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thegeekcloud · 14 days

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Boycott Eurovision: Yes or No?

There has been a lot of talk on boycotting Eurovision this year because of the Israeli participation and their qualification to the final. Behind everything of course is the subject of money.

MoroccanOil or however it's spelled is one of the biggest sponsors of the Eurovision Song Contest, not just this year but every year. And guess what country this company is from? You got it. It is therefore logical for audiences to boycott Eurovision by refusing to fund the competition in any way. That includes:

Streaming the competition

Buying merchandise

Attending

Voting

If the EBU is not funded then the profitability of having MoroccanOil as a sponsor (and Israel attending) will drop dramatically.

However.

One must keep in mind a few things:

"The big Five are the biggest sponsors which is why they are automatically qualified to the final". They literally keep 5 countries in the final to entice them to keep paying. IN fairness, this is not as much as you might think but still a substantial amount.

They already banned Russia - a country with an incredibly large amount of people (and therefore potential viewers)

The sponsored money has already been given. This is the money that mostly funds the contest.

The participating countries themselves pay a fee. A fee so big a LOT of Balkan countries can't afford!

Most of the money is used for the incredible staging and other events of the competition.

Boycotting Eurovision now in terms of keeping money away from the EBU doesn't really do much in truth. Go for it if you like. It doesn't hurt. But, watching the contest right now is not really gonna change much. A lot of people are already attending (tickets are like 1000 euro apparently btw).

It doesn't hurt, though it doesn't make much difference either to be completely honest with you. My advice is follow the instructions of your favourite artist. After all, this contest is not just about Israel but about them as well. They've all worked so hard and they've been asked to remove all political messages from their performances which is basically a violation of freedom of speech.

Protesting always helps though it is very hard to do IN the arena.

Voting would help if we were all to vote for one person. We all saw last year how Loreen took the crown from Kaarija even though he had like 1.5 times more public votes. And now, Joost is about to be disqualified (cause apparently he punched an Israeli representative who mocked Joost's dead father???). Not voting would basically mean Israel would win. Why?

Italy is not really a political ally of Israel (an example for that would be apology votes from Germany) yet they gave them 40% in the semi finals vote. 40%!?!?. Israel was not even that high on the trends yet they got 40%. But, at the same time, I do not know many people who watch the semi-finals so those who did are either die hard fans or, if those were protesting, people who explicitly watched for Israel.

The jury will 100% give a lot of votes to Israel. I don't like to say it but their song is EXACTLY the type of song they vote for. Another example might be Greece (they are trying something different from a musical point of view) or France (let's face it that man is an angel). I want to say Switzerland but I would also have said Belgium and look where we are. They SHOULD like Switzerland too. In any case the jury can do SERIOUS DAMAGE (again, why Sweeden won even if tHeY'rE nOt SoRrY tHeY wOn)

Governments can push the jury towards a specific result. We probably know where Belgium's 12 is not gonna go (they cut the broadcast) but this is for example a minister in greece:

IF the competition ends up going to Israel THEN the real boycott will matter cause it can start earlier. Prevention of countries participating for example. People not attending at all.

But the best result would be to prevent that all together. It doesn't help that Joost (Netherlands) did not perform today at the Jury show but his recording was shown.

That's all.

My advice is don't watch or don't watch israel to send a message but vote for either Greece, Italy, Croatia or Switzerland or all of the above. The Netherlands too if they participate cause even though I don't want the contest to go once again there Joost has fucking earned it.

Edit: the goal was for israel not to participate at all (and honestly Azerbaijan shouldn't either) but they did, they are, we're here now so...unless the artists themselves step down....

#eurovision #eurovision 2024 #ebu #esc #esc 2024 #joost klein #marina satti

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pharahsgf · 3 months

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wait i thought israel was banned from eurovision?? what happened????

kan (israeli broadcaster) and the ebu (eurovision organisers) were previously at a stalemate, with the ebu rejecting the israeli entries for being too political and kan refusing to change them, and insiders considered it a done deal that israel would withdraw. however, herzog has since stepped in and forced kan to change the lyrics anyway, saying that israel's participation is "extremely important". it's now likely that the ebu will approve of the entry and allow israel to compete.

zionists also tampered with the icelandic selection to prevent palestinian artist & public favourite bashar murad from winning and going to esc, so here's to hoping that the ebu grows a spine and sanctions them for once, but i wouldn't hold my breath considering the bs they've let slide.

to quote bds: "Palestinians call on supporters to launch creative, strategic initiatives that can pressure broadcasters to withdraw & appeal to all participants to refuse to be complicit in @/EBU_HQ’s whitewash of apartheid Israel’s genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza." keep making noise and putting pressure on your broadcasters, and again, do NOT watch this shit or give them any of your money.

#replies #anonymous #finnish representative windows95man is trying to organise the participating artists against israel iirc #which isn't much but it's a start. honestly i'm baffled israel hasn't been kicked out already

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beauty-and-passion · 1 year

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Eurovision and the jury’s problem (but mostly the jury’s problem)

Ah, the Eurovision national juries. I love them so much. My love is so big that, since I started this tradition of writing a post about Eurovision, I’ve always included one paragraph to openly express my love for them and, not surprisingly, my love took the shape of FUCK YOU JURY.

So this year gave me the final push to do more research and finally give them the post they deserve, in which I will finally explain why they do more harm than good and are generally useless.

If that’s what you wanted to know, you can close the post now, thank you for your time. But if you want to know why I think the jury is useless, then allow me to expand more and properly explain myself.

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The jury has always been part of the show!

Yes, but now always with the same power.

Let’s do a bit of history: Eurovision started in the 50s, right after the end of WW2. TV was starting to grow stronger and with the birth of the EBU, they were searching for a TV program that could’ve involved and united all nations.

And so, an Italian journalist said: “Hey, here in Italy we have this sick song competition called Sanremo. We can make something similar, but every European country should send an artist.”. Marcel Bezençon, general manager of the EBU at the time, liked the idea and, after a few meetings, it was decided to make this music competition that will become Eurovision.

