What do / don't you like at Eurovision?
Feb 6, 2016 13:55:34 GMT 1
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Post by Mordecai on Feb 6, 2016 13:55:34 GMT 1
Let's have a bit of a rant cause why not:
- People using Eurovision as a platform to express their political opinions because that's what they think freedom of speech lets them do: the 394938482 LGBT fans that bash any participant that says something not in favour of the gays (ffs it can even be neutral like Eneda Tarifa), or bring up one comment from 7-8 years ago (a la Mans) and continuously call them 'homophobic', or the Armenian 2009 postcard where the Azeris completely lost their shit over a fucking animated monument
- People saying the contest is political to justify why their country or their favourite song didn't do as well as they wanted them to do (hello Western Europe)
- Predictable voting that is either neighbourly (The Balkans, Greece & Cyprus), diaspora (Turkey, Armenia) or strange (Lithuania & Georgia) that always happens every year
- People booing Russia. It's absolutely ridiculous. And no Austria, calling fake applause 'anti-booing technology' does not fix the problem.
- People literally slaughtering songs to death just because they don't like them; we understand everyone has different music tastes but to completely lose your sanity to voice your opinion over your least favourite ESC song is stupid.
- People criticising others for their song opinions. Whether it's the wave of dislikes in your Top video on YT from Spanish Eurofans because you didn't rank Spain No 1 or calling your opinion 'shit' because Sweden is their least favourite song but it's your fav.
- People bashing winners because they don't like them - they won for a reason, because they were enjoyed the most. No need to keep attacking entries 5 years after they won, a simple 'another song should've won' is enough.
- Hypocritical gay fans - LGBT people can boo Russia all they want during and after their performance but as soon as a singer says something bad about the gays it's as if they murdered someone. And yes, I am in support of LGBTs if you're thinking in homophobic
- How they announce the winner before the end. It's not really necessary and although we already know they won it kind of makes the rest of the votes feel worthless, even if it means one country jumps from last place to 17th, but we already know who the winner is so who cares, right?
- Overtly annoying spokespersons or those who go on forever trying to claim their 15 minutes of fame. You're there to present votes, that's it. Just say them and nothing else.
- How jury voting is done behind closed doors, isn't transparent enough despite the EBU saying so and the biased nature behind some jurors. I still think the jury system can be easily manipulated, is it not obvious that a country like San Marino whose results are in the hands of 5 people can be easily manipulated? Buy all 5 jurors off and you've got yourself 12 points. I don't like it either how jurors can't put their opinions aside to rank the songs; since the year the ranked jury system was implemented Armenia and Azerbaijan have constantly ranked each other last.
- ESC singers that bad mouth the contest after their participation because they didn't get the result they wanted. There's a clear difference between 'I'm not happy with my result' and 'Eurovision is political so I wasn't expecting a good result anyway.' If you'd please tell me why you signed up for Eurovision in the first place if it's as bad as you say it is, it'd be greatly appreciated.
But there are so many positive things about Eurovision. I love how 7 hours of one year can bring people from all around the world together, the different cultures, languages and experiences you're exposed to when watching the show and things related to it , the music (of course), and how we're all equal. Gay, straight, black, white, Muslim, Christian, Jew, whatever; we're all able to unite under one passion and be equal as people.
- People using Eurovision as a platform to express their political opinions because that's what they think freedom of speech lets them do: the 394938482 LGBT fans that bash any participant that says something not in favour of the gays (ffs it can even be neutral like Eneda Tarifa), or bring up one comment from 7-8 years ago (a la Mans) and continuously call them 'homophobic', or the Armenian 2009 postcard where the Azeris completely lost their shit over a fucking animated monument
- People saying the contest is political to justify why their country or their favourite song didn't do as well as they wanted them to do (hello Western Europe)
- Predictable voting that is either neighbourly (The Balkans, Greece & Cyprus), diaspora (Turkey, Armenia) or strange (Lithuania & Georgia) that always happens every year
- People booing Russia. It's absolutely ridiculous. And no Austria, calling fake applause 'anti-booing technology' does not fix the problem.
- People literally slaughtering songs to death just because they don't like them; we understand everyone has different music tastes but to completely lose your sanity to voice your opinion over your least favourite ESC song is stupid.
- People criticising others for their song opinions. Whether it's the wave of dislikes in your Top video on YT from Spanish Eurofans because you didn't rank Spain No 1 or calling your opinion 'shit' because Sweden is their least favourite song but it's your fav.
- People bashing winners because they don't like them - they won for a reason, because they were enjoyed the most. No need to keep attacking entries 5 years after they won, a simple 'another song should've won' is enough.
- Hypocritical gay fans - LGBT people can boo Russia all they want during and after their performance but as soon as a singer says something bad about the gays it's as if they murdered someone. And yes, I am in support of LGBTs if you're thinking in homophobic
- How they announce the winner before the end. It's not really necessary and although we already know they won it kind of makes the rest of the votes feel worthless, even if it means one country jumps from last place to 17th, but we already know who the winner is so who cares, right?
- Overtly annoying spokespersons or those who go on forever trying to claim their 15 minutes of fame. You're there to present votes, that's it. Just say them and nothing else.
- How jury voting is done behind closed doors, isn't transparent enough despite the EBU saying so and the biased nature behind some jurors. I still think the jury system can be easily manipulated, is it not obvious that a country like San Marino whose results are in the hands of 5 people can be easily manipulated? Buy all 5 jurors off and you've got yourself 12 points. I don't like it either how jurors can't put their opinions aside to rank the songs; since the year the ranked jury system was implemented Armenia and Azerbaijan have constantly ranked each other last.
- ESC singers that bad mouth the contest after their participation because they didn't get the result they wanted. There's a clear difference between 'I'm not happy with my result' and 'Eurovision is political so I wasn't expecting a good result anyway.' If you'd please tell me why you signed up for Eurovision in the first place if it's as bad as you say it is, it'd be greatly appreciated.
But there are so many positive things about Eurovision. I love how 7 hours of one year can bring people from all around the world together, the different cultures, languages and experiences you're exposed to when watching the show and things related to it , the music (of course), and how we're all equal. Gay, straight, black, white, Muslim, Christian, Jew, whatever; we're all able to unite under one passion and be equal as people.