EUROVISION 2025 IS ALREADY A MESS
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The drama begins! The 2025 Eurovision season is off to a chaotic start! From Moldova’s shocking withdrawal to disqualified entries and allegations rocking the fandom, we dive into the messiest controversies so far. With Israel’s national selection and endless twists, this may be early to say, but it looks like it’s turning out to be, once again, one of Eurovision’s most dramatic years in a while. Buckle up, because this is just part 1 of what’s shaping up to be an unforgettable season…
🔑 Keywords: Eurovision 2025, Moldova withdrawal, disqualified entries, Eurovision drama, Israel Eurovision 2025, eurovision national finals.
📢 Hashtags: #Eurovision2025 #ESC2025 #EurovisionReaction #Eurovision
It doesn't matter who Israel would have chosen, they would have called it political! The second-place candidate is a proud Israeli Arab who wanted to perform a song in Arabic. If you think they wouldn't have created drama around this... Yuval was chosen because she is truly a strong singer and out of an inexplicable desire of a high percentage of the country to see her successful and strong after being helpless and injured.
Yea and she had one of the best voices. That’s just a fact. Valerie was also incredible.
@@WorldvishawnI likes red band much more the the other ones …. We as a country made a wrong choice
@yfprof I agree!! I just know the Israeli audience, the blues and rock genre doesn't make up the majority here, and I knew they wouldn't choose them.☹
Right? She won a singing contest… its not like they chose her behind closed doors
It doesn’t matter who they send. Any singer would have raised criticism because they absolutely hate Israeli policy of “we’re still here”.
I don’t even think they need to have her sing lyrics overtly about Oct 7. Have you heard her cover of Dancing Queen?! I got teary eyed.
Total Drama Eurovision should be the name of this new season
Alright campers! Todays challenge is to not get disqualified
And the last 12 points of the night go to ...
I'm feeling Dramavision this year
As always 🤷♀️
She was hiding under the dead bodies of her friends and played dead for 8 hours while the terrorists kept shooting and throwing grenades into the shelter. 11 survived out of 50 at this shelter. one friend jumped on a granade to save them. more than 1300 were murdered and around 300 kidnapped that day. they were saved eventually by a father of one of the girls that survived named Nitzan, who came to rescue his daughter and saved the 11 people who was still alive there.
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WE WANT MOLDOVA BACK 😭😭😭
do we? their songs are usually lackluster🙃
@@ucouldnevah but we need more than just 37 entries! I hope they decide to participate at the end
It's over,they rejected every proposition @@escziva69
The refused bacho's offer 😭
@@imogensullivan2210 😭
I really appreciate your stance on Israel Palestine. It's extremely hard for me to watch as so many people spread hate with such a lack of knowledge. I just wish that people would look at the situation and do unbiased research instead of parroting what others have said that just lead to hate, as discussions are what we can do to begin to help.
8:50 ... talking about not knowing and thus not commenting on a situation in the ME, and yet, without hearing the other side, or knowing what hasbra is and how it operates, commenting on comments you don't like. Really?
I challenge every single one of you on a debate about the vicious and de #adly pathetic of the country "nobody is allowed to criticize", maybe than you will shut your babbles off.
@@MultiSky7It’s not that you aren’t allowed to criticize Israel, far from it. I don’t like many of the Govts actions, but when so many criticisms are only directed at Israel and not any other country for doing the same or worse it shows the bias and hate. Like how Israel is told to withdraw last year literally with Ukraine in the competition. Same with the U.K. and France in the 2000s who invaded Iraq under fabricated evidence. There were no protests or calls for disqualification then so what’s different?
@@jacob4448 are you even Israeli if you don't criticize the government daily?
@@jacob4448 "It’s not that you aren’t allowed to criticize Israel" ... let me just make it clear to you. My comment was erased 3 times so you'll be "protected from my WORDS" - and there was nothing controversial about what I wrote.
Censorship won't help you, on the contrary.
@@MultiSky7 And I’ve had my comments erased plenty of times. What’s your point?
9:33 WHY ARE THERE SUCH/POLITICAL COMMENTS?! DAMN IT, WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN?!😡 LEAVE HER ALONE! After all she won the 🇮🇱 NF. If you wanna support 🇮🇱/🇵🇸, then support them, but, again, leave her alone!
