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As the announcements for the contest’s next edition in Vienna are rolling out, the future is not looking good…

0:00 - The make-or-break year?

1:27 - Boycott pressure

6:40 - Muting the audience

9:24 - No critics allowed

14:28 - Audience protests

17:26 - Spanish commentators threatened

21:04 - Israel’s astroturfing campaign

24:27 - Streaming vs. televote success

26:08 - Spoofing the voting app

29:26 - Why vote for Israel?

32:51 - Make-or-break: the answer

  • davepleasebehave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    I used to love the competition. So silly and fun. I have boycotted watching it since Israel has started a genocide. it’s not right they are included and spoils the whole point of the competition.

    My boycott means very little.

    However, I am at least spared the jarring result at the end where Israel inevitably gets the most phone in points and almost wins.

    Two years in a row this has happened.

  • Overspark@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Oof. That’s a well-made summary of everything going on with Eurovision for the past years. Really curious to see how the current situation of a whole bunch of countries threatening to pull out will play out.