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Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols

Anyway, boycott Eurovision! Watch Doctor Who instead on Saturday. :)

ETA: Forgot to say, but I am trying to gather together some Palestinian music to post Saturday night.

Also Macklemore (with whom I am not really familiar, beyond knowing that they are some sort of music person) created a song in support of Palestine called “HIND’S HALL”: Instagram here, re-posted on Tumblr here.

We are at the cinema watching live! :)

So no live blogging this year... but hoping for a good show!

ETA: There is an advert for a show called 'I Kissed A Boy' which might be the gayest thing I have ever seen.

Also a lady has handed out Union Jacks, as she had plenty extra.

ETA2: This was SUCH a good idea. Eurovision should always be watched on a big screen.

So, I am going to try to do a live commenting thing. I have heard the British song (watched the video, and omg we have a good song? Surely the world is going mad), and have seen a bit of the Norwegian one (I approve of everything they choose to be), but of course most of all:

Слава Україні (Slava Ukraini)

I have not heard the Ukrainian song, but in the past they have produced some of the greatest Eurovision performances ever! Tanzen, everyone! :D

A reminder that the Ukrainian commentator for #Eurovision, Timur Miroshnychenko, is broadcasting from a bunker in an undisclosed location tonight pic.twitter.com/W1WUgpJMEU

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 14, 2022

( Under cut, I have a feeling this could get long )

Here's the Grand Final scoreboard! Congratulations Ukraine! 🇺🇦 #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/bod7ZYKtpM

— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 14, 2022

And WELL DONE US!

Last year: Nil points
This year: 2nd place!!

(also we & Ukraine exchanged mutual 12 points <3)

ETA: Apparently Sam Ryder is also one of the nicest people alive:

Just me and my lovely Swedish buddy Cornelia singing our heads off in a hotel lobby 🚀💛 pic.twitter.com/urAn9pEqId

— Sam Ryder 👩‍🚀 (@SamRyderMusic) May 10, 2022

In the past I've done live-blogging, so we'll see if I manage that this year...

(It's been three years since we watched it last - we skipped 2019 when Israel hosted.)

It'll be interesting to see what it'll look like, if there is an audience (socially distanced) or... idk. I've not read or watched anything (except the Icelandic entry) so I guess I'll see.

OMG Graham Norton I missed you. <3

The closeness of the audience members makes me worried. Even if I know everyone's been tested up the wazoo...

Nikkie de Jager look amazing, my 15 year old is full of information on the topic of influencers.

( Performances )

Such fun to realise that yes, I will become a 2nd class citizen. :( ETA: Although I'm not worried *personally*, as I am pretty much top of the privilege pile, but I know how much heartache and pain this will cause...)

Email your MP: After the Windrush row, the Immigration Data Exemption must go

Raise funds: Remove the immigration exemption from the Data Protection Bill

OTOH, a good thing also happened: Home Office will no longer use NHS data to track down illegal immigrants

Thank goodness for Eurovision, a bright spot in an otherwise bleak world.

China banned from broadcasting Eurovision after cutting same-sex dance and tattooed singer

And speaking of Eurovision, it's 20 years since Dana International!

Viva la diva! How Eurovision's Dana International made trans identity mainstream

(And I bet you all started humming the song! :D )

Plus:

Russia don't qualify for #eurovision meaning that the eurovision voting system is harder to hack than the US election and brexit referendum.

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) May 10, 2018

Buzzfeed: 49 WTF Things We Learnt At Eurovision.

I think my favourite thing is that even the traffic lights in Vienna were Eurovision themed:



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(For once, I think Russia was perfectly justified in complaining that Eurovision was promoting gayness! *g*)

ETA: Not Eurovision, but it fits with this post:

Eight ads that shatter tired gender stereotypes

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PS. Sorry 'bout vanishing, Darcy wanted his laptop back. Will reply to comments tomorrow...

So much fun this year. And some really good entries. Austria might be my favourite, it could be a Bond theme! Also liked Norway, Iceland and Belarus. Norway's, especially, was amazing.

Also Graham Norton > all other presenters. This is now official. :)

ETA: ( And the winner... )

The Guardian had an awesome liveblog. Whole-heartedly recommended!

Standard drinking game rules apply tonight – a swig of whatever you fancy every time you spot a performance involving a) startling amounts of facial hair, b) excessive use of a wind machine, c) on-stage flames, d) accordion playing or e) gratuitous wearing of capes. Ordinarily we'd also suggest you drink whenever the presenters get a bit cringeworthy, but based on the semis you'll be crying in a corner with a bottle before the first note has been sung.

Blimey. Turkey was good. And Albania. And Iceland...

Now let's see what Ukraine has got for us this year! :)

Um... wow. What's with all these people who can actually sing?

I actually got the laptop out to say that someone ought to make a Nick Clegg/David Cameron vid to the UK song. (I'm NOT happy with a Conservative government btw, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the bromance at the heart of the coalition... *g*)

...Apricot stone?

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OMG Best interval 'entertainment' EVER!

Me no speak English! Let's speak dance! Flashmobs ftw!