Eurovision 2019

robot arms comfortably in the top five most charismatic performers yet seen on stage tonight

this is a great scissor sisters b-side

Denmark's lyrics were corny as hell, but the song and performance were undeniably cute. Also, bonus points for the random switch from English to French for the second half of the song.

Chorus of Azerbaijan's song is a bit too Maroon 5.

thanks, i hate this

The French can't bring themselves to sing a song entirely in English, but they'd be better to just sing in French.

The thing that strikes me the most about the French entry is that the singer is really struggling to be on pitch.

strong look, bad song

It's usually the British entrants who can't sing.

damn french eating our lunch again, smdh

Italy's entry also completely unremarkable. No hook whatsoever, really generic melody, not even a strong performance gimmick.

First reference to Jackie Chan in Eurovision from the Italian entry?

At least it's in Italian.

Okay, Italy's song is surprisingly strong, and the lyrics are kinda too personal for something like this?

xpost:

Yes, there is that!

strong Shaggy vibes

The audience are only half-heartedly into this clapping gimmick.

Serbiohead

let’s not be so quick to traduce shaggy now ok

Well, there goes the wax out of my ears! Thanx! #SRB

These Eastern Europeans can always sing like fuck tbf.

strong Shaggy vibes

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Ha, that's what I thought when he first started singing!

lovely bit of air guitar from the serbian christina applegate there

I can't tell the difference between all these dark haired guys with beards and the exact same haircuts.

Wow, when did Kane Brown turn Swiss and enter Eurovision

This Swiss one just sounds like all modern shit-pop

It's that infernal beat

Is this song about blowjobs?

It does, but it terms of execution it isn't all that bad, actually. This'll probably be the one that ends up winning.

(xpost)

The sudden cut to moody synth pads is more annoying.

At least it wasn't a ballad

To be fair, Australia has always been my favourite part of Europe. Let's see how they do...

ah yes, here comes my favourite of all the European nations now

jinx

what the fuck is this shit

Oh fuck no. NO!

This is from Frozen 2, right?

Zeeee-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-hirrooo!

what if shakespeare’s sister but yodelling and it’s shit

Who wrote this, Tim Minchin?

It's the bastard love child of iamamiwhoami and Regina Spektor performing in Frozen 2... HOLY FUCK THAT NOTE. NO!

I suppose that Kate Bush is never going to enter Eurovision, so this will be as close as we get.

Wow, this is so over the top it's kinda awesome! Australia for the win!

they've overcompensated for not being European by going way too Eurotrash

Would have been OK ... but for the singing.

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Xt8QFKwEY3Ez17jBuxKHrQ--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NTAwO2g9MjA4/http://33.media.tumblr.com/f6715dbbda32c8f192818fefc2d6fa6c/tumblr_inline_o0jtvrGmGM1tcrqyq_500.gif

Kate Bush might never recover from that comparison tbh

The lyrics to this translate as "Fun House/whole lot of fun/prizes to be won"

Meanwhile here's the latest Almodovar movie

i'm legit stunned there isn't a kate miller-heidke thread on ilx already?? this is the closest

The over-produced female vocalist mor-pop to art-pop continuum of the 80s and sometimes early 90s, often but not necessarily from Canada