welshbairn Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 27 minutes ago, JS_FFC said: Israel and Ukraine picked up 630 points combined from the public out of the 794 that were jointly available to them (nearly 80%). I’m not privy to media reporting in other European countries, but if it’s anything like it is here in the UK then both the media and the government are overwhelmingly pro Ukraine, anti Putin and sympathetic to Israel and Netanyahu. I’m not that surprised that folk seem to have voted for both countries en masse. It’s a real shame Austria didn’t do well IMO. I voted for them on the night as I enjoyed their song. I disagree that the UK media are sympathetic to what Netanyahu and the Israeli forces are doing in Gaza, anyone who watches the broadcast media especially could only think they're genocidal maniacs. Maybe not as black and white as with Russia and Ukraine, but they have to take into account that the Russian invasion was entirely unprovoked, unlike with the October 7th events. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 No Joost = Switzerland's tainted title 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Going to go full conspiracy theory here but wouldn't be surprised if there's been a few call centres in Tel-Aviv phoning international numbers this evening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Mullarkey calls it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 7 hours ago, Ray Patterson said: Going to go full conspiracy theory here but wouldn't be surprised if there's been a few call centres in Tel-Aviv phoning international numbers this evening. Don't think so. I suspect there's plenty of folk minded to vote for Israel across Europe for it to not be a conspiracy. Certain individuals on Twitter implying it was antisemitic to not vote for Israel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 38 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Certain individuals on Twitter implying it was antisemitic to not vote for Israel. And therein lies one of the biggest problems of the whole Israel thing. One simply can't protest against their genocidal acts without being pulled up as antisemitic. There's very little of the whole thing in the German media, they've gone completely 180 since you-know-when to the point where they're so far up Israel's arse you could see Olaf Scholz when they sneeze. The rest of the western world is just as bad but its no shock. They did nothing for the people of Syria when they're country was obliterated and they're just watching while Palestine gets levelled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 @The Naitchthis is coming from a point of semi ignorance. I believe that Netanyahu & his IDF Commanders should be answering for their War Crimes in The Hague, yet Hamas & their Fundamentalist Ilk will execute you just because you are you. I am utterly conflicted by what is happening, yet my instinct is to protect the Children first. The arseholes on both sides clearly do not give a shit about that. How can anyone support either side? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Croatia were robbed. Estonia had a great song and I can’t believe they were so low down. I think the UK had one of the worst songs of the night - how hard is it for the uk to produce a nice fun catchy song? Why have the last 2 been so shite? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxx8z05058eo Is it the song, is it the staging, is it the lack of emotional connection, is it just bad luck… or is it that every kunt thinks we’re Brexit voting cuntos and says ‘fcuk that rabble’ when pondering where to give points? Sam Ryder aside, who stands out amongst the nil points and Livingston FC style Eurovision seasons. Europe started to shun us, IMHO, firstly when English football hooligans were rampant and English teams got banned. Before that, we were full boohna contenters, boom-bang-a-banging our way to the top with the best of them. Pah. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I see the Irish contestant has taken defeat well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 hours ago, Savage Henry said: I see the Irish contestant has taken defeat well. What's this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 13 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Britain gives Israel 12 points in the public vote. 10 minutes later, lead story on the BBC news is Israel ordering thousands more to leave Rafah before they blow the shit out of it. Well done, lads Flaw in the voting rules, you should be able to vote against a song too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 14 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Britain gives Israel 12 points in the public vote. 10 minutes later, lead story on the BBC news is Israel ordering thousands more to leave Rafah before they blow the shit out of it. Well done, lads Cause and effect? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 14 hours ago, JS_FFC said: Israel and Ukraine picked up 630 points combined from the public out of the 794 that were jointly available to them (nearly 80%). So out of 2146 points available from the public votes the UK received 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 21 hours ago, Lurkst said: So out of 2146 points available from the public votes the UK received 0 Is it that hard to believe? Where would you have ranked our song out of the 25? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 On 12/05/2024 at 09:42, pozbaird said: Sam Ryder aside We send an actual vocalist with a song to showcase said powerful vocal and nearly win it. Them revert back to middle of the road pop songs with weak vocals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 23 hours ago, Lurkst said: So out of 2146 points available from the public votes the UK received 0 Presumably you have to come in the top 10 from any country's public vote to get any votes at all. Not sure how they do it though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Presumably you have to come in the top 10 from any country's public vote to get any votes at all. Not sure how they do it though. Yes, you do, only each country's top 10 gets points. Being middle of the road can actually be a bigger Eurovision death knell than being bad (as sometimes being so bad it's good can be a thing that picks up a few points). Every country could think you are the 11th best and you end up on zero points as a result. Yet the UK continue to favour middle of the road pop... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 The entire cast and crew of Eurovision should be gathered up put on to Alisa Craig and used by the armed forces as training fodder.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 On 11/05/2024 at 21:46, Miguel Sanchez said: Was he in the X Files? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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