So yes, this is how Eurovision started. It’s because of Sanremo. It’s because of Italy. My country might do stupid shit, but we are still able to do something good once in a while.

The first edition counted 7 countries: Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Switzerland. Four of them will become the “Big Five”, because they are the ones that put more money into this competition. Other countries will slowly join in.

The jury was first introduced because, well, there was no possible way to call every single person who was watching the show. The TV was still in its infancy, let alone the global communications, so of course there was a jury. IT was the only way.

However, over time the televoting system was born and it started to improve. In 1997 five countries used it for the first time and from the year after all countries could use it. The jury was left in the back and used only under exceptional circumstances when televoting was not possible.

This lasted from 1997 to 2009. Then from 2010 it started the 50/50 system.

So yes, the jury has always been part of the show. But at first it was present because it was the only way to choose a winner, then it was pushed in the back, only to regain more power in the last 10 years.

But hey, you may ask: since Eurovision has been inspired by Sanremo, maybe this is how Sanremo voting system works too, right?

Nope. We are Italians, so we should make the most complicated voting system ever. Sanremo is currently articulated in five evenings and every evening has different juries and different ways to vote. I won’t go into too much detail because it’s bonkers, but I can tell you that:

1) There are multiple juries: the public, a jury made of 150 accredited representatives and the opinion poll jury. This one in particular is a group of people chosen by the national public broadcasting company RAI (which broadcasts Sanremo) out of a sample of habitual music users and selected according to criteria of age/geographical origin.

So no, the system is completely different and yes, this system is evolving too, because the opinion poll jury counted 1000 people last year, this year only 300 and who knows how many there will be in the future.

2) The final result is the sum of all three votes: 33% of the final voting is made of the representative’s jury, 33% of the opinion poll jury and 34% of the televoting. So even if by just one measly point, the televoting is the most important one out of the three.

Is this system perfect? No, it doesn’t work either and it’s fucking complicated. But at least it acknowledges that the public deserves to have more power than the juries. And there is also more than one jury, which at least allows a wider vision of things.

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The jury is here because it brings more variety!

Aww, how adorable.

I specifically searched for every single winning song from 1997 to 2023, thus including both the years without jury (1997-2008) and the ones with jury (2009-2023). I checked which is the musical genre of every winning song.

Do you want to know which genre won the most? Pop.

Do you want to know how many times a pop song won in the years without jury (including europop and latin-pop)? 9 times.

Do you want to know how many times a pop song won in the years with jury (including folk-pop, dance-pop and electro-pop)? 10 times.

Please, tell me more about the variety the jury brings. Can’t wait to hear it.

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The jury is here because it brings variety 2: Englishvision

Europe: a country with a shit ton of languages and we use always the same one for singing.

Do you want to know how many times we had a winning song that wasn’t in English from 1997 to 2023? 7 times and in two of them there were English parts.

The first three winners come from the years without jury (Dana International - "Diva", Ruslana - "Wild Dances", Marija Šerifović - "Molitva"). The others come from the years with jury and my god we had to fight tooth and nail to have them:

Jamala - "1944"

Salvador Sobral - "Amar Pelos Dois"

Måneskin - "Zitti e buoni"

Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania"

Those are people’s winners. Well, except for Jamala who no one wanted as a winner, because the public wanted Russia and the jury Australia. However, let’s leave it in for now: it’s a particular case I want to talk about later.

What I want to let you know is that, in order to have these winners, the public had to do a massive collective effort to give them enough points to overcome the jury - especially the last two. And if you know them, it’s because they are in the top 10 list of the public’s favorites.

But what if I tell you we could’ve had two more songs in their native languages on this list?

In 2015 the public’s favourite was Italy with Il Volo. An Italian song, genre classical music. It lost against Sweden’s pop song.

In 2023 the public’s massive favourite was, as you know, Finland. A Finnish song, genre hyperpop/industrial metal. It lost against Sweden’s pop song.

What a strange coincidence, isn’t it? Both times a song in a native language lost against an English pop song. Both times, the public’s favourite lost because the jury’s favourite won. Both times it was against Sweden.

Please, tell me again about the fairness of this system and how much variety it brings.

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The jury is here because the eastern countries all vote for their neighbors!

Just because the western countries all hate each other’s neighbours, it’s not a valid reason to blame the eastern ones for that.

Also, hey, wasn’t that a music competition? Why should we even care about which country the winning song comes from? Shouldn’t the jury think just about the music? Please tell me more about the impartiality of the jury.

Another thing: maybe it’s just me, but I supposed everyone studied math or had a basic knowledge of how many countries are in Europe. Well, I did both for you and if we divide Europe in half, we will have more o less 21 countries on the west and 26 countries on the east (I am including Australia in the west).

In my world, 26 is a bigger number than 21. So if the east slightly wins more times than the west is, well, understandable. The probability for them to win is higher, because there are more artists from those countries and so they have more chances to bring the winning song. I don’t think it’s so difficult to understand.

Maybe the reason why the western countries win less is not because “the easterns votes for their neighbours”, but because the westerns do not take the competition seriously and send shitty songs. Why Italy rarely gets a bad position? Because we care about music and we want to send something good. Why the UK fails a lot of times? Because they don’t care enough to send a good song. They are both Big Fives and they both put money on this show: the only difference is that one cares a bit more than the other. So instead of blaming the east, maybe it’s time to start bringing more decent songs.

And this “the east wins more” is even more stupider, if you look at the countries with the highest number of victories: Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the UK, Luxembourg and France.

In my world, those countries are all in the west. I know we all hate each other, but knowing when our rivals are on a map would be a good start.

Do you want to know why this stupid theory exists? It’s all because of the years without jury. It’s because in the years 2001-2008 we had this series of winners:

Estonia

Latvia

Turkey

Ukraine

Greece

Finland

Serbia

Russia

Since they are all in the east, they thought these countries were all voting for each other’s. That’s it.

I don’t know how they justified Ireland winning 3 times in a row (1992-1994) in their minds but hey, maybe that’s why I’m not a member of the EBU.

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The jury doesn’t have a favourite!

Very cute.

