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fucking disgusted.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EIsrael shouldn\u0027t be allowed to participate in the first place\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst of all, let\u0027s state the (hopefully) obvious:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEurovision was founded on values of peace. A country actively making war, bombing schools and hospitals and killing millions of innocents has no place in this contest. FREE PALESTINE AND #BanIsraelFromEurovision\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/itsjustagame.bsky.social\/post\/3lpfoo4atgs2x\u0022\u003E@itsjustagame.bsky.social\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen your country is run by a wanted war criminal and has ethnic cleansing as its official policy,\nI won\u0027t hesitate treating your flag same way I would a flag of Third Reich, and to call people who proudly display it nazis. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite Israel being, controversially, allowed to compete in the ESC while actively committing genocide,\nmany eurofans still wanted to enjoy the show.\nThe contest has never been perfect, but for many of us it was still a highlight of every year.\nThey would protest Israel\u0027s participation while supporting all other contestants\non the biggest and queerest tv stage in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EMy experience in Basel\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the first time I attended ESC in person. I got to watch both semifinals and the great final\nduring evening previews, as well as the live finale show at a viewing party at Arena+.\nThis is my, admittedly biased, experience of what happened inside the arena \u2013 but I hope it will shed some light on the events.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, to be fair, I can\u0027t be sure if Israel\u0027s performance \u003Cem\u003Ewasn\u0027t\u003C\/em\u003E jaw-droppingly good \u2013 because I\u0027ve never seen it.\nThe song itself is IMO very meh \u2013 but the first time I heard it was during the evening previews,\nand I haven\u0027t seen the staging, because I joined a handful of people (sadly just a handful), who turned their backs away in protest.\nIt\u0027s telling, however, that national juries \u2013 professional musicians who sign off on their votes with their names and reputation \u2013\nhas put it the nazi entry in the bottom half of the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI also don\u0027t have any \u003Cem\u003Edirect\u003C\/em\u003E evidence of anyone tampering with the televoting, how could I?\nBut here\u0027s why I\u0027m convinced that \u003Cstrong\u003Eno, the audiences across Europe didn\u0027t actually think\nthat Israel\u0027s song deserved the first place\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAny enthusiasm for Israel in the live audience and in the Arena+ watching party felt forced and disgustingly cringe.\nEvery single other performer would get an ovation from the crowd \u2013 sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller, of course,\nbut people were \u003Cem\u003Ealways\u003C\/em\u003E happy to see the artist on stage. When Israel\u0027s name appeared on the screens, though?\nIt went silent for a few seconds, until a bunch of people started cheering as loud as they could,\nand then lots of others felt peer-pressured to join. It happened a few times \u2013 Israel coming up,\nthen dead silence, and only then some cheers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther fans would cheer and wave to their idols on stage, like one does to artists,\nbut people with Israeli flags looked like they were comforting Yuval in a great hardship.\nOther people would, obviously, wave the flags of their favourite countries during their performance,\nbut generally wouldn\u0027t bother with that during all the recaps \u2013 except for Israel, whose fans never missed a chance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the final votes were about to be announced, when it was only between Austria and Israel,\nthe crowd of 36 thousand people at the Arena+ started shouting repeatedly \u003Cstrong\u003E\u201cAustria! Austria! Austria!\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nIt was so powerful and emotional\u2026 And then, the second Austria\u0027s victory was announced,\n\u003Cstrong\u003Ethe whole crowd erupted in the loudest and most relieved cheer I\u0027ve ever heard in my entire life\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nAt the very same second, \u003Cstrong\u003Ea whole bunch of nazi supporters immediately rage-quit the stadium\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nYou know, how every genuine eurofan does when their favourite song wins a disappointing, but still super prestigious, second place\u2026\nYou know, how no other audience had reacted ever, AFAIK.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe atmosphere on the way back from the grand final was unlike any other Eurovision-adjacent event I ever attended\n\u2013 rather than partying and singing in public transport, people seemed defeated. Relieved, but not happy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople are not happy with whatever the hell just happened.