@inomu I'm still heartbroken about her NQ. But I think it could have been perceived as a rip-off of Waka Waka that became iconic during the previous summer. Although it's indeed criminally underrated, how could she score lower than Senit with Stand by?
@xofreyr Of course it's a matter of time until he claims paternity. If there is one man to be expected to casually tell the world that Dara is his daughter, it's Kirkorov.
@felix_thuringia@GanzeGeschichte Ich bin alles andere als ein Experte für die Geschichte dieser Region, aber ich weiß zumindest, dass das rumänisch-ungarische Verhältnis mindestens eine Hassliebe ist.
@IPilipchuk87005 But it came 10 years too early though, nowadays it could reach the top 10 BECAUSE it's a temu version of papaoutai. Btw the french language is so iconic to serve words like "la salle de musculation" which has been mentioned at some point in that song.
@thatboisegzy@MusialaEra@iMiaSanMia_en "More than 70 minutes until he has got a flash of inspiration".
In the sense of "more than 70 minutes until he has finally got the genius idea of bringing Thomas Müller on the pitch".
@OneiroMou Switzerland simply wasn't in the spotlight until Luca Hänni came in the following year, this is why that country felt like a filler although they had pretty much nice stuff before 2019.
@adhd4ra I'm happy for Dara and Bulgaria and that my favourite Romania did better than expected but after all I was glad that it was over, I am not missing ESC 2026 that much right now.
@vcatalina96 Gruppe C (Brasilien, Marokko, Haiti, Schottland) taugt mehr für Memes, z. B. weil sich Brasilien gegen Haiti wie Real Madrid gegen Cosmos Koblenz anfühlt, auch wenn der Koblenzer Torwart von Haiti Ersatz ist (was ihm wohl schlussendlich egal sein dürfte).
@YRevision26117@SchlagerKaty And it made it into the real world, also outside the Balkans. It's no. 1 in a couple of countries, you could potentially hear it anywhere, for example in a football stadium which I just did
@BumbacComeback Portugal having a Balkan spirit is true outside the touristy areas. A slavic-sounding language, increasing consumption of alcoholic beverages (especially wine) in opposition to the global trend and the delicious plain fare served in tascas (simple Portuguese taverns) prove this.
@ostmulle Ich fands ja schon krass, dass z. B. im Schlosspark von Neustrelitz eine Elfjährige von einem Afghanen vergewaltigt wurde. Auch kein Ort, an dem man sowas erwartet. Ich sollte schockiert sein, aber leider kann ich das nicht mehr.
@okyxxnus It wasn't expected that Israel would be 3rd with 220 points. But rather the winner with three-hundred and something. When the jury votes for Israel steadily came in, I thought they were going to win, I didn't expect that high score for Bulgaria.
@duatashaj It was a very contemporary song at that time and brilliantly staged, this is a reason why people all over Europe ate this up although the diaspora and neighbour votes were also decisive of course. The community would probably love Believe if that entry wasn't ruzzki.