Do you want to know which are the countries with the most victories in the years 1997-2023? Here is a very funny list:

Israel: 2 times

1998 (no jury year) with Dana International - "Diva" (public’s favourite)

2018 (jury year) with Netta - "Toy" (public’s favourite)

Denmark: 2 times

2000 (no jury year) with Olsen Brothers - "Fly On The Wings Of Love" (public’s favourite)

2013 (jury year) with Emmelie de Forest - "Only Teardrops" (public’s favourite)

Ukraine: 3 times

2004 (no jury year) with Ruslana - "Wild Dances" (public’s favourite)

2016 (jury year) with Jamala - "1944" (not public’s favourite, but highly appreciated by the public)

2022 (jury year) with Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania" (public’s favourite)

Sweden: 4 times

1999 (no jury year) with Charlotte Nilsson - "Take Me To Your Heaven" (public’s favourite)

2012 (jury year) with Loreen - "Euphoria" (public’s favourite)

2015 (jury year) with Måns Zelmerlöw - "Heroes" (jury’s favourite)

2023 (jury year) with Loreen - "Tattoo" (jury’s favourite)

I don’t know you, but I notice two victories that made the public unhappy because both times the jury’s power overcame the public’s power. How weird it happened for the same country that won three times since the 50/50 system has been introduced.

Sure, the first victory was wanted by the public, but the other two were against the public’s will. And please allow me to repeat it again because this is what upsets me the most: both times an English pop song won instead of a song in a native language with a different musical genre.

And what makes these two victories even more undeserved, is that in general the winner has always been the public’s favourite. In 27 years the public’s favourite won 23 times and two times it was a public’s appreciated artist (Jamala, Duncan Lawrence).

The only two times public’s favourite didn’t win, it was a Swedish artist with a massive push from the jury that made it impossible to defeat it.

But hey, maybe this point is a bit unfair. After all, it’s not Sweden’s fault if they learned what the jury likes and keep sending the same kind of song to get their votes. Maybe I am just jealous: I mean, my country basically invented Eurovision and yet we’re not able to exploit this show to win all the times? Gosh, we’re useless :P

The problem is not Sweden’s cleverness. The problem is that the jury always uses the same criteria, so one country has been able to recognize and exploit them. In a democratic world with a fair competition, the organizers of said competition would say: “okay, maybe we should change the criteria all the time, so no one would be able to use them and the jury will remain impartial”. But I suppose this was a too difficult choice for the EBU.

Or maybe they just own Sweden some money, who knows. I really have no idea.

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The jury is here because otherwise people’s votes would be political!

Oh, so hilarious.

This is the list of the winning entries by jury and by the public:

Until the recent years, public and jury agreeded on the winner and when the public chose a winner, it was jury’s second choice. So if the public’s votes were political back then, the jury’s votes were political as well.

Only in the last editions jury and public started to truly diverge and unless I missed something, Israel just had a catchy song, Italy’s victory had nothing political behind, Ukraine’s victory was a massive collective justifiable effort to say “fuck you” to Russia and people just like Finland’s song more. So, again, nothing political behind.

However, there are also two very interesting cases, the only ones in which the winner was a country no one chose as favorite:

2016: public’s favourite: Russia - jury’s favourite: Australia. Winner: Ukraine

2019: public’s favourite: Norway - jury’s favourite: North Macedonia. Winner: the Netherlands

Do you want to know why the jury’s favourite of 2016 is Australia? I don’t know. What I know is that Australia joined Eurovision in 2015 and it was supposed to be just a one time thing, so they were automatically qualified for the finals. But in 2016 they joined like everyone else and had to make through the semifinals and... well, it wouldn’t be nice to send back home a country that just joined. I am not saying these two things are related, but it’s a bit of a weird coincidence, isn’t it?

Do you want to know why the jury’s favourite of 2019 is North Macedonia? I don’t know. What I know is that on June 2018 the country changed its name to the Republic of North Macedonia. And, you know, it’s nice to hear it more times, just to leave an impression on people’s minds. Again: I am not saying these two things are related, but it’s a bit of a weird coincidence, isn’t it?

Okay, let’s leave the tinfoil hat theories on the side. Do you really want to know where the “the public’s vote is too political” thing comes from? It comes from Jamala winning in 2016. Because Russia has already started with their bullshit in Crimea and Jamala’s song (despite not specifically talking about that invasion) was a reminder of that situation. And so everyone blamed the public for this victory and said that “the public was influenced by the actual political situation”. All while Jamala was second favorite of both the public AND the jury. So, again, if the public was biased, the jury is biased as well.

Actually, in her case the jury is a lot more biased than the public, because the public’s favorite was Russia! So, well, who is the political one now?

The truth is that the public is made of people and of course people will be influenced by the situation in which they live. But same goes for the jury: the jury is also influenced by the current situations, both Eurovision-related and world-related. So it’s totally unfair to blame the public for having a heart and a mind and for their will to choose a song over the other - especially when they are not influenced by the world situation (like in 2016) or when they are as it happened in 2022.

And, honestly, I’d much rather prefer people choosing a winner because of a fucking war, than a bunch of people choosing their winner for reasons that will benefit them only.

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The jury is made of experts and they give their expert opinion!

Awesome. Now explain to me how can you objectively choose the best song between a pop one, a folk one, a metal one and a rock one. Tell me which universal criteria will you apply.

Voice? But each genre requires a different kind of voice. An opera singer has a powerful voice, but growl music requires a powerful voice as well - heck, it’s even more complicated than opera, so it should be more praised than that! I mean, try growling without sounding like an idiot: it’s immensely hard. How can you decide which is better in an objective way? Do you just focus on which is more difficult to perform? But then it’s unfair to the pop singers, who also have good beautiful voices. How can you objectively choose the best?

Performance? But every genre requires a specific kind of performance. You can’t put an energetic performance on a ballad or slow dancers on a rock song. If two performance are equally beautifully ftting for their music genre, how can you decide which is objectively better?

Lyrics? But not everyone knows the lyrics of all songs and some lyrics might have multiple meanings or refer to particular aspects of the country’s culture, so you might not understand how beautiful they are. How can you choice which one is better, without knowing all these details?