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd the EBU knows all of that too. They\u0027ve been in the room when all of that happened, they saw all the protests happening,\nthey\u0027ve faced harsh criticism. But perhaps most tangibly:\nthey\u0027ve changed the format of Martin \u00d6sterdahl giving his thumbs up to the validity of the results \u2013\nfrom a fucking puff piece to him personally, to just briefly showing him on the screen literally giving thumbs up\nwithout uttering a single word. After last year\u0027s boos that their fucking tech couldn\u0027t even manage to censor out,\nthey knew he wouldn\u0027t be well-received this time either, and for good reasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou know who else knows perfectly well that Europe and eurofans don\u0027t like their genocidal country?\nThe Israeli fans themselves. They looked constantly agitated, nervously looking around,\nexpecting problems every step of the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ELegitimacy of the votes\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI managed to vote twice last night. I even managed to vote for my own country. All I needed was a bank account in Germany,\nwhere I used to live, et voil\u00e0! With my current bank, bunq, I can open a large number of virtual credit cards\nfrom a whole bunch of European countries, with just a few clicks \u2013 and I could probably automate it via an API as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo if \u003Cem\u003EI\u003C\/em\u003E could slightly abuse the system \u2013 just to see, if it will work \u2013\ncan you image what someone with more resources and political will could do?\nHere\u0027s a meme I \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/YUROP\/comments\/1kpdw0l\/eurovision_for_the_last_two_years\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E found on r\/YUROP\u003C\/a\u003E\nthat illustrates one scenario:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-reddit-yurop_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 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data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-reddit-yurop_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022896.88888888889\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf that\u0027s what some random highly motivated fans can conceivably and realistically do,\ncan you imagine what a nation state with massive resources could pull off?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eurovisionfun.com\/en\/2025\/05\/israel-advertisement-in-times-square-new-york-for-yuval-raphael\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E last year\u003C\/a\u003E\nand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/x.com\/israelinnewyork\/status\/1789022591316828335?s=46\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E this year\u003C\/a\u003E\nthey had bought expensive Times Square ads targeting US-ians, who aren\u0027t really known for even watching ESC.\nTheir song was mid at best. From the live audience they got a lukewarm reception at best.\nTheir image internationally is, let\u0027s say, far from neutral. It\u0027s hard to believe that they would\nhave won the televote, and by such a margin.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow much does it cost them to bomb Palestinian children every day? And how much does a million votes cost?\nIs it possible to manipulate them? And most importantly, would Israel benefit from the world thinking\nthat they\u0027re so beloved by regular people watching a music competition?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EWhere do we go from here?\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI don\u0027t know\u2026 An obvious answer is boycott \u2013 but actual fans leaving the competition and not voting\nfor other countries anymore only makes is easier for nazis to hijack the vote, doesn\u0027t it?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd sadly, I don\u0027t think individual boycotts on a scale similar to what\u0027s happening already are ever gonna be effective.\nIf like \u003Cem\u003Ehalf\u003C\/em\u003E of us stopped watching ESC, the EBU would notice \u2013 but let\u0027s be honest, that ain\u0027t gonna happen.\nIf a bunch of EBU members pulled out of the competition in protest, maybe something would change.\nBut is that likely to happen?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027m feeling so powerless against the big boy decisions made in conference rooms behind closed doors.\nI don\u0027t feel like anything I do could actually change things for the better \u2013 and boycotting the ESC\nwould just be shooting myself in the foot without accomplishing anything.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut yesterday it stopped being about the effectiveness of boycotts \u2013 instead I started asking myself:\nwill I even keep \u003Cem\u003Eenjoying\u003C\/em\u003E Eurovision anymore?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI love so many things about this competition, it hurts to see it so out of control of the actual fans.\nNo amount of protests, boycotts, demands, booing or angry tweets makes EBU consider banning Israel \u2013\neven though they could easily do it, just as they did with Russia and Belarus, and for the same reason.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt which point does this most delicious cake become so poisoned that it\u0027s no longer tempting to take a bite?\nBack when Israel was just one of dozens of competing countries, their outrageous participation\nmight have been just \u003Cem\u003Eone of many aspects\u003C\/em\u003E of the show.\nBut if you expect me to believe that the audience in Muslim-majority Azerbaijan gave Israel 12 points,\nand still enjoy the show and think that my vote or opinion even matters anymore \u2013\n\u003Cstrong\u003Ewhy the fuck would I even bother anymore?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs much as people might want to claim otherwise, Eurovision is a deeply political event,\nwith an explicit \u003Cem\u003Epolitical\u003C\/em\u003E goal of promoting peace through music.