It´s always fun to explaing ALL the drama to a non-eurovision geek ..they are so surprised when you talk about all the drama ...
As an Israeli, I just have to comment about this specific topic, but calmly of course.
Israel is quite a small country, and most people were affected by October 7th for example, so pretty much nearly anyone would have had some connection to it, and then called "political" by fans...
Yuval is a great singer, we can all hear her performances, so why not judge her by her voice (and later on, song), and leave her?
Plus, when we talk about "Eurovision X is already a mess", it's hard not to notice how Yuval for example was just chosen and we already see comments against her, including people wishing Hamas would have killed her that day...
Criticise Israel as much as you want, keep it civil, and leave Yuval out of this as long as she does.
yeah, this content creator seems a total dick "everyone's favorite country" is nasty sarcasm. i won't watch another video. Loser. If you're going to be objective - don't use those dog whistles
There's sadly a vocal minority that's anything but civil.
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@@softlyyourss🇮🇱🤝🇵🇸
As we said, Israel will rise and sing and dance and dance, and if we are part for 50 years in this contece song.
But hi, i think Europe have more problems then we have.
Take care by bilding one big islamist cuntry🎉
Oh, om glad Israel never quite. Good luck Israel. 🎉
Israel loves Eurovision a lot, so I think they will stay for a long time as long as they don’t privatizes KAN as they have talked about maybe doing. I hope they don’t do that because Israel is one of my favorite countries in Eurovision. They always send strong songs
And it's only January ;) LOL
Totally agree - if they are going to waste contestants time, money, energy, etc., then they should just opt for an internal song selection process! #Eurovisiondrama
“Every one favourite country… Israel 🇮🇱 ” 😂 😅
It was second favorite in the public vote, so close
Shawn, i couldnt agree more with everything you said. Yuval or Valerie are/wouldve been excellent choices. I thought Eden (vocally) was a great choice. Now, we just wait and see about the actual song. This is where KAN and EBU need to show some wisdom. We, in the fandom, can and should show restraint.
In the live voting on the finale I was torn between Yuval and valerie (sorry red and Moran, you're still awesome🤘)
Sending you love from Israel . Hopefully this Eurovision will be civil and respectful and bring people together rather than divide them
Last year would have been "civil and respectful" had a certain delegation not harassed artists and journalists who just wanted the genocide to stop. This year, I was hoping that that same delegation was going to read the room and leave us be instead of ruining what is supposed to be a joyful music festival.
@warnockt
1: how is Eden golan literally just existing next to the other participants considered harassment?
She avoided talking to other participants.
2: what's happening in Gaza is not a genocide.
Genocides usually don't include sending your enemy vaccines and offering over 17 ceasefires.
We didn't choose this war, Hamas did.
There are currently 2 million Arabs who live in Israel out of a population of 9 million, some of them serving in the IDF.
Losing a war that you started is not a genocide
@@b.d6642 You should definitely check what the ICJ and the ICC has to say about that. And also none of the points you listed denotes it not being a genocide. I know the cognitive dissonance is strong and hard to fight but please, try to be open for information and have empathy. I know being scared is scary but truth might set you free. :(
@@Eutha
Has there ever been a genocide where the side commiting genocide offered the people being killed ceasefire opportunities?
If we really wanted to commit a genocide in Gaza it would've happened long ago.
And I don't see you trying to prove how any of my points are wrong.
If you really want to talk about this topic you can't just hide behind the ICC, tell me how my points are wrong.
IDF forces haven't been in Gaza in years before October 7th.