Overall impression of the song? That’s not even an objective criteria, try harder.

The truth is that you CANNOT choose between different songs and different genres in a universally objective way. You will always be influenced by your own preferences and musical tastes.

Do you want to know how these criteria could’ve worked? If everyone brought the same song. Then okay, you can objectively make your choice: after all, we are talking about one genre and one song. In all other cases, this criteria makes zero sense.

And before you say “the jury needs to recognize the good singers”: people have ears. If a singer is bad, people can hear it by themselves. Polish people proved very well that they can recognize a very bad singer from an extremely good one and I doubt the entire country of Poland is made of musical experts or that everyone likes dance-pop/electro-industrial music.

Same goes for all the people around the world who praised Jann and said Blanka is terrible: I doubt they are all music experts or Polish. Maybe they just have ears.

Sure, some people have better taste than others, I don’t deny that. But considering that all humans have ears and a brain, I don’t think they need someone else to tell them that yes, this thing you like is good or no, that thing you don’t like is bad. Maybe they can understand it by themselves.

And if the problem is that the public doesn’t have a taste, then give them the means to acquire said taste. Let experts give more insights about an artist: they could explain why their voices are good or bad, why their performance works or not and why the lyrics are complex or simple. Let the public take a decision, instead of treating them like toddlers who should be spoon-fed.

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The importance of the public

What makes this 2023 victory so empty, is that it has nothing Eurovision stands for. It’s not the victory of an unknown, talented artist. It’s not a victory the majority wanted. It’s not a victory that sends a good message.

It’s the victory of mainstream and safety. It’s a victory that doesn’t look forward and doesn’t try anything new, because it prefers to rely on the same old stuff. It’s a victory of nostalgia, industries and brands.

And if it hurts so much, it’s not just because the public’s will has never been so blatantly clear about who they wanted to win, but also because after two years in which we had native languages and new genres on the top, we were really, really hoping for a switch towards something different.

I don’t blame the past artists for not trying more, the years were different. But we are in the 20s of the year 2000 now. We are more open to different people, genders, sexual orientations. We don’t have to play safe anymore, not in a world that is moving forward. We can have different winners, we can have different cultures and we can have different genres.

I really hope that this year will teach something, not just to us, but to the EBU and to Europe. If things will change, good. And despite my harsh words, I am okay if the jury stays: it has always been present, after all, even when pushed in the back. So if we have to keep it, let’s keep it.

But it’s time to give them less power. It’s time for a 30/70 or a 20/80 system. 50/50 is just not acceptable anymore.

Or, as the 2023 public’s winner said:

Thank you for your time and please, keep support your winners.

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#eurovision #eurovision 2023 #esc #esc 2023 #käärijä #this will always be his year #sorry not sorry #will I ever grow past this year?#maybe I'm almost ready to move on #maybe #just to be sure I'm not hating loreen #nor sweden as a country #just the unfairness of a system #so don't even start #we countries are all brothers and sisters and we should make fun of each other #and of ourselves

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justanothergreb · 12 days

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Some post-sleep, post-coffee, post-scroll thoughts:

Can we say the boycott worked? Seeing so many incredulous posts and musings on the points last night with lots of sarcastic "well a lot of people boycotted so of course they got high points" comments but let's remove the sarcasm because it does make one wonder how many people didn't tune in and participate last night. Viewing figures will be telling.

If pro right wing people are celebrating the "silent majority" backing you, you really need to take a good hard look at yourself and what you align with. Especially the people who voted because they felt sorry for Eden (from what I can see, a big number of UK voters did this and I despair). Also if this truly were the "silent majority" you would have won.

Ukraine giving you zero points? Telling.

Agree that perhaps focusing more on Eden being pro-Russian would have had more of an effect as people do feel more strongly about Russia.

Voting will probably need to be examined properly - have seen people saying pro-Israel influencers were encouraging mass voting, I also had a message from someone saying this was happening in communities across Europe. You would think people would also be able to spot voting irregularities or at least be suspicious but apparently not. Also wasting 20 votes on this? What a waste of your money.

The UK receiving zero points is a bit of a shock and can I just say I have been enjoying the comments from people blaming Brexit who also very much seem to be the brigade yesterday of "oh its just a bit of fun". I didn't watch the show last night but from what I have seen people said he was naff. Also need to remember that a lot in the LGBTQ+ communities were disappointed with Olly's stance on appearing at Eurovision. You could also argue who is more well-know - Olly Alexander or the band he was in? Olly feels like he could be a UK celebrity and not a more widely known celeb. It could also be whenever the UK enters a "well-known" act, its seen as a bit gimmicky. We also came second a few years ago folks - if the song is good it will do well.

Final thoughts from me today - keep an eye on the stories being shared by artists and delegations over the next few days as I think the EBU are even more in the shit than we realise.

Final actual thought - do what you can for the people of Gaza. Donate, speak up and out, whatever you can do.

#eurovision

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transmasc-tfw2 · 16 days

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I’ll ask off anon. Do you boycott those things? What are you doing in your day to day life that you see as permission to ignore activists and Palestinians asking people not to watch Eurovision?

I run the Amnesty International society at my university, where we’ve ran multiple fundraising events for Palestine. I’ve given over £200 of my own money to gofundme’s of Palestinians trying to flee. I have got a volunteering place set up over the summer to help Palestinians.

I think watching a TV show for less than 10 hours is not going to outdo the good I have already done. I’ve realised through doing this that there are different ways of helping others. Boycotting is one option. Giving money is another. Giving your time is a third. You don’t have to do all to be a good person.

Furthermore, I want to point out that in my country eurovision is not shown with any adverts, and as I’m not paying (nor is anyone in the household paying) for a TV a license, and I am not going to vote I am actively not giving the EBU any of my money.

I know exactly where my money is going and that’s to fleeing Palestinians.

Where’s yours?