\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERight now it fails at that goal disastrously\u003C\/strong\u003E. EBU hands a pinkwashed propaganda tool to a genocidal state.\nIt\u0027s disgusting. Their names and faces will end up the same pages of history books as Goebbels.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFuck Israel. Fuck EBU. Fuck \u00d6sterdahl.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFree Palestine \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["eurovision","genocide"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-results_small.png","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-results_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-results_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022129.0756302521\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast night we were inches away from the Eurovision Song Contest dying a tragic death\u2026\nI was privileged to be able to fulfil my long time dream and be in the live audience for this amazing event\nthat unites dozen of countries on a continent that used to be torn by constant wars.\nIt was an extraordinary experience, by far the best couple of shows I\u0027ve ever attended.\nAnd yet, coming back home from it felt like the whole crowd has just been punch in a gut.\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAfter all I\u0027ve seen, I don\u0027t believe for a second that the apparent support for Israel was genuine and organic.\nThey\u0027ve used one of our favourite things in the world as a propaganda tool for genocide, and I\u0027m fucking disgusted.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-results_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-results_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022129.0756302521\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast night we were inches away from the Eurovision Song Contest dying a tragic death\u2026\nI was privileged to be able to fulfil my long time dream and be in the live audience for this amazing event\nthat unites dozen of countries on a continent that used to be torn by constant wars.\nIt was an extraordinary experience, by far the best couple of shows I\u0027ve ever attended.\nAnd yet, coming back home from it felt like the whole crowd has just been punch in a gut.\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAfter all I\u0027ve seen, I don\u0027t believe for a second that the apparent support for Israel was genuine and organic.\nThey\u0027ve used one of our favourite things in the world as a propaganda tool for genocide, and I\u0027m fucking disgusted.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EIsrael shouldn\u0027t be allowed to participate in the first place\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst of all, let\u0027s state the (hopefully) obvious:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEurovision was founded on values of peace. A country actively making war, bombing schools and hospitals and killing millions of innocents has no place in this contest. FREE PALESTINE AND #BanIsraelFromEurovision\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/itsjustagame.bsky.social\/post\/3lpfoo4atgs2x\u0022\u003E@itsjustagame.bsky.social\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen your country is run by a wanted war criminal and has ethnic cleansing as its official policy,\nI won\u0027t hesitate treating your flag same way I would a flag of Third Reich, and to call people who proudly display it nazis. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite Israel being, controversially, allowed to compete in the ESC while actively committing genocide,\nmany eurofans still wanted to enjoy the show.\nThe contest has never been perfect, but for many of us it was still a highlight of every year.\nThey would protest Israel\u0027s participation while supporting all other contestants\non the biggest and queerest tv stage in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EMy experience in Basel\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the first time I attended ESC in person. I got to watch both semifinals and the great final\nduring evening previews, as well as the live finale show at a viewing party at Arena+.\nThis is my, admittedly biased, experience of what happened inside the arena \u2013 but I hope it will shed some light on the events.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, to be fair, I can\u0027t be sure if Israel\u0027s performance \u003Cem\u003Ewasn\u0027t\u003C\/em\u003E jaw-droppingly good \u2013 because I\u0027ve never seen it.\nThe song itself is IMO very meh \u2013 but the first time I heard it was during the evening previews,\nand I haven\u0027t seen the staging, because I joined a handful of people (sadly just a handful), who turned their backs away in protest.\nIt\u0027s telling, however, that national juries \u2013 professional musicians who sign off on their votes with their names and reputation \u2013\nhas put it the nazi entry in the bottom half of the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI also don\u0027t have any \u003Cem\u003Edirect\u003C\/em\u003E evidence of anyone tampering with the televoting, how could I?\nBut here\u0027s why I\u0027m convinced that \u003Cstrong\u003Eno, the audiences across Europe didn\u0027t actually think\nthat Israel\u0027s song deserved the first place\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAny enthusiasm for Israel in the live audience and in the Arena+ watching party felt forced and disgustingly cringe.