That's not a coincidence
@@Euthathe ICJ and the ICC have said that their COULD be Genocide. Why? Because they can’t say that there is. If there was a genocide the UN would fully come out and say Israel is committing genocide and the fact that they don’t shows. Also ignoring the many actions that Israel has taken like SMS messages, leaflets, phone calls, etc that warned civilians of bombings. That’s the opposite of genocide as there’s an intention to save lives. Also, the UN doesn’t have the best track record as they have dismissed many genocides like the Rwandan genocide and are ignoring the likely genocides in Sudan and Myanmar among others
Thank you for presenting everything in such a digestible format. It can be hard/overwhelming keeping track of everything as an interested but more-casual-than-hardcore Eurovision fan
guys this is eurovision it’s just a silly song contest can there please not be so much controversy 😭
It's a tale as old as time:
No Jews, no news
@@b.d6642 Hahahaha well said
Eurovision 2025: United by Drama
United by Disqualifications
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This is a message to all
anti-Semites. Yuval is not going to be afraid of all the insults and all the hate you are going to give her at Eurovision. She is going to stand in front of you proudly and give the best performance she can do, just like Aden Golan, and I understand that you are afraid that the song will be political, I am also afraid of that, but today I saw an interview If Yoav Tzafir (he is responsible for all things related to Israel at Eurovision) and he said that Yuval's song is going to be a powerful but not political ballad and he also said that they respect All the new rules
Yuval had the best performance on the next star in every episode so you can't say she was chosen just because she survives Nova
Good for her. I will definitely be supporting her.
when will you get that being anti-genocide does not correlate to anti-semtisim. additionally, did you just miss the entire plot of the video of not to make things political..?
@lunamagnoona1788 what genocide? Everyone has full charged iphones, look healthy and birth rates are much higher than death rates, with the number of deaths being revised TWICE to an even lower civilian casualty then initially reported.
go spread your hms propaganda somewhere else, anitsemite
@@LeeLe412 you, gen 0 ci dal talmudic psy c0 paths. And, no, I'm not hms, I am a Christian.
Please notice that not everyone who is against Israel's participation (or against the actions of the government of Israel which obviously has nothing to do with this now) is not an anti-semite. Just saying this because sometimes I see Israelis who have a huuuge victim mentality.
I always liked your content and used to drop by your channel to see if you updated but you've so got my like and follow now like it's SO refreshing how objective and undramatic you are. (Yet your sass still remains unmatched which I find absolutely hilarious) Please keep up the great work :))
@elena86169 yes, we are here for and ❤️❤️❤️❤️ the sass! 😀
And I thought it can't be worse than last year. We have still 4 months to go. God knows how much is still going to happen.
The only problem i have with the your interpretation of the situation with Israel is that being political was accepted for every country apart from Israel. They couldn’t reference the situation in any possible way in the performance or clothes etc, while Ukraine had literal rockets on the screen in their staging, and several other contestants made pro Palestinian statements in their performances (like the nails on Portugals contestant and the symbol on the forehead of the Irish contestant). In 2023 Croatia sent maybe the most political song ive heard and that was fine. If Israel tried to send unicorn in 2024 it would also be disqualified for being too political. At the end of the day if they are about to enforce a rule they should enforce it for everyone and not just the controversial country. And don’t even get me started on the members of the committees admitting they didn’t vote for Israel because they feared being cancelled. We see what governs most people, its not the love for music. And as for Yuval, she is such a strong vocalist and an emotional song is the right choice for her to showcase her strength and i would argue that forcing her to do anything she isn’t connected to is more political than her singing about her experience.
Eurofans are so hateful about the Israel-Palestine conflict. A minority of them are genuinely despicable.
Hoping Israel does not send a political entry or one that's super good because I rank all songs and don't want to get canceled for enjoying what they send.
Cancellation is a myth. Just do what you do and stop caring about ESC gremlins spewing garbage left and right
Its insane. To be honest, how awful they were to Eden Golan is what solidified my lack of emotion for those who hatefully protest innocents. Eden did NOTHING, and they bullied her. Childish and Mean Girl status.
@@summernaleDunningKrugershe was being even worse to the other contestants, did you hear what she did to Bambi? And worst of all, she supported her country despite all they have done
And what about the song that Iceland stole from Israel?
I didn’t hear about that? When did it happen?
@ls6720 ua-cam.com/video/vlrE48oFwk4/v-deo.html
@ls6720 listen to the Israeli song..the song sounds like iceland song
The runner up for Moldova last year's votes wasn't legitimate. When Valeria was complaining about the tie break the delegation revealed the votes and half of her votes were from countries like Bangladesh , Aruba and Indonesia. Which even if they were made by real human beings wouldn't have been allowed to be counted due to not being from Moldova. Finances could be it but why would they rescind now when they now have to pay a fine if that was the case?
