not least 70 former contestants, (including our lousy 2023 entry Mae Muller) as well as Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, who are calling for a discussion over Israel's inclusion.
Their position is ill informed and pathetic – a grotesque inversion of morality and an utter betrayal of human dignity and decency. It is unthinkable that a young woman who survived the October 7 massacre should be vilified this way.
As one official has said of Israel, the firefighter is being badged as the arsonist. Have these protesters even read the harrowing testimonies of those released by Hamas?
Just this week, Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was freed after 19 months in captivity. He was chained, tortured, and starved in Gaza. And yet somehow, it is Israel that is painted as the pariah.
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Been practicing this dance tonight, really got this down now. I cant get the song out of my head. Amazing and exciting, the winner?
