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I'll never understand Eurovision. Like, I know it's a really big deal to some people, I just don't know why or how. It seems to be many things with music as the background theme. As a musician all my life, never been a consideration, but I get people love spectacles and it makes them. I'm guessing it's highly profitable off the back of that, but dunno.
Whatever it is, Spain using it as the channel it is. It'll get to people. Good job, Spain. Hope they and others follow through.
I'm a punk and metal guy at heart. I don't really get modern pop music, because I'm 45 now and I'm not forming neural pathways while listening to it. But that's fine, because it's not for me.
Eurovision is, without a doubt, my favourite week of the year. I'll watch the semis to pick out who I want to root for, and to jeer at the UK entry which, as a Brit, is my God-given right. I will also throw shade at France, for historical reasons. Come the Saturday, I'll get a takeaway in, stock up on booze, and get shitfaced, posting along on Mastodon and having the time of life, before waking up on Sunday morning feeling like I'm dying.
And I'll start the countdown again for next year.
And yeah, Israel can fuck all the way off with what they've done to it. And all the other things they've done.
So is it just the competition and spectacle you like?
If they were doing lawn bowls or woodcutting instead, it'd be the same, but I'd totally get into that because it's so unnecessarily over the top.
There's also a lot of creativity and fun that comes from it all. It's positive vibes.
It's the campest mass distributed show on Earth.
Except for Football it's one of the most watched television events in Europe.
I mean, if I had a World War unspool on my continent a couple generations ago I'd be a big supporter of friendly competition too
That was the founding mission of the contest, to bring countries together through music.
It's s fun and silly European get-together event
It's very popular in my country. It's a good show but in my personal opinion their rigged voting system makes it impossible to enjoy.
It's a celebration of European shared artistic culture, but also the diversity within that shared culture. It represents some important things, but it also doesn't take itself too seriously.
I personally can't stand watching it because the music tends to be shit (IMO) but I can understand it.
Feel the same with [insert popular sport], I just don't get it.
Some of the many keywords that need to be in the blocklists to be able to use the fediverse without going insane.