DRAMAVISION IS BACK! God, how I love this effed up contest!
Please more content like that! News, commentary, anything that’s longer.
I don't like negative people who are criticize everything. If you don't like something, just stay away please
Almost 50--American with a passion for languages--and just got into Eurovision for the first time last year. Didn't know what I had been missing all my life! Very, very much enjoyed your video and your whole vibe! Your background is gorgeous, by the way. Compliments to the artist! 🌈
40 here, last year was my first, to support Eden Golan. What a wild show, eh?
great point about israel's political song last year, however i do think they may have found themselves a loophole this year, as this year the contestant representing the country was actually there. if they make a song about her own personal experience in the room now known in israel as "the death shelter", would you call her personal experience political? obviously some people would and some wont, but i wonder what EBU's take will be. also side note, she was picked in the final by audience vote (out of 3 finalists) with 4.5 MILLION votes total (in a country with only 10 million people), so i think its wrong to say she's a propaganda pick, as she was quite literally chosen by the people, and not by the broadcaster or the government
great video overall though and i would like to see more of this style of content as we get closer to eurovision
I personally agree I just hope people don’t boo her because she’s actually been though terrible things (unlike Polina and Eden) I just hope this experience won’t be bad for her but I do know that Israel will get at least 200 points from the public
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During the interview after the finals of the show where she was picked one of the judges said "she went through October 7th, Eurovision is chips for her (Israeli slang for easy)".
And I agree and she also said so herself.
After what she went through, receiving boos is nothing
serving KANT 💜
Do rei me fa so la serving KANT
@@Worldvishawnand that what i call proper waste management 🎉
To find an Israeli act/ singer / performer who did not experience in person or knows others who did experience some kind of terror attack will be highly impossible. Apologize to Europe that we are not Scandinavia.
Preventing someone from competing because he is an Oct 7 survivor, not only will be a discrimination but also against common sense.
The girl won cause she was the best .
If anyone expects her/ Israel to apologize, well ....don't hold your breath.
I enjoy this act of defiance. You booed Edwn Golan ? Dare you boo a girl who survived a horrific terrorist attack and was lucky to survive
They will boo her and pat themselves on the back for it.
Honestly, Yuval was my 2nd place to rep Israel. My votes went to Red Band and Moran while also using a loophole to have double the amount of votes
Would love to know your thoughts on them if they were our rep
10:34 artist dq or country because the favourite was actually Valerie hamaty she’s Arab Christian and she came second place
had enough of this contest - not watching again untill the 50-50% jury televote changes,the juries are too corrupt
Don’t think jury percent needs to change just the structure. Like firstly expand them to maybe 100 or something and also have them give a reason for why. It makes them more diverse and makes them think about why instead of blindly voting for/against countries
More long form content with actual analysis please! I am weary of shorts and ready for the TikTok format to finally die.
This was a great video. You may be one of the few commentators who isn’t afraid to cover Israel. Yuval’s voice is as good if not better than Eden’s. Very curious about the song they’ll give her. It’s interesting how national broadcasters see Eurovision and prepare for it. Like, what’s the difference between a Moldova and Israel, that one country has to resort to such shenanigans while the other sees it as part of their foreign marketing.
Let’s just forget this week and hope for a better week next week💜
ignored killings of civilians and attack on health care for a week? ok weirdo
Yes, I like this kind of content
Same
I lost faith in the ESC competition fandom a long time ago.
Channeling ur inner esc kat i see
Thank you for the coverage. I personally like it and encourage you to continue. I also love the song you wrote and the performance in the video was amazing.
Agree with everything except at the end, with a country in war, it can be hard to not let that be reflected in their songs, we have seen this in Ukraine especially with their selections and songs and I don’t necessarily think it’s wrong, war is a reality and if you want a song to represent the country it can be hard to sing about rainbows and sunshine. It’ll be definitely harder now with Yuval Raphael when she needs a song that represents her story, and her country, and again I don’t think it’s political to show emotions connected to war, and this applies to everyone, even hypothetically Palestine if they were to participate, would we really expect Gazas to send a dance pop song?