\nEvery single other performer would get an ovation from the crowd \u2013 sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller, of course,\nbut people were \u003Cem\u003Ealways\u003C\/em\u003E happy to see the artist on stage. When Israel\u0027s name appeared on the screens, though?\nIt went silent for a few seconds, until a bunch of people started cheering as loud as they could,\nand then lots of others felt peer-pressured to join. It happened a few times \u2013 Israel coming up,\nthen dead silence, and only then some cheers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther fans would cheer and wave to their idols on stage, like one does to artists,\nbut people with Israeli flags looked like they were comforting Yuval in a great hardship.\nOther people would, obviously, wave the flags of their favourite countries during their performance,\nbut generally wouldn\u0027t bother with that during all the recaps \u2013 except for Israel, whose fans never missed a chance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the final votes were about to be announced, when it was only between Austria and Israel,\nthe crowd of 36 thousand people at the Arena+ started shouting repeatedly \u003Cstrong\u003E\u201cAustria! Austria! Austria!\u201d\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nIt was so powerful and emotional\u2026 And then, the second Austria\u0027s victory was announced,\n\u003Cstrong\u003Ethe whole crowd erupted in the loudest and most relieved cheer I\u0027ve ever heard in my entire life\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nAt the very same second, \u003Cstrong\u003Ea whole bunch of nazi supporters immediately rage-quit the stadium\u003C\/strong\u003E.\nYou know, how every genuine eurofan does when their favourite song wins a disappointing, but still super prestigious, second place\u2026\nYou know, how no other audience had reacted ever, AFAIK.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe atmosphere on the way back from the grand final was unlike any other Eurovision-adjacent event I ever attended\n\u2013 rather than partying and singing in public transport, people seemed defeated. Relieved, but not happy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople are not happy with whatever the hell just happened.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd the EBU knows all of that too. They\u0027ve been in the room when all of that happened, they saw all the protests happening,\nthey\u0027ve faced harsh criticism. But perhaps most tangibly:\nthey\u0027ve changed the format of Martin \u00d6sterdahl giving his thumbs up to the validity of the results \u2013\nfrom a fucking puff piece to him personally, to just briefly showing him on the screen literally giving thumbs up\nwithout uttering a single word. After last year\u0027s boos that their fucking tech couldn\u0027t even manage to censor out,\nthey knew he wouldn\u0027t be well-received this time either, and for good reasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou know who else knows perfectly well that Europe and eurofans don\u0027t like their genocidal country?\nThe Israeli fans themselves. They looked constantly agitated, nervously looking around,\nexpecting problems every step of the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ELegitimacy of the votes\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI managed to vote twice last night. I even managed to vote for my own country. All I needed was a bank account in Germany,\nwhere I used to live, et voil\u00e0! With my current bank, bunq, I can open a large number of virtual credit cards\nfrom a whole bunch of European countries, with just a few clicks \u2013 and I could probably automate it via an API as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo if \u003Cem\u003EI\u003C\/em\u003E could slightly abuse the system \u2013 just to see, if it will work \u2013\ncan you image what someone with more resources and political will could do?\nHere\u0027s a meme I \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/YUROP\/comments\/1kpdw0l\/eurovision_for_the_last_two_years\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E found on r\/YUROP\u003C\/a\u003E\nthat illustrates one scenario:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-reddit-yurop_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/eurovision-reddit-yurop_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022224.22222222222\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf that\u0027s what some random highly motivated fans can conceivably and realistically do,\ncan you imagine what a nation state with massive resources could pull off?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eurovisionfun.com\/en\/2025\/05\/israel-advertisement-in-times-square-new-york-for-yuval-raphael\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E last year\u003C\/a\u003E\nand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/x.com\/israelinnewyork\/status\/1789022591316828335?s=46\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E this year\u003C\/a\u003E\nthey had bought expensive Times Square ads targeting US-ians, who aren\u0027t really known for even watching ESC.\nTheir song was mid at best. From the live audience they got a lukewarm reception at best.\nTheir image internationally is, let\u0027s say, far from neutral. It\u0027s hard to believe that they would\nhave won the televote, and by such a margin.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow much does it cost them to bomb Palestinian children every day? And how much does a million votes cost?\nIs it possible to manipulate them? And most importantly, would Israel benefit from the world thinking\nthat they\u0027re so beloved by regular people watching a music competition?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EWhere do we go from here?