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zevranunderstander · 1 year

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No offense, but "colonialist and imperialist festival that is trying to rebrand colonizers into quirky modern nations" is one of the most ignorant definition of Eurovision I've ever seen. The contest was born in the early 50's literally to put Europe together after WWII. And believe me, neither then, nor now the organizers give a fuck about colonialism, also because EBU is made of 56 country and only a small fraction of them were colonizers. On the other hand many were colonized.

So far it's also one of the very few occasions in EU where queer artists can express themselves. We all agree Israel shouldn't be allowed to partecipate, though, and that the jury's vote should be abolished. As for the public, this year their vote has been a mess as well, but for the first time it was open to the whole world so this may be part of the problem.

Your post is also insulting to many of the artists, btw.

the ESC was NOT put together to reunite europe after WW2, this sentiment is not once stated in the first ESC or any of the following ESCs and is literally just a narrative told today to make it seem more heartfelt, there is a really good video on it that by verilybitchie, that goes into much more detail about this than i will right now: link. but generally the first ESC was also just a money making concept: the EBU had this whole new platform they needed to have content for, and hosting a "non-political" song contest was a really lucrative idea. also for a long time, eastern europe for example was excluded from the ESC, because the west didnt like the communism going on there. the video is really good if you are genuinely interested in the previous "brandings" and politics of the ESC and is like, 40 minutes long, so i will not rehash everything said in there.

"neither then, nor now the organizers give a fuck about colonialism", yeah, obviously they don't otherwise they wouldn't allow Israel or Azerbaijan to have a platform in this contest. a lot of these countries aren't just "former colonists" they are still actively colonizing or completely suppressing human rights in their country. they do not care about colonialism because Israel for example can offer tons and tons of money so that they are in the contest and that's way more lucrative than "doing the right thing" and not having colonialist superpowers in a song contest that are currently actively waging wars. i am not saying "the EBU does colonialism", i am saying "the EBU let's a bunch of colonialists do funny acts where they can show off queer people in their country so that they can gain sympathies as a progressive country because they get a lot of money from the people participating and it's also giving them a whole new country as a market for the event night". do you know how lucrative it is for a country to host, because they can completely re-brand themselves as a popular tourist destination?

also, they did only ban russia after 6 countries appealed for them to do so and threatened to drop out, so they truly don't care about colonialism and only how to serve the biggest market available. but the narrative of a country persevering in the face of war is so inspirational, no? so this year you could have almost mistaken all of their branding to be a genuinely heartfelt stand in solidarity with the ukraine, with all of their anti war stances and singing imagine by john lennon, but really, if no one would have threatened to drop out in solidarity with the ukraine, would the EBU have thrown russia out? probably not.

also colonialism is such a complicated, intricate topic that is very much not a thing of the past just because a lot of countries have "officially" been declared independent. colonialism is not a "this is a bad thing that happened in the past but, like, it was 100+ years ago and now we're all modern and progressive, we are both colonizers and colonized", what do you think the european interventions in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, etc. are - if not re-branded colonialism? occupying a territory with a foreign military to "free" people of random regimes, when it just so happens that there always seems to be a lot of oil in th occupied territories. do you think Germany, France, the fucking UK are not STILL colonizers? do you know how many weapons Germany sends to Israel each year so that they can keep doing Apartheid down there? (colonialism also persists in globalization and outsourcing of labor into underpaid "third world countries" so that the economy in "first world countries" like Europe stays stable, but this out of the scope of this answer right now) but like? colonialism is not a "thing that happened long ago" its a thing that is still happening with a lot of the countries, and this paragraph isnt really relevant to answer you question but i really wanted to get this straight

also im focussing on the actual colonialist aspect in my post and am more talking abou how i am concerned with the intentional branding of any country as a woke, queer and progressive country, like, "look they sent a gay entry, that is sooo progressive of this country", which make you absolutely blind to the fact that they might be doing Apartheid and shit.

also i explicitly said that i do like how diverse the stage is for artists, it is just that the network's intentions behind putting them there aren't as genuine as you seem to believe. these artists are usually really talented people and I really loved some entries over the years, but 1. these artists need to be aware on what kind of stage they are performing, this isn't some indie underground platform this is one of the biggest music events in the world, and i love that there is an international stage for queer artists to perform, but you kind of have to count in the fact that these people all made the willing choice to be in a contest that is usually hosting Russia, Israel, Azerbaijan, etc. and I am not saying they are bad, horribly immoral people for that but they made that choice and then they should be able to live with the fact that they were in a show that is being criticized by people. does it suck that the biggest (and maybe only) big opportunity for a lot of queer artists seems to be a rather nationalist PR event? yes, of course it does and I genuinely do not blame artists who do ignore the moral implications of the event for having a chance of kickstarting their career, but that changes nothing about the morality of hosting countries that are active imperialists trying to convince you of the opposite. like, why do you think so many countries want in? because Australia and Israel wanted to be part of some european song contest REAAAAALLY bad or because it's THAT much of a PR boost?

The EBU will do whatever brings them the most money and that is:

allowing as many countries to be there (regardless of the fact that some of these still very imperialist participants are using the space to re-brand themselves) and only dropping them if this would cause real backlash from other parts of the audience (hence why Israel will never be dropped)

being "non-political" so to cause as little controversy as possible (if you watch verilybitchie's video she actually also mentions how "non-political" EXCLUSIVELY seems to refer to "do not make any political comments about participating countries when it could cost us viewerships"),

having progressive entries that give off a good image, which is endorsed by the countries as a PR campaign and by the audience, who mostly genuinely wants to see queer and campy entires that aren't the common mainstream. this also leads to the ESC branding itself as such a queer event and then often leaving it to the juries to ensure that nothing too queer or too campy or too communist or too political or too "generally eastern european" wins, because the winning entry needs to be marketable and needs to be playable on every radio station for the next 3 months without causing any offense to all the people who only then watch what the winning song was

none of these things are done for "moral" reasons or because they care about "doing the right thing", but because they make the most profit. but BECAUSE some of them seem so morally inspired the ESC usually tries to weave it into their branding ("was founded in an attempt to unite europe after WW2", "ESC has always been queer", "we stand with ukraine and thus russia isnt in this contest this year")