IMO Eurovision must be a celebration of music judged only on artistic merit, not influenced by international crises/political narratives. By this logic, I don’t like how 1944 was accepted and also don’t think songs like October Rain have a place in the contest. The events of October 7th in Israel, and the subsequent destruction of Gaza is horrific. There’s no denying that. But the public should not be swayed by geopolitical events on either side in my view.
Lay off the kool aid @filip8827. It's a song contest, not a political election.
@@Worldvishawn Totally agree.
im so sad that Lavrans AND Angelina quitted mgp.. i think they both could make MGP so mutch better T_T
The Drama was not because Israel
The drama was because the haters singers from Ireland and Greece and swizerland
If Israel and their delegation are allowed to express their opinion, other people are allowed to do that just as much. None of these contestants did anything hateful last year. This is just putting the blame blindly. Also, if you are so keen on finding a victim last year - surely was not Eden, but everyone who was harassed and stalked by the Israeli delegation and exposed to derogatory and disgusting comments and 'comedy sketches' by the Israeli broadcaster.
The Moldova fiasco is so disappointing, especially since Bacho’s song is so good - it had top 5 potential for Eurovision imo. I really hope he can represent his country in the contest soon.
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Maybe the Drama just stays in the NF season and in May we know nothing more of it
I'm really happy that you are showing the full picture. It's healthy to see an entire situation. Your content is excellent and worthy of my follow and I'm English so Eurovision hates me. Much Love.
Sara James also withdrew from the Polish national final
TRUEEEE
Israel should not be participating during the war, but saying someone should die just becuase they represent Israel is just on a whole other level of being messed up.
Israel should participate as long as Ukraine (another country involved in an on going war) and Azerbaidjan (for moral/ethical reasons) remain in the contest. People call the EBU for hipocrisy after Russia & Belarus for not kicking out Israel, but same critique could be made to those who DON'T demand the same for the aforementioned candidates
I think it's up to the country who has been dragged into war to decide on whether they want to participate or not. We want to participate so we will. We will dance again, and that is it 💙🎗️🤍
so Ukraine shouldn’t participate as well?
@chromaticasforecast4419 I think the comparison with Ukraine is disingenuous. Being at war or extreme turmoil while participating has been happening since at least the 60s and 70s (ie "The Troubles" in the UK and Ireland). It's one of those things that should be looked at on an individual basis. Israel has been accused of genocide and war crimes by the ICC and other reputable organizations (the same has been done to Russia/Putin). Ukraine also did not astroturf and pay for mass ad campaigns for televote points in 2022 since winning and hosting wasn't a priority while Israel's tourism dropped drastically after 10/7 and their economy isn't great so hosting Eurovision would potentially alleviate those things.
So what you suggest, that the terrorists from gaza will perform in eurovision? Israel apologizes infront of you for defending itself, protecting its citizens and trying to release its hostages, i wonder what you will suggest to your country to do if it was your people and your familiy...
I as an outsider think it's very hypocritical to allow israel to participate when the EBU banned russia. Now the circumstances are of course very different but a country that using war crimes against civilians should not be allowed to participate in a contest like this. But EBU won't do anything about it because of the money and their lack of spine.
What war crimes they did? Show me proof. And not propaganda I will wait
@mayaha200 blocking and targeting international aid is not an acceptable tactic in war. Neither is deliberately destroying designated safe zones for civilians. I don't think this is a controversial take.
Seriously?
Its our damn right to create music that expresses national pains and catastrophes and THERE IS NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT IT. Your "No" means nothing to us, and neither is the triggered neo nazis creating drama in the audience. Couldn't care less. We will dance again 💙🎗️🤍
Eurovision is a music competition and should remain free from songs that exploit geopolitical sensitivities. As an Israeli, would you feel the same if a Palestinian entry focused on the destruction of Gaza? That “pain” and “catastrophe” are just as real. By your logic, they should be able to send such a song it seems.
Well... October Rain literally contained propaganda lyrics ...
@@Worldvishawn Because there is a consensus for some issues like the invasion of Ukraine, but not for the war in Israel.
ברור שטכנית מותר, אבל הקטע הוא שבסוף התחרות היא בינלאומית.
