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Russia was Incredible this year
LiammaiL
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Another ther corking contest
Felt so sorry for Polina she looked so heartbroken that people where booing her
Russia's song was incredible this year!
Really incredible. Such an emotional performance
Felt so sorry for Polina she looked so heartbroken that people where booing her
Russia's song was incredible this year!
Really incredible. Such an emotional performance
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Also think that, even though we know that the voting is most often political, it was blatant this year.
Polina should have won.
Someone should tell the Russians that...
Seriously I do not condone booing, however the Eurovision is now very camp and has a massive gay following, Russia's stance on homosexuality is bound to draw some verbal negativity...
Well Europe disagreed.
But then we get the winner, who was accused fairly recently of making remarks some would call homophobic.....
I liked it when the presenter reminded everyone how the theme was building bridges, and how the night was about the music. It needed to be said, it wasn't fair on Polina.
Hmmm, but by that logic you could argue that Måns has apologised and is a pro LGBT ambassador whereas Russia are still illegally in Ukraine and haven't overturned their discriminatory laws.
It not always about the initial mistake but it's about how you behave afterwards that counts. I felt sorry for Polina herself but the lyrics themselves were surely a cruel joke.
I cant imagine the Ukraine situation helped the singer and I reckon she would have won but for it. Its an astonishing performance to get over 300 all things considered.
With Eurovision's structure that's impossible. Artists represent their country rather than themselves as individuals and so are also the conduits for messages back to their country.
best performance on the night
and best staging.. in fact it was so superior to everything else.
well done polina and russia. you didnt win because or politics but were the best
The crowd booing was out of order, though not as bad as last year where I really felt for the Tolmachevy Sisters after the totally unfair reaction they received.
and thank goodness for that.
They actually represent broadcasters, despite all silly flagwaving they aren't really political emissaries. And artists do represent themselves as well. Of course in some cases the broadcasters may be controlled by the government, but far from all cases, and that's really another issue. When people refer to a country I simply take it as shorthand for the song. To assume that the BBC's entry somehow represents me and all the citizens of the UK would be pretty ludicrous.
And I agree and have said myself that What If was even better (it was actually played in the official broadcast yesterday, so now considered a classic). A Million Voices was ok though, and the best of the overhyped top 3.
Personally, Polina was my 'individual' winner as I think she's a fantastic popstar and can't wait for her first English album, but I also fully acknowledge the headache Russia hosting would cause people too. The booing only serves to make Russians feel more isolated and cynical of Europe to be honest. So much for building bridges.
Agree they should have won, it was the best song by a mile. Unfortunately I think how Russia is viewed in Europe at the moment meant they lost a lot of votes. Some countries actually gave them 0 points which is beyond ridiculous. As for all the idiots in the crowd booing I found that pathetic, for the Russian act to be treated like that just because of the county they come from is ridiculous, I wanted Russia to win just to shut those idiots up.
I don't see how the show could have been put on in Russia with the views they have regarding Homosexuality etc.
Would the audience have been allowed to wave the rainbow flags..how would gay performers been treated?
It would have stifled so many.
And given the Russian goverment such a power trip and platform to spout the vile attitude they have.
Russia's song was better, but Sweden's staging and performance was always going to be difficult to compete with.
The only thing political about anything that night were the Russian song lyrics! If anything politics only helps the Russian vote lol! Tbf the song itself is so dire - I'm not sure what the appeal was exactly. It has nothing going for it. Polina also seemed slightly fake with the crying at the end.
Mans was a very deserving winner and I'm glad Europe made the right choice in the end. Even countries not involved in some apparent 'political rivalry' (over a music contest!) voted for Sweden over Russia.
The fact everyone is so cool with Mans and Israel shows the hypocrisy, Polina never made an anti-LGBT comments and Israels has been blowing Palestinians to bits for almost half a century now. But neither Mans nor Israel gets any hate.
It really wasn't that good though. Maybe he got gay votes like the Italian act because people think they are cute are something. And of course there was hype just like there is hype over every Swedish entry whether it's good or not.
And like I said in another thread, I feel cheated that the boos were drowned/covered up on TV broadcast, such blatant distortion of reality by the broadcasters... If the arena audience can hear boos, so should TV audiences. Just covering things up won't help.