#myposts #esc #eurovision song contest #esc 2023 #hope this helps and i wasnt coming off as too rude #but frankly anon i do not care if i come of as 'disrespectful to a lot of the artist' tbh #because if they want to be part of the imperialism PR campaign then they frankly have to live with some people being mean to them about it #i also have some more thoughts on the jury but i really wanna stop typing rn

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i'm sorry but you and the person in your replies are stupid if you think "we all agree israel should be kicked from the show ❤️" is a good excuse to watch and fund by viewing a TV show that OPENLY supports israel and zionism, going as far as even having a ZIONIST SONG win one of the contests. what you're basically saying is, "Yeah, we all agree, amazon should treat its workers better ❤️" then ordering next day delivery. european or not, you're dismissing the struggles and suffering of palestinians and funding a show that openly supports israel and zionism. saying, "i disagree with israel and want them off the show," literally isn't enough. but honestly, this is the most european attitude to have towards the situation, so i honestly don't know why i'm surprised. also - some contestants holding a flag for palestine doesn't negate the support the show itself gives to israel. you need to remember that the people suffering in palestine are real and more important than a competition show for, historically, the most racist countries on earth with shit music on it. the fact that you stating "indeed!" and the user in your replies stating you're both aware of the situation is worse than being ignorant and unaware. i will block you just because you are clearly going to die on this hill because what does it matter to you, a white european person, if brown people die so long as you get to watch your silly little music show, which you know, is still openly supporting israel by not excluding them from the competition despite russia's removal. i suppose the white victims of russia are easier to empathise with than the brown lives lost in palestine. i'm embarrassed that i ever bought any of your art.

hello again :) first of all, i appreciate that you're passionate about this topic, it's a good cause to champion and i'm sure there are a lot of ignorant ESC fans that could use the reminders, lord knows you can't escape the zionists on twitter. alas, you don't know me personally, and i don't know you at all, so our back and forth here on tumblr dot com asks seems a bit pointless, especially if you're blocking me anyway? hence my brevity before, but maybe that came across as me generally not giving a damn about anything, and if so, i am sorry

eurovision's 'apolitical' stance (as if anything can be apolitical) is and always has been bullshit, whether it's about how hip europe pretends to be regarding queer issues, misogyny, and other major conflicts like the ones you brought up, such as the war with russia and, of course, israel and palestine. this really isn't a well kept secret, and neither is the response this incites in activists everywhere. there have been protests, petitions, boycotts, there's a heated discussion about eurovision every time we have eurovision, and rightly so, i fully encourage them. the sad truth in my eyes is that people people can only do so much to set things right. EBU is in this to make money and they're fucking great at it. nobody fixed russia by booing and banning them from the show, it was just more profitable to throw them out than keeping them in because 'communism bad', which is a trend among western countries

i've watched eurovision almost every year since i was a little kid, and it's pretty obvious that my stance on this whole thing is privileged. war has never been loud outside my door, i have a reliable supply of food and water every day, a sturdy roof over my head. i can spare myself some respite, and music is a big part of what constitutes my peace, always has been. i'm an enthusiast of foreign arts, of songs and languages that are difficult to get exposed to with how american-centric the music charts are nowadays

and so, the way i see it - and i understand if this is a line you're not comfortable drawing - the artists performing at eurovision aren't the EBU. i watch it for them. many of them who are just young singers looking for their big break, many others who are older and confident using their platform to say the uncomfortable things the organizers want to keep on the low. they're all gathered in one spot to represent a different culture, many singing in different languages, sharing traditional garb and dance. ethnic and LGBT minorities take to a huge stage that connects them to every point of the world, and i'm sorry if this all sounds quite silly in the grand scheme of things, but this is the one thing the show can do right in it's current state. europe is diverse, and sometimes it looks like even europe doesn't know that

i'm sad to see you go, but i respect that you've drawn this line, and i'm thankful to hear you've supported my art in the past. keep fighting the good fight, and may the world be a little less shitty sooner rather than later

#i have an ad blocker and a dream my guy

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Anon who sent the boycott Eurovision message here, while I understand your rationales for watching it and your efforts in other areas to try to help the Palestinian people, I think you should reconsider your decision to engage with Eurovision.

We have an opportunity to stick to our guns and not just send complaints but show them we are serious about our resisting their support for Israel by denying them ratings.

Yes, this isn't going to stop bombs falling or IDF troops marching through the streets massacring Palestinians, but it sends a message that we are united in our opposition to genocide and won't support institutions that permit it.

We can only do what we can, and I hope that missing a TV show we were looking forward to watching is worth the message we can collectively send that the people and culture of Palestine matters more to us than a yearly song contest.

Also I hope it goes without saying but I don't want anyone to send you hate over this, my goal is for all of us to be able to be united in helping Palestinians however we can; even in small ways that may seem insignificant or hopeless or useless, what's most important to me is that we show a united front in our support for Palestine and the end of Israel's genocides against the Palestinian people.

I absolutely understand this and I don’t think your asks were bullying me in any way, shape or form. Like I said, I am all for boycotting and have even participated in several of them for several causes, that includes Palestine.

I will find ways to watch the contest without giving the EBU any ratings or money. And I have been using the ESC hashtags in twitter specially to post about Palestine to the best of my ability.

But the truth is that I am also 25 years old, I work, I am trying to manage my money to get my own place to live, I have internal and external struggles to deal with that cause me great amounts of stress. Eurovision is a way for me to relieve that stress. Sometimes people need vapid, stupid shit to make it through their day to day lives. Is my life in any way comparable to what the Palestinian people are going through? Not in the slightest, they have (and will always have) a priority.

But I cannot run on an empty fuel tank of energy, jaded about the world if I want to help people out. Every new information we have on this genocide has this tinge of hopelessness to them that I think everyone who cares about Palestine is actively trying to fight against. Is really reassuring to see so many people boycotting the EBU and I am genuinely saddened at myself that I do not have the willpower to join in.

I will be continuing my ongoing support of the people in Gaza while finding ways to watch my favorite show without giving them ratings or money. I think both of these can coexist, even if its not objectively the right thing to do.