תחשוב על זה ככה - רק עצם העובדה שאנחנו עומדים שם מעורר את הבאזז מבחינת המסר שאנחנו רוצים להעביר. אנשים יודעים על מה אנחנו מדברים, ואם הם לא, אז תהיה בטוח שכל ההפגנות הבהירו את זה. המטרה שלנו היא לעמוד שם ולהראות שאנחנו מסוגלים לעמוד שם.
על מה השיר עצמו זה כבר פחות משנה. את המסר העברנו. אבל שירים פוליטיים הם דבר שאסור בתחרות, ומסיבה טובה. התחרות הזו היא בין לאומית, משמע שכאשר כל המדינה עומדת מאחורי מסר פוליטי אחד, מדינה אחרת עומדת נגדו וזה פוגע בכל המטרה של האירוויזיון מלכתחילה שזה ליצור מקום של מוזיקה ואחדות בין המדינות (מטרה שבוא נודה באמת... הם לא ממש עומדים בה...)
בקיצר, כדאי לנו לעמוד על הבמה ואנחנו חייבים לעמוד על הבמה, וגם אני מאחורי יובל ב100%, אבל כדאי מאוד שהשיר יהיה לא פוליטי.
@@Worldvishawn Reality check: Gaza repertoire includes glorification of Martyrdom and its weaponization against the Jew in the Islamic prophecy of "The day will not come until we fight the Jews" as articulated in their governing body's charter. If you want to listen to that on the Eurovision stage by all means, but I doubt their greedy terrorist leaders are kind enough to allocate any funds to culture and arts which doesn't serve their political agendas.
None of our entries ever endorsed any political leaders, frameworks, ideologies nor agendas. The politicization and muting of artists who sing about human loss on the basis of their national/ethnic identity is the sad part that you're missing here, and yes antisemitism has everything to do with this as no other country had to face such scrutiny. Ever. We all empathized with Ukrainians, and no one dared to censor them. We Israelis deserve the same respect.
You wrote storm chaser 😮😮😮 omg you are going to win Eurovision 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
i loved this shawn ❤, please do more content like this! 😊
Alles ein Durcheinander. Ich hoffe Griechenland kann euch beruhigen mit Klavdia. Mein absoluter Favorit
11:08 I'm on team "Stormchaser" now.
i do have to point out, that a song like Jamalas 1944 is surely political on a different level, as this is a topic which ins waaaay long in the past, and nothing directly talking about the present. Sure, it CAN be related to the crimean situation in 2014 as well, but i think this is just cleverly dancing around the rules
We need more of these kind of videos 👏🏼🫶🏼
Btw, who do you think will win Ethnikós Telikós 🇬🇷?
GO, BIRGOOOOOOOO!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I feel like I'm losing my interest in esc because of the drama and they disqualified my 3 favourites this year even if it's only January. Also songs are getting weaker and weaker. Maybe it's going to get better and we're gonna get a more peaceful year
"The smell of corruption is as potent as a vegan fart" 😆👍
which content creator made that comment??
Cool video
look, i know that there is a big war going on right now (i wont get into my opinions) but i think war and eurovision should be seperate! yuval seems like a nice lady who can sing well, but i just dont want her to be singing another political song that causes the fandom to go crazy.
Hurricane is a song about broken heart fear and sadness. What's political about this? Do you want us to apologize about the fact that our heart is broken because people went to dance and have fun and brutally were murdered and kidnapped? Do you expect us not to be afraid for the only Jewish woman in Gaza, Shiri Bibas, her husband Yarden, and their children Ariel and Kfir (kidnapped when he was 8 months old), all 4 of them still in Gaza's hell tunnels? It's not OK to be sad from a massacre that if it happened in the us there would be 41,000 dead people from that massacre
@@giliatt i never said it wasn't a tragedy and the conflict should stop right now, but i just want these 2 things (eurovision and politics) to be seperated
@@Meeeeeoooooo0w many things can cause broken heart and sadness, and the amazing thing about art and poetry us that anyone can understand it due to their different experiences...
israeli representant may be a good singer, but why do we include israel if we’re also banning russia?
moroccan oil?
Disagree. Talking about surviving a massacre IS NOT political. It's reality.
