Eden Golan in Sweden (note the big wheel):
Will Ferrell and a similar wheel as part of the Fire Saga act at Eurovision:
Separately, for fans of the Eurovision movie (one of the few bright spots of coronapanic!), here’s the official music video from Eden Golan:
It’s remarkable how faithful the film is to the real contest!
Separately, I wonder if Florida should get some credit for Eden Golan’s entry. I am not aware of any hurricanes in Israel and yet her song is titled “Hurricane”. I would pay Taylor Swift prices to see Eden Golan and Ron DeSantis perform a duet version!
Finally, shouldn’t those who want to ensure continued Hamas rule in Gaza have been happy that Israel was participating in Eurovision? The righteous say that Israel is committing “genocide” (extremely slowly?) in Gaza. If true, isn’t it better to have as many genocidal Israelis in Sweden where they won’t do any harm rather than in Gaza where they will kill Gazans (who are, according to UNRWA tweets, entirely unarmed and peaceful so it is actually a mystery as to how fighting continues because there are no Gazans shooting at the IDF).
Related:
Israel botches it again!
https://babylonbee.com/news/israel-warns-civilians-to-evacuate-rafah-in-most-incompetent-genocide-ever
The winner was Greta [1]. Her protest against global warming is not giving her enough attention, so why not ride the pro-Hamas wagon too? Me think, she should be in Gaza, with the Gazans protesting against Israel, but instead, she choose the safety of Swedish.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/greta-thunberg-detained-eurovision-protest-220335954.html
Am I missing something on the maps I have looked at? I never understood, aside from ratings I suppose, why Israel is part of a “Euro” song contest?
Excellent point. Israel should be kicked out so that Australia and Morocco get more stage time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
paddy here is out of mainstream “Eurovision: Irish public award Israel second place despite protests” https://www. zirishnews.com/news/ireland/eurovision-irish-public-award-israel-second-place-despite-protests-K7NWUVBYHVEJVD5W3GM2GIEKXM/
Correct link: https://www.irishnews.com/news/ireland/eurovision-irish-public-award-israel-second-place-despite-protests-K7NWUVBYHVEJVD5W3GM2GIEKXM/
Randall: paddy does raise legitimate questions. Why Morocco and not other countries in Africa? Why the UK now that it has bailed out of the EU? Why Australia and not New Zealand? My personal burning question is… why not a Fire Saga tribute band?
Philip, UK left EU, but it remains geographically a culturally a part of Europe. And one of the founding membranes of Council of Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Council_of_Europe “The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest “The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organizations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe. ” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union Israel and Morocco are also members of European Broadcasting Union (at the link above)
perplexed: Thank you for that. I see that India, China, and the U.S. are also members of the EBU. I’m surprised that there aren’t winning entries from some of these huge nations! There has to be more musical talent in China than in Switzerland!
I care even less about Eurovision than I do about israel and/or palestine.
Anon: You’ve seen the 2020 movie and still don’t care?!?!