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Pssst boycott Eurovision, it gives platform to Israel amidst the genocide it's doing. Contact your participating broadcaster and demand for the removal of Israel. Every action counts. This show is a two-faced hoax that silences minorities

No, i'm not boycotting the show and i think me boycotting it won't solve anything at all and I don't think this specific action will count. Obviously plenty of people will disagree with this and more power to you, but my decision is made.

I'm avoiding the official channel and I'm not watching anything there because it actually gives money (and numbers) to the EBU, so no opening ceremony for me tomorrow (amongst other things). But watching via satellite won't boost neither money nor viewing numbers so I'm at peace with that

Also lmao, have you seen my broadcaster. Some people there would probably go and committ the genocide themselves, if they could.

#i think I might turn off anon asks now tho

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Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department - Fresh Out The Slammer - #7 - Wyomissing, Pennsylvania - There Are Still Beautiful Things…

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TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 697: 2 Samuel 22:36 You have granted me the shield of Your protection And Your providence has made me great.

Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Matthew 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Luke 22:35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered. Luke 22:36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’ and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Pages 1924 and 1925: 1 Chronicles 16:34 Praise the Lord for He is good; His steadfast love is eternal. 1 Chronicles 16:35 Declare: Deliver us, O God, our deliverer, and gather us and save us from the nations, to acclaim You holy name, to glory in Your praise. 1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, from eternity to eternity." And all the people said, "Amen" and "Praise the Lord."

Strong's Concordance #18 ebus: a crib, feeding trough, manger Original Word: אֵבוּס

Luke 2:5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. Luke 2:6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, Luke 2:7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. Luke 2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. Luke 2:9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Luke 2:11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Luke 2:16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

John 1:9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

Acts 16:36 The jailer told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.”

Taylor Swift - Fresh Out The Slammer - TTPD #7

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Strong's Concordance #492 almoni: someone, a certain (one) Original Word: אַלְמֹנִי

"Please I've been on my knees Change the prophecy Don't want money Just someone who wants my company Let it once be me Who do I have to speak to About if they can redo The prophecy?" - Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department - The Prophecy #26/13+13

Luke 2:29 “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. Luke 2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation, Luke 2:31 which you have prepared in the sight of all nations: Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.”

Acts 2:32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1498: Psalm 71:19 Your beneficence, high as the heavens, O God, You who have done great things; O God, who is Your peer!

Strong's Concordance #4279 machar: deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter -- time to come, tomorrow. Original Word: מָחָר

Luke 20:34 Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. Luke 20:35 But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, Luke 20:36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. Luke 20:37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Luke 20:38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)

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Strong's Concordance #1696 dabar: to speak, answer, appoint, bid, command, declare, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, be spokesman, talk, teach, tell, think, utter, work, nothing. Original Word: דָבַר

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023… John 20:11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. John 20:12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. John 20:13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” John 20:14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. John 20:15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” John 20:16 “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”). John 20:17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John 20:18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message. John 20:19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. John 20:20 As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! John 20:21 Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Her Hope, Love and Faith was Red… Mary Magdalene and the red egg in the Orthodox tradition In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Mary Magdalene visited Emperor Tiberius to issue a complaint about how Pontius Pilate handled Jesus’s trial. As she described the events of the crucifixion and resurrection, the Emperor dismissed her story, scoffing, “That could no more happen than the egg in your hand could turn red”. Promptly, Mary Magdalene prayed and the egg turned red. (MagdaleneSacredJourneys.com)

Taylor Swift - "seven" Please picture me In the trees I hit my peak at seven feet In the swing Over the creek I was too scared to jump in But I, I was high in the sky With Pennsylvania under me Are there still beautiful things? Sweet tea in the summer Cross your heart, won't tell no other And though I can't recall your face I still got love for you

Mark 16:9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

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Taylor Swift - Eras Tour 1989 Taylor's Version Announcement & New Romantics

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Strong's Concordance #3050 Yah: Contraction for Yhovah, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name -- Jah, the Lord, most vehement; the name of the G-d of Israel Original Word: יָהּ

Ephesians 2:1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, Ephesians 2:2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. Ephesians 2:3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. Ephesians 2:4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, Ephesians 2:5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1413: Psalm 1:1 Happy is the man who has not followed the counsel of the wicked, or taken the path of sinners, or joined the company of the insolent; Psalm 1:2 rather, the teaching of the Lord is his delight, and he studies that teaching day and night.

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Page 1599: Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: Proverbs 1:2 For learning wisdom and discipline; For understanding words of discernment; Proverbs 1:3 For acquiring the discipline for success, Righteousness, justice, and equity; Proverbs 1:4 For endowing the simple with shrewdness, The young with knowledge and foresight. Proverbs 1:5 --The wise man, hearing them, will gain more wisdom; The discerning man will learn to be adroit; Proverbs 1:6 For understanding proverb and epigram, The words of the wise and their riddles.

8: Taylor Swift - Begin Again (Taylor's Version)

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Strong's Concordance #2558 chomets: vinegar Original Word: חֹמֶץ

TANAKH (Jewish Publication Society, Hebrew-English) Pages 1495 and 1496: Psalm 69:17 Answer me, O Lord, according to Your great steadfastness; in accordance with Your abundant mercy turn to me; Psalm 69:18 do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly. Psalm 69:19 Come near to me and redeem me; free me from my enemies. Psalm 69:20 You know my reproach, my shame, my disgrace; You are aware of all my foes. Psalm 69:21 Reproach breaks my heart, I am in despair; I hope for consolation, but there is none, for comoforters, but find none. Psalm 69:22 They gave me gall for food, vinegar to quench my thirst.