And last year's charade was insane considering Ukraine's staging involved rockets falling.
WAIT WAHT? You wrote a NF song?!
As an Israeli, the drama surrounding my country's entry gives me mostly a strong will to be patient zero of a new plague but aside from that I *live* for eurovision the drama and can't wait to hear more of your opinions 🎉 and of course can't wait to hear your amazing song preformed on stage 🤞🤞
I've been searching around for Eurovision content and I even had to unsubscribe from a friend's podcast because I found it a bit biased. This video was well done and got me to hit that subscribe button as soon as it ended.
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עם ישראל חי וקיים ולעולם לא ייעלם
Instagram and x or twitter (who cares about the name lol?) is so unhinged with their comments omg.
Bluesky is even worse...
@@TheManInBlueFlames I'm not on instagram, twitter, or bluesky. I never new that it was bad. I thought it was meant to be good.
i love this kind if content
I don't support Israel's inclusion in the contest, but those comments about Yuval Raphael are absolutely disgusting
I’m being punished as a Romanian viewer of the contest
yea no.. Israel should've already been banned last year. You can't ban 2 countries for political reasons and just stick with another country that is literally acting against all sorts of international and European laws etc.... and that has nothing to do with Yuval personally, I'm not hating on her and I'm definitely not playing oct 7 down or smth, I would never. But in my world, a country that actively kills tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of innocent people should not be allowed to a contest like this
You know that hamas, a terror organization, published that number. It's about 22,000 terrorists and civilians. Every innocent life is we're sad that people are dying, we're trying to save the lives of our brothers and sisters, 83 innocent people who literally was kidnapped from their beds and a music festival
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Croatian drama: this didn’t even qualify for Dora 😅
I like hearing what you have to say
1:16 who is that ?
"as potent as a vegan fart" - because the stench of gas from rotting meat isn't potent? Quit the vegan-bashing, it's boring and just make you look unoriginal. Oh yeah, everyone is making anti-vegan jokes, so lets jump on that bandwagon.
It’s not vegan-bashing 😂
Vegans tend to have healthy diets rich in fiber with surfer-containing veggies which often contribute to a stinkier gas odor. Even vegans often acknowledge this.
Thank you for acknowledging October 7. And thank you for understanding Yuval's voice is what got her the spot
No no no no no you have no right to say that Yuval can't sing something about what happened to her because in 2022 Ukraina sang a song about a mother who survived a journey and one of the lines became a nationalist there in the war, and I as one who loved Ido Malka (Israelis will understand)
So if she sings something about her journey all people like you have one right and that is to shut up
9:33 insane.
i absolutely have the same opinion on israel!!
8:50 ... talking about not knowing and thus not commenting on a situation in the ME, and yet, without hearing the other side, or knowing what hasbra is and how it operates, commenting on comments you don't like. Really?
I challenge every single one of you on a debate about the vicious and de #adly pathetic of the country "nobody is allowed to criticize", maybe than you will shut your babble off.
Maybe mirrors the state of the continent
Big tip for martin österdahl. Go away…
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For as long as countries like Azerbaijan and Israel have a stranglehold on Eurovision, it's difficult to take it serious, difficult to relate to it's message.
Azerbaijani oil wells will continue producing petrodollars, that the regime in Azerbaijan (generation 2) will use to make Eurovision look like a whore they can buy, like some German politicians in Brussels, thus destroying the core ideas and values of Eurovision. The regime in Baku is responsible for ethnic cleansing, holding political prisoners, prisoners of war, using torture, and whitewashing everything with "caviar" diplomacy. Pres, Aliyev is a Saddam Hussein in making, and far more dangerous. Sad for Eurovision losing its freedom from corrupt dictators like Aliyev.
The atrocities in Gaza have stopped temporarily, not ended. Is there hope? is there hope for Eurovision to stay true to the ideas and dreams that started it???
You do a great breakdown of all the events!
And you demonstrate so much knowledge in all the nuances of every country. I'm genuinely impressed.
