I will not be posting about or watching Eurovision this year.

As an avid fan this sucks, but there are more important things right now. My values and morals are too important to me to support EBUs decision not to ban Israel from Eurovision.

KAARIJA CHA CHA CHA

“His image has been described as an emo version of Barbie’s Ken”

- Edward af Sillén about Croatia

This is awful…I literally have no words.

They have a protest outside their fucking establishment and they pull this shit.

I hope the EBU gets eaten alive. I am so incredibly disgusted

Are we not talking about that *wink* at the end of Baby Lasagna's performance? 🙇🏻‍♀️🥵

and the audience goes

So demonic themes and a pentagram is allowed but not Palestine flags?

slovenia:

Electric fields, sweetie, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry that a ugly ass bitch like ESC2024 would even say that

Why is green room never... green?

Can gay broken elevator vibes save UK from 0 points this year?

k so me and my sister (americans) are watching eurovision and holy shit IRELAND!!!!

I knew they were good like the song is such an earworm BUT THE FUCKING PERFORMANCE BAMBIE THUG YOU ARE AMAZING THE STAGING EVERYTHING THE OUTFITS THE SONG EVERYTHING IS FABULOUS

Denmark's choreography

The audience cheered and applauded for so long for Käärija yesterday that we couldn’t hear when Petra started talking again (as we should)

Boycott Eurovision

I completely understand this sentiment and I in fact support it. If people wish to boycott Eurovision they can, but this boycott in particular is not for me.

Eurovision has been a yearly tradition for me since 2009. I actively look forward to getting together with my friends every year and have fun. It’s something that I am very passionate about.

Keep in mind I am also passionate about Palestine’s freedom and I have been donating to a lot of organizations that support both the people in Gaza and the students protesting for a ceasefire. I have also not consumed any of the corporations that are being boycotted.

I have also spoken out against ESC deleting Pro-Palestine comments and pretending like this genocide does not exist. I have called out and discussed the hypocrisy that is (rightfully) banning Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but not banning Israel, because it seems that for the Europeans brown people’s lives will always be less valuable.

Do I think therefore that watching Eurovision is something like a treat I should give myself for being such a good activist? Not at all. I am pretty aware of whats happening but the reality is that a boycott to Eurovision is not gonna do much for the Palestinian people. Should ESC have banned Israel and focused on the Genocide instead? Absolutely. Can we do something about it now that they didn’t do so? Sadly, it doesn’t seem like it.

I support and understand the boycott but I don’t think I can join in this particular case. I will be showing my support in many other ways. Like I have been doing already.

Ya'll have to hear about this, because damn, what are the chances.

Today I passed my exam, and tomorrow is the last day last day of my internship, so I thought; "Why not get a tattoo?" You know, because it's always nice to get a tattoo.

So, I go to this tattoo shop I had found on Google maps. Never been there before, but the staff was all either female or LGBTQ+, and generally inviting for all sorts of people, which I thought was amazing. Of course I wanted to support that.

The place is HUGE and looks AMAZING. I come as a walk-in, and they are super nice and warm to me and my brother. All so sweet and amazing.

I decide to get a treble clef because, well, I studied music for three years, I love music, and Eurovision season isn't far off, and I just really like how it looks. Seemed very fitting to me. Not a revolutionary idea, but I like it.

So, I'm getting tattooed, and while I'm getting tattooed, Saba enters the shop. Saba. Like in Saba representing Denmark in Eurovision with the song "Sand" Saba. I mean, what are the chances? I'm getting a tattoo for music and Eurovision, and in comes the artist that is representing my country in Eurovision. Damn... I guess I made a right decision with this tattoo😂🇩🇰