\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI don\u0027t know\u2026 An obvious answer is boycott \u2013 but actual fans leaving the competition and not voting\nfor other countries anymore only makes is easier for nazis to hijack the vote, doesn\u0027t it?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd sadly, I don\u0027t think individual boycotts on a scale similar to what\u0027s happening already are ever gonna be effective.\nIf like \u003Cem\u003Ehalf\u003C\/em\u003E of us stopped watching ESC, the EBU would notice \u2013 but let\u0027s be honest, that ain\u0027t gonna happen.\nIf a bunch of EBU members pulled out of the competition in protest, maybe something would change.\nBut is that likely to happen?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027m feeling so powerless against the big boy decisions made in conference rooms behind closed doors.\nI don\u0027t feel like anything I do could actually change things for the better \u2013 and boycotting the ESC\nwould just be shooting myself in the foot without accomplishing anything.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut yesterday it stopped being about the effectiveness of boycotts \u2013 instead I started asking myself:\nwill I even keep \u003Cem\u003Eenjoying\u003C\/em\u003E Eurovision anymore?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI love so many things about this competition, it hurts to see it so out of control of the actual fans.\nNo amount of protests, boycotts, demands, booing or angry tweets makes EBU consider banning Israel \u2013\neven though they could easily do it, just as they did with Russia and Belarus, and for the same reason.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt which point does this most delicious cake become so poisoned that it\u0027s no longer tempting to take a bite?\nBack when Israel was just one of dozens of competing countries, their outrageous participation\nmight have been just \u003Cem\u003Eone of many aspects\u003C\/em\u003E of the show.\nBut if you expect me to believe that the audience in Muslim-majority Azerbaijan gave Israel 12 points,\nand still enjoy the show and think that my vote or opinion even matters anymore \u2013\n\u003Cstrong\u003Ewhy the fuck would I even bother anymore?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs much as people might want to claim otherwise, Eurovision is a deeply political event,\nwith an explicit \u003Cem\u003Epolitical\u003C\/em\u003E goal of promoting peace through music.\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERight now it fails at that goal disastrously\u003C\/strong\u003E. EBU hands a pinkwashed propaganda tool to a genocidal state.\nIt\u0027s disgusting. Their names and faces will end up the same pages of history books as Goebbels.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFuck Israel. Fuck EBU. Fuck \u00d6sterdahl.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFree Palestine \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\u003C\/p\u003E","words":1555,"readTime":7,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/society\/nemo-the-code-as-nonbinary-anthem":{"key":"blog\/society\/nemo-the-code-as-nonbinary-anthem","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2024-04-01T12:09:47+02:00","publishedAt":"2024-04-01T12:09:47+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"nemo-the-code-as-nonbinary-anthem"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"nemo-the-code-as-nonbinary-anthem","title":"Nemo\u0027s \u201cThe Code\u201d as a Nonbinary Anthem","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/nemo-code_small.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022270\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg 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xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E three other countries\u003C\/a\u003E represented by amazing nonbinary artists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022small\u0022\u003E(Yes, I know that Israel taking part in Eurovision is a scandal, and I hate that too.\nBut this is an article about queer joy, not about them \u2013 please go be angry at Israel and EBU somewhere else.)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENemo uses \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.pronouns.page\/blog\/they\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E they\/them\u003C\/a\u003E pronouns in English, but in their native German\nthey prefer to be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/de.pronouns.page\/:Nemo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E referred by name, without pronouns\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022text-center my-4\u0022\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022640\u0022 height=\u0022360\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kiGDvM14Kwg\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Code\u201d is a song about discovering their identity as a nonbinary person;\nabout the struggles of the process itself, but more importantly about the reward that\u0027s waiting at the end of this road:\nbeing free from the cishetnormative expectations of the society, finally breaking its \u201ccode\u201d and being able to be truly oneself.\nIt\u0027s a beautiful and powerful song, definitely an earworm, definitely very challenging vocally.