I watched the final in an Irish pub in Vienna last night. It was on every TV with the volume up full, and the place was jointed.
It actually was so much fun, people were just enjoying it for what it was. Not like Ireland where we can't have nice things because Palestine etc.
Biggest cheers of the night were Ireland giving Austria 12 points, the UK getting 0 points, and obviously the suspense at the end. There were a small handful of "free, free Palestine" chants but the majority of people were cheering because Austria won.
I'd ride that Finnish one into next week btw.
Wasn't a bad tune in fairness, but I suspect shenanigans were going in the background.Saw a tweet last night from a girl who was raging that Ireland Gave israel a high vote, She went to the trouble
of naming the irish jury,
Wasn't a bad tune in fairness, but I suspect shenanigans were going in the background.
Saw tweets from Israeli's saying' this proves the world were behind their campaign in Palestine.
A buddy of mine is a big Eurovision head. He has been to the last 6 or 7 editions of it live becuase it's basically craic station zebra for Gay fellas.Wasn't a bad tune in fairness, but I suspect shenanigans were going in the background.
Saw tweets from Israeli's saying' this proves the world were behind their campaign in Palestine.
Would he have been happy for Russia to take part I wonder ?A buddy of mine is a big Eurovision head. He has been to the last 6 or 7 editions of it live becuase it's basically craic station zebra for Gay fellas.
He said last year was fuckin miserable with all the politicisation over Israeli participation.
His point was that basically none of the Olympic athletes has to justify their own situation in relation to Israel nor were there calls to boycott the contest as a result.
He was fairly angry about it and didn't go at all this year. I do think he has a point.
Yeah, the Israelis are only committing genocide in Gaza, that shouldn't be allowed to take away from the craic for the gheys.A buddy of mine is a big Eurovision head. He has been to the last 6 or 7 editions of it live becuase it's basically craic station zebra for Gay fellas.
He said last year was fuckin miserable with all the politicisation over Israeli participation.
His point was that basically none of the Olympic athletes has to justify their own situation in relation to Israel nor were there calls to boycott the contest as a result.
He was fairly angry about it and didn't go at all this year. I do think he has a point.
It wasn't the fact that Israel were there. It was the fact that every media outlet and press conference centered on the fact that they were there was his issue.Would he have been happy for Russia to take part I wonder ?
Tbh I only watch it for the lols, and the biggest one from me came when the public vote came in for Israel.
Thought Switzerland were shafted with the ol' zero points, and the French were shaking their heads in disbelief at theirs
Great TV.