John 19:28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” John 19:29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. John 19:30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

"I've been spending the last eight months Thinking all love ever does Is break and burn, and end But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again"

"There are so many different ways that someone can be beautiful. For me, I think that when I meet someone and there's that magical thing about them that makes them unforgettable, it's that they're sincere and honest and whoever they are, be that funny, happy, sad, you know, going through a rough time, sarcastic, I think that these personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful." - Taylor Swift

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Strong's Concordance #2544 Chamor: The same as chamowr; donkey; father of Shechem Original Word: חֲמוֹר

John 12:12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. John 12:13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!” John 12:14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: John 12:15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” John 12:16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

Mark 5:38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. Mark 5:39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” Mark 5:40 But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. Mark 5:41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Mark 5:42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. Mark 5:43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

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Taylor Swift - The Best Day (Taylor's Version)

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Strong's Concordance #1780 din: judgment, judgement, justice, law. Original Word: דִּין

Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm

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Strong's Concordance #908 bada: to devise, invent Original Word: בָּדָא

Back to the Future: BEST OF Great Scott… I know. This is heavy.

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Published: December 13, 2019 (347th day) Duration: 0:49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXboNl2vWH8 LXboNl2vWH8 LXboNlvWH bhllnovwx 2+8+20+20+40+50+700+900+300=2040. 2040+2+8=2050. 2050+49=2099. 2099+347=2446.

Strong's Concordance #2446 Chakalyah: From the base of chakliyl and Yahh; darkness, brilliance, redness of Jah/Yah/ the God of Israel; perhaps "wait for Yah," agriculture, wisdom, father of Nehemiah Original Word: חֲכַלְיָה

Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. (Wikipedia)

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Strong's Concordance #40 Abimelek: From 'ab and melek; father of (the) king; "father is king," a Philistine name, also an Israelite name Original Word: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

Strong's Concordance #321 ochoran: another, other, latter Original Word: אָחֲרָן

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Strong's Concordance #75 abas: to fodder -- fatted, to feed, fatten, stalled Original Word: אָבַס

Strong's Concordance #975 bachan: From bachan (in the sense of keeping a look-out); a watch-tower -- tower, test. Original Word: בּחן

By the grace of G-d, I will reign again (Hebrew): בּ חן אָבַס אֲ בִ ימֶלֶךְ אָחֲ רָן

By the grace of G-d, in the Kingdom of God (Yiddish): בּ חן אָבַס אֲ בִ ימֶלֶךְ אָחֲ רָן

By the grace of G-d, go ahead (Yiddish): בּחן אָבַ סאֲבִי מֶ לֶךְ אָחֲ רָן

Matthew 25:6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Matthew 25:7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. Matthew 25:8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ Matthew 25:9 “’No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ Matthew 25:10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. Matthew 25:11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ Matthew 25:12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ Matthew 25:13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

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Published: January 26, 2023 (26th day) Duration: 3:31 (211 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DLofLM7No h8DLofLM7No (8, 7) hDLofLMNo dfhllmnoo 4+6+8+20+20+30+40+50+50=228. 228+8+7=243. 243+26=269.

Strong's Concordance #269 achoth: another, sister, kinswoman, nurse, to nurse, together, companion, sweetheart Original Word: אָחוֹת

In April 1974, the Native American members of the group Redbone basked in the success of their million-selling gold single “Come and Get Your Love.” The single was a Top-Five hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and hit #1 in several U.S. cities across the country. A Top-Five single—what did that kind of success mean for you as a Native artist in those days? It was something I had already envisioned in my head. I had always loved Native American chants and music and I knew If I worked hard I would come up with something that would appeal to everybody. How did the song “Come and Get Your Love” come about? Lolly called me up at 3 am; we had just come back from Philadelphia from doing a tour and he said “Pat, can you come over? I think I have a great idea for a song. I want you to come and help me write it.” I was pretty tired and I said, “Oh man, I am not going to come over there and work on this unless we write together.” He said of course. My girlfriend and I went over there at 3 AM and we listened to it – it was nice, but it wasn’t structured. I think it was 11 minutes long. I sat in the music room and worked on it, structured it with a bassline and cut it to 6 minutes. We recorded it in the studio, and when it came out, there was only one name on it – Lolly Vegas. (Laughs) I said, “Wait a minute man, I got up at 3 in the morning with you, that’s my bassline!” When the record came out they wouldn’t play it because they said it was too long. Michael Atkinson, the head of promotions at CBS-Epic, came down to Whiskey-a-Go-Go when we were performing with Ronnie Milsap, and he said, “Pat If you go into the studio and break this down to 3 minutes, you’ll make it to number one.”

Redbone - Come and Get Your Love

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Duration: 3:31 Published: August 3, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4rSO-h9Io

BA4rSO-h9Io abhioors 1+2+8+9+50+50+80+90=290 290+4+9=303 Area code 303 is located in central Colorado and covers Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Thornton, Arvada, Westminster, and Centennial.

3:31=211 seconds.

August 3, 2020 (13 Av 5780) was the 216th day of the year 2020. Newly leaked bodycam footage shows George Floyd pleading with police officers not to lock him up in a police vehicle, as well as saying that he is claustrophobic. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leaked-footage-shows-first-moments-george-floyd-s-fatal-arrest-n1235663

Strong's Concordance #216 or: a light, light of day/daylight, morning light, dawn, sunlight, moonlight, starlight, lightning, the light of instruction, the light of God. Original Word: אוֹר

303+211+13=527. Strong's Concordance #527 amon: multitude, a throng of people. Original Word: אָמוֹן

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Eurovision 2017 Wishlist

1.Italy wins

2.Portugal gets to the Finals and (hopefully) places higher than 10. Alternatively, Portugal does not get to the Finals and we finally convince ourselves to give up on the contest, because the situation as it stands is just embarrassing and a waste of money.

3.No booing of contestants over their countries’ actions (I wonder who’s going to get it, without Russia around, but someone probably will)

4.There is another massive scandal involving the jury v. popular vote and they decide to scrap the jury vote for next year. Or just make it more discreet like it used to be (which is way more likely)

5.EBU brings back the “you can only sing in your own language” rule. If it leads to another Ireland-sweep, we’ll change it back, but I really do think we need this as soon as possible, we have 35/42 songs totally in English. Enough is enough.

6.The rest of the planet sees the light and decides to create Earthvision/Globovision/Terravision

7.I stop complaining

#eurovison 2017 #esc 2017 #personal thoughts

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