\nAnd \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/genius.com\/Nemo-che-the-code-lyrics\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E its lyrics\u003C\/a\u003E are speaking to my enby soul:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWelcome to the show, let everybody know\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI\u0027m done playin\u0027 the game, I\u0027ll break out of the chains\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI, I went to hell and back\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTo find myself on track\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI broke the code, wo-o-oah\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESomewhere between the 0s and 1s\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThat\u0027s where I found my kingdom come\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd while I\u0027ve been in love with this song ever since I\u0027d first heard it, it was only\nwhen I watched their performance live a few days ago that I realised we\u0027re witnessing something \u003Cem\u003Ehuge\u003C\/em\u003E.\nNemo is not just fabulously nonbinary on that stage. They\u0027re \u003Cem\u003Eflawless\u003C\/em\u003E. No note is too high for them,\nno beat too fast, not a single thing is off. They\u0027re impressive as fuck!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022text-center my-4\u0022\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022640\u0022 height=\u0022360\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfhKBAt0aLg\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd now they\u0027re gonna be bringing that majestic queer energy to the biggest music stage in Europe!\nIn May hundreds of millions of people around the world will see their unapologetic gender-bending beauty,\ntheir powerful message about transcending restrictive social norms, and their flawless execution. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou can see that Nemo really feels that song deep in their soul.\nIt\u0027s not a just banger produced to make money \u2013 it\u0027s personal.\nIt\u0027s a song they believe in and a song they\u0027re singing from their heart.\nHere\u0027s what Nemo had to say after the performance:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of myself is in this song and when I perform it I become one with it.\nI don\u0027t even really know what\u0027s happening the 3 minutes just rushed by.\nIt\u0027s amazing to be allowed to perform this song live and that you all are enjoying it so much is even better.\n\u003Csup\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/eurovision\/comments\/1brtwem\/comment\/kxbhvlt\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E [credits for translation]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENemo is one of the favourites to win the ESC \u2013 and I hope y\u0027all can see why!\n\u201cThe Code\u201d is a beautiful song, interesting musically, challenging vocally, with lyrics relatable to so many\nmarginalised people, and with a powerful message.\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen somebody asks me, what it feels like to be proudly nonbinary \u2013 now I can just show them Nemo\u0027s performance.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nThat\u0027s how. That\u0027s the power of rejecting patriarchy.\nI can barely imagine how many people questioning their gender will see that performance and see themselves in it,\nwill find the power to discover their identity and to proudly be themselves. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are many amazing songs by nonbinary artists about their experience of gender \u2013\nbut \u201cThe Code\u201d is the one that stole my heart. It checks all the boxes. And in my humble opinion,\nit absolutely deserves to be called the anthem of our community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["eurovision","song","anthem","music","nonbinary","gender","switzerland"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/nemo-code_small.jpg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/nemo-code_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/nemo-code_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022135\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0027s a song that stole my heart and has been living in my head rent-free for the last few weeks.\nBefore hearing it, the thought \u201cenbies should pick their anthem\u201d had never really occurred to me \u2013\nbut now I can\u0027t think of a better contender to that title than \u201cThe Code\u201d by Nemo.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/nemo-code_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/nemo-code_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022135\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere\u0027s a song that stole my heart and has been living in my head rent-free for the last few weeks.\nBefore hearing it, the thought \u201cenbies should pick their anthem\u201d had never really occurred to me \u2013\nbut now I can\u0027t think of a better contender to that title than \u201cThe Code\u201d by Nemo.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENemo is a 24 year old nonbinary rapper, singer and musician who will be representing Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024,\nnext to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.pronouns.page\/blog\/nonbinary-eurovision\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E three other countries\u003C\/a\u003E represented by amazing nonbinary artists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022small\u0022\u003E(Yes, I know that Israel taking part in Eurovision is a scandal, and I hate that too.\nBut this is an article about queer joy, not about them \u2013 please go be angry at Israel and EBU somewhere else.)