Despite Eurovision’s denials, an analysis reveals that the broadcast silenced crowd discontent during Israeli singer Eden Golan’s performance.

  • TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    Eurovision is a farce anyways. There is no way Germans are dumb enough to vote crappy musicians that get last place every time.

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      Let’s just say there have been some prospective bands that tried to represent germany in the past few years, namely Electric Callboy and Feuerschwanz. Both have been disregarded by some undemocratic processes through “experts” deciding against them. So, we understand it as german broadcasters being unwilling to win, either they refuse to host the next episode of the ESC or want someone else to get that PR boost. Maybe Israhell, which is lacking any kind of positive news due to their ongoing genocide in gaza?

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      3 days ago

      I’ve heard that it’s because their selection process is dumb and dominated by a handful of out of touch “experts” and the public only votes in the finals.

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        That’s basically it.

        A famous example was a few years back when Electric Callboy wasn’t even invited to the national finals for selecting the song because the selection committee knew they would win but “didn’t feel the song was fit for radio”

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      Last I checked, Germany did not get last place this year and even got more points than last year.