As an Israeli I'm already really tired of going into these fruitless discussions. We are currently experiencing fragile and definitely temporary ceasefires on all fronts after experiencing the Oct. 7th massacre, 15 months of war, losing lives, homes, running for bomb shelters, constant stress and anguish, while having the worst, least democratic government we've ever had. All of you bystanders can keep yapping. We don't care. And so will you in a year or two, except it will still be our lives that are affected, not yours.
(You'll just have to deal with all the immigrants, the far right/left and the Trump/Musk troll agenda)
If I were Israel's HOD and KAN I'd be doing everything in my power to lay as low as possible after the chaos from last year, especially if they wanna stay in Eurovision. They're only doing more harm than good by drawing more (relatively) negative attention to themselves.
doing harm by existing? Nah, glad Yuval is going
Well, thank god they are not you and have nothing to be ashamed about, right?
Agree to disagree. They should follow the Eurovision’s rules - but they should not “lay low” and make themselves disappear just because a bunch of haters and bullies wish them to.
ISRAEL IS NOT EUROPE: OUT OF EUROVISION!!! BUT NOW!!!. In addition to Turkey, Azerbaijan and of course Australia. NOT EUROPE = OUT OF EUROVISION.
Eurovision isnt about European countries. But EBU members and to be EBU member you dont have to be a european country.
If America would have been in the Eurovision after 9/11, they would make a song about this too.
I'm not saying it should be legal but I am just saying that you can understand where Israel is coming from.
Tired of racists.
She was not sent by the government, she won a competition on tv. She's a survivor of the nova maisc festival. Maybe they should invite Palestine to the eurovision let's see how many people survive that music festival
Just thinking about Israel participating in Eurovision 2025 makes me exhausted. It’s gonna be an outrage just like last year, if not worse! I’d be very surprised if Israel doesn’t get booed on stage again. Honestly, I almost hope the song is so political that it gets disqualified, so we don’t have to deal with all the drama this year.
I appreciate someone who thinks for themselves and doesn't get pressured by the fandom because the fandom have been wrong about MANY things each year. For example, they're wrong about the Ukrainian NF: Ziferblat are the clear favourites for most Ukrainians and there's a reason - they have the best song.
However for me, I'm gonna have to disagree politely about Israel. I strongly believed Israel ruined the competition last year by choosing a political song that manipulated the lives of those who died even when it was watered down by the EBU to not be so political. I personally believed they should have sat out that year. My stance is similar to Stig Karlsen's. If a country is going through a political controversy, it would be best for them to withdraw for the sake of the other countries. I totally understand your point of view though which I appreciate. I just wish people would be more open-minded or respectful about their conversations rather than banning people outright like with the Eurovision subreddit. On the subject: it's ridiculous how the Eurovision subreddit has banned ALL links to X now because of one thing one person did IRL.
What happened with the IRL stuff?
I wish more Eurovision fans could disagree with each other in this way ❤
Thanks for sharing your perspective!
*january 22, 2025*
Politics should stay out of ESC.
You know I have to disagree with what you said about Israel. First their national final was a clear propaganda, and that is fine by me if they are just showing it to their citizens, but not in a national final that will select an entry to Eurovision. Eurovision is supposed to be a show that unites people and does not involve politics. Unfortunately Israel was the country that caused last year's competition to be one of the most toxic one in the history, and from what I can see they are on their way to do that to this year's competition too. It would be fair and square game if they had just withdrawn from the competition, then trying to play the victim card at Eurovision. The singer that they have selected has it even written in her wikipedia that she was part of the attack, which in my opinion clearly shows that she is trying to get votes by using the sympathy card. None of the singers who have represented Ukraine, or Kosovars who represented Albania have it in their bio that during a certain part of their life they had to endure war. So let's keep things straight and not sugarcoat the "propaganda".
I do agree with you, Israel should not send a political song, specially that the whole thing is kinda over. But EBU won't disqualify Israel if they do try. Will most likely be similar to last year. So bring your popcorn for more drama
It's not "kinda over".
We still have hostages in Gaza, and October 7th happened only a year ago.
People are still mourning their loved ones, entire towns that have been burnt to the ground have still not been rebuilt
it's not some ancient war 300 years ago that we're talking about.
And Hamas could cancel the ceasefire at any point like they did earlier in the war.
We still have a right to talk about it
@ talk about all you want. But the contest is apolitical.