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENemo uses \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.pronouns.page\/blog\/they\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E they\/them\u003C\/a\u003E pronouns in English, but in their native German\nthey prefer to be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/de.pronouns.page\/:Nemo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E referred by name, without pronouns\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022text-center my-4\u0022\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022640\u0022 height=\u0022360\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kiGDvM14Kwg\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Code\u201d is a song about discovering their identity as a nonbinary person;\nabout the struggles of the process itself, but more importantly about the reward that\u0027s waiting at the end of this road:\nbeing free from the cishetnormative expectations of the society, finally breaking its \u201ccode\u201d and being able to be truly oneself.\nIt\u0027s a beautiful and powerful song, definitely an earworm, definitely very challenging vocally.\nAnd \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/genius.com\/Nemo-che-the-code-lyrics\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E its lyrics\u003C\/a\u003E are speaking to my enby soul:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWelcome to the show, let everybody know\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI\u0027m done playin\u0027 the game, I\u0027ll break out of the chains\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI, I went to hell and back\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTo find myself on track\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI broke the code, wo-o-oah\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESomewhere between the 0s and 1s\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThat\u0027s where I found my kingdom come\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd while I\u0027ve been in love with this song ever since I\u0027d first heard it, it was only\nwhen I watched their performance live a few days ago that I realised we\u0027re witnessing something \u003Cem\u003Ehuge\u003C\/em\u003E.\nNemo is not just fabulously nonbinary on that stage. They\u0027re \u003Cem\u003Eflawless\u003C\/em\u003E. No note is too high for them,\nno beat too fast, not a single thing is off. They\u0027re impressive as fuck!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022text-center my-4\u0022\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022640\u0022 height=\u0022360\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bfhKBAt0aLg\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd now they\u0027re gonna be bringing that majestic queer energy to the biggest music stage in Europe!\nIn May hundreds of millions of people around the world will see their unapologetic gender-bending beauty,\ntheir powerful message about transcending restrictive social norms, and their flawless execution. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou can see that Nemo really feels that song deep in their soul.\nIt\u0027s not a just banger produced to make money \u2013 it\u0027s personal.\nIt\u0027s a song they believe in and a song they\u0027re singing from their heart.\nHere\u0027s what Nemo had to say after the performance:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of myself is in this song and when I perform it I become one with it.\nI don\u0027t even really know what\u0027s happening the 3 minutes just rushed by.\nIt\u0027s amazing to be allowed to perform this song live and that you all are enjoying it so much is even better.\n\u003Csup\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/eurovision\/comments\/1brtwem\/comment\/kxbhvlt\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E [credits for translation]\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/sup\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENemo is one of the favourites to win the ESC \u2013 and I hope y\u0027all can see why!\n\u201cThe Code\u201d is a beautiful song, interesting musically, challenging vocally, with lyrics relatable to so many\nmarginalised people, and with a powerful message.\n\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen somebody asks me, what it feels like to be proudly nonbinary \u2013 now I can just show them Nemo\u0027s performance.\u003C\/strong\u003E\nThat\u0027s how. That\u0027s the power of rejecting patriarchy.\nI can barely imagine how many people questioning their gender will see that performance and see themselves in it,\nwill find the power to discover their identity and to proudly be themselves. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are many amazing songs by nonbinary artists about their experience of gender \u2013\nbut \u201cThe Code\u201d is the one that stole my heart. It checks all the boxes. And in my humble opinion,\nit absolutely deserves to be called the anthem of our community.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":623,"readTime":3,"lang":"en"}}},"projects\/oursong-let-s-choose-our-song":{"key":"projects\/oursong-let-s-choose-our-song","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2017-12-25T00:38:58+01:00","publishedAt":"2017-12-25T00:33:00+01:00","group":null,"links":[{"icon":"globe-europe","colour":"primary","url":"https:\/\/oursong.eurovote.eu\/","displayUrl":null}],"category":"projects","subcategory":null,"slug":"oursong-let-s-choose-our-song"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"oursong-let-s-choose-our-song","title":"OurSong \u2022 Let\u0027s choose our song!","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/oursong_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022603\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n         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