Eurovision 2024: A beautiful, crazy, colorful, problematic mess (1 Viewer)

[Belgizen]

Like what the heck is going on?



(there's more in this thread)

Let's also add: EBU faking the arena's reactions, VRT (Flemish broadcasting station) going viral , Mustii probably getting booted because he wrote Peace on his arm, Israel's press bullying other contestants/press from other nations, Italy exposing their nation's voting (some say it's because they wanted to expose the Italian public. What the hell Aloraland chose the no chill pill yesterday).​

 

[Belgizen]

Like I now Eurovision has some drama every year but this is too much.
I miss the 2023 edition, where the biggest controversy was Sweden winning over Finland

 

[Magician]

this show was always a mess and a huge waste of money
I don't know how people can still watch this show, especially after everything that happened this year

 

[dnb]

It's a mess but it's awesome and entertaining.

 

[Belgizen]

this show was always a mess and a huge waste of money
I don't know how people can still watch this show, especially after everything that happened this year

Honestly, I still do. I'm the kind of person that looks forward to it for over a year.
There would be way less of a mess if EBU was more fair towards their own rules

 

[Belgizen]

It's a mess but it's awesome and entertaining.

It is, apart from the drama
I feel like it's getting way too vicious I do understand people's sentiments

 

[silverrising]

im honestly confused why people say the israeli delegation harassed people? like correct me if i missed something but i only saw a video of a reporter asking a staff member where's joost since he wasn't onstage... like idk that sounds like a valid question to me 💀

 

[Belgizen]

im honestly confused why people say the israeli delegation harassed people? like correct me if i missed something but i only saw a video of a reporter asking a staff member where's joost since he wasn't onstage... like idk that sounds like a valid question to me 💀

There's a video of someone from the Israel entourage pretending to take a pic but is actually filming Joost when he apparently made it clear he didn't want to be filmed. The caption apparently also said so.

The rest is specualtion. Some rumors say Joost is possibly DQ'ed because he fought when someone from Israel said something about his parents' death (again, no proof has been given of this so far, there are a lot of rumors circulating about this instance).
There's also a video of a Spanish reporter who says that he got harrassed by Israel's entourage when he asked a question or something? (I read about it but I couldn't find a clip)

 

[silverrising]

There's a video of someone from the Israel entourage pretending to take a pic but is actually filming Joost when he apparently made it clear he didn't want to be filmed. The caption apparently also said so.

The rest is specualtion. Some rumors say Joost is possibly DQ'ed because he fought when someone from Israel said something about his parents' death (again, no proof has been given of this so far, there are a lot of rumors circulating about this instance).
There's also a video of a Spanish reporter who says that he got harrassed by Israel's entourage when he asked a question or something? (I read about it but I couldn't find a clip)

i saw the reporter's video, he literally started it by admitting he provoked them by yelling 'free palestine' several times right after israel's rehearsal. like idk what he thought would happen? ofc they're going to react negativity to that?

either way idc about speculation. people hate israel, of course they're going to make shit up in situations like this just to make them look bad. people came up with shit like that last year too when loreen won over kaarija.

idk about the first video you mentioned, i agree that's not okay but i don't think one person's actions deserve to be titled as 'the whole delegation harassed this guy'.

also editing to add that if joost gets disqualified over not showing up to the rehearsal he deserves it, dream or not. he knew the rules when he agreed to participate.

 

[Belgizen]

i saw the reporter's video, he literally started it by admitting he provoked them by yelling 'free palestine' several times right after israel's rehearsal. like idk what he thought would happen? ofc they're going to react negativity to that?

either way idc about speculation. people hate israel, of course they're going to make shit up in situations like this just to make them look bad. people came up with shit like that last year too when loreen won over kaarija.

idk about the first video you mentioned, i agree that's not okay but i don't think one person's actions deserve to be titled as 'the whole delegation harassed this guy'.

also editing to add that if joost gets disqualified over not showing up to the rehearsal he deserves it, dream or not. he knew the rules when he agreed to participate.

Oooh ok that makes sense.

idk if i can find it, it's probably on twitter. I remember that 2 people were "posing" and even moved so Joost was better in frame.
At this point, it's a cat and mouse game. One party does something, the other party will react. We will never know the full extent on what happens behind the scenes. We can only judge from whatever we see

I think Joost's situation depends on what happened. Like I said, there's a lot of rumors going around. The only thing we know officially at this point is that there's an incident, he got banned from this particular practice and that EBU is investigating.

 

[badcrookshanks]

it makes me sad because i was looking forward to it all year, but i may skip tomorrow

 

[Belgizen]

it makes me sad because i was looking forward to it all year, but i may skip tomorrow

Same here, i'll probs watch Armenia, Austria and Slovenia.
Can we just skip to 2025?

 

[magali]

this made me realize i actually have never watched eurovision and maybe i should

 

[Belgizen]

this made me realize i actually have never watched eurovision and maybe i should

You should
But maybe next year when there's less drama (hopefully)
The songs are very good this year tho imo

 

[velvet]

this show was always a mess and a huge waste of money
I don't know how people can still watch this show, especially after everything that happened this year

Idk man I like the music, it's the only opportunity I get to explore European music as close-minded as that sounds

 

[velvet]

Well, this is entertaining if not upsetting. I'm assuming Aiko is rehearsing just in case Joost is booted? She could've been 11th place in semi final 2. Hoping all goes well tomorrow! (I'm Aussie and will get up for it)

 

[Belgizen]

Well, this is entertaining if not upsetting. I'm assuming Aiko is rehearsing just in case Joost is booted? She could've been 11th place in semi final 2. Hoping all goes well tomorrow! (I'm Aussie and will get up for it)

Nope, no replacements.
They've announced it

 

[Belgizen]

Idk man I like the music, it's the only opportunity I get to explore European music as close-minded as that sounds

ommggg nooo
you can always ask the europeans here for some music recs
I can give you some Belpop if you ever need it!

 

[velvet]

ommggg nooo
you can always ask the europeans here for some music recs
I can give you some Belpop if you ever need it!

Thanks! I've been pretty hung on certain internet acts rn but I think I'm gonna check out Marina Satti since I love her song and found out she has more like it

 

[Belgizen]

Thanks! I've been pretty hung on certain internet acts rn but I think I'm gonna check out Marina Satti since I love her song and found out she has more like it

ooohhh yes!
She has lots of similar songs

Which other acts do you like?