Eurovision Division

[ESC Discord @ESCdiscord]

🇳🇱 AVROTROS and NPO want to discuss #Eurovision’s ‘core principles’ with the EBU:

"Israel's participation confronts us with the question to what extent the […] Contest still functions as an apolitical, unifying and cultural event. We want to discuss this […] within the EBU."

[ESC Discord @ESCdiscord]

🇧🇪 VRT also questions their future #Eurovision participation:

“VRT works well with the EBU in many areas, but without a serious response to our concerns regarding the Eurovision Song Contest, we are questioning our future participation.”

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

What was said last year remains equally true

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

Whether or not they won makes no difference. Their very presence in the competition is what's wrong here. Israel 'losing' last night was not activism and not something to gloat about. They were allowed and encouraged to present a narrative to artwash an active genocide.

[Verity Ritchie @verilybitchie]

So the broadcasters are meant to be independent and there can be no political influence at #Eurovision2025 right? @EBU_HQ So how come Israeli Government Advertising Agency is doing the promo for Israel, is that allowed? What about the Ministry for Foreign Affairs? #unitedbymusic

[Verity Ritchie @verilybitchie]

Why Israel needs #Eurovision
#UnitedByMusic

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

It's especially not "a bullied boy getting talked up by his dad", if anything it was "Mans got bullied and another kid in his class was like a hero to him".

Anyway yes I got distracted by minor things and then didn't listen to her actual song

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

While naptrapped on the couch with the baby this morning, I'm watching last night's #Eurosong2025. Leez just said Måns Zelmerlow's "Heroes" was a song about a bullied boy. In 10 years, that is the first time I've heard that (or even ANY) interpretation of that song.

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

I wonder WHERE she grabbed that interpretation because I immediately googled it and only found two blog articles talking about it? It was definitely not the "given" interpretation of Heroes then or ever. Fascinating.

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

@laurovision regrettably, yes

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

You would think perhaps that, after having a baby, the Eurovision song most often sung in your house would be "Think About Things",

But you have failed to consider

"Hola mi bebebe"

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

@euro_bruno you know what, not as often! (and we're belgian! go figure!)

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

@dudepoints Hold on, uhhh... no, I can't go on.

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

@dudepoints I guess you could say your hearts aligned! Hm!

[Elaine @elainovision]

Over keffeyeh painted nails.

You simply cannot do this targeted censorship and claim to be apolitical.

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

This DQ sent a clear message that artists, in the organization's view, do not deserve the right to set boundaries and cannot speak out, that they must endure whatever is thrown at them without support or concern until they inevitably snap --- and they're out.

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

I think it's telling how little faith I had in the EBU's ability to make correct decisions, that I did not for a moment doubt that Joost Klein's DQ would end up being entirely unreasonable.

[Grace 🦄💐🍉 @grace_is_sugoi]

I wonder why. Almost as if there was a big show with tens of millions of views to use as a distraction

[Eurovision Division @EuroDivision]

Whether or not they won makes no difference. Their very presence in the competition is what's wrong here. Israel 'losing' last night was not activism and not something to gloat about. They were allowed and encouraged to present a narrative to artwash an active genocide.

[Elaine Scattermoon @scattermoon]

The hope will be that because Israel didn't win that everything is fine after all and we can carry on as usual and no. We can't. Not unless Israel's use of the contest is acknowledged and actioned upon.