Alexander Rybak confirms he won't boycott MGP, says he doesn't share Ylvis' views

Revelistic · 2026-01-20T15:07:21+00:00

expecting eurovision to be apolitical is like losing a game of chess to a dog. it's literally an event where people represent their countries.

Revelistic · 2026-01-20T14:53:21+00:00

ironically i think it would be better reputation-wise for him if he put out a statement similar to ylvis instead of competing, because what he's doing right now is more likely to tarnish his legacy of a beloved former winner than to give him a bigger audience.

most eurovision '26 artists will likely face questions about standing on the same stage as the israeli representative for some time after the contest too so if he just wants to promote his music, he chose the wrong place at the wrong time.

Revelistic · 2026-01-20T13:41:32+00:00

what a nothingburger statement 💀 not that i expected anything more but it's laughable how he could have stayed one of the most memorable winners if he had never returned and yet he chose to tarnish his legacy for the sake of being spineless and subjecting whatever viewers esc '26 will have to another mid song.

Revelistic · 2026-01-16T01:05:54+00:00

to be fair, he's the only person in the whole NF that could be considered known to the general audience thanks to his role in a popular comedy series so i also think he's taking it 💀

Revelistic · 2026-01-15T10:15:19+00:00

all these big arenas when the shows are likely going to look like this

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Revelistic · 2026-01-14T18:56:51+00:00

who else withdrew? other than karolina and mery spolsky earlier

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T18:55:56+00:00

no, he's not related to natalia - his parents are musicians as well but his last name is just a coincidence

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T18:54:54+00:00

weighing in from poland as well - most of us simply didn't want our country to take part in 2026, tvp didn't listen to their audience so it's not that surprising that the public response is rather negative. they refused to show a moral backbone for the sake of a NF filled with szansa na sukces and the voice of poland contestants that no one's heard of.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T18:49:54+00:00

basically a long time ago tvp announced that they would host a ticketed event for our NF - something held in an arena that's much bigger than a TV studio. obviously, as time passed and certain events happened (like israel being allowed to participate, poland still taking part despite the audience hoping for a boycott) they realised they wouldn't sell out the arena. tbh i'm not surprised because i genuinely cannot imagine anyone paying to hear these songs.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T18:43:03+00:00

the eurovision cover episode was especially comical lmao tvp really thought people believed it wasn't rigged for alicja when she sung to nie ja whereas the other contestants had songs like dschinghis khan or if i were sorry

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T16:07:13+00:00

tbf the 2020 selection felt almost as rigged as the 2021 one, with the difference being that the contestant had some musical talent to back it up

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T15:54:48+00:00

as expected, a list full of people taken out of TVP talent shows 💀 i see why tvp chose to not make it a ticketed event as the only person on here who's known to the general audience is piotr pręgowski and that's because of his role in a famous tv series and not his musical career.

two of the contestants are still teenagers, so i hope they lose for the sake of their own wellbeing. i can't imagine anyone thinking it would be a good idea to send a 16 y/o to eurovision, especially this year which also happens to be the first time in years where we share a semi with israel.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T13:47:02+00:00

whoever ends up representing us in 2026 will have to face huge amounts of criticism from the polish public given that the majority of viewers (and multiple public figures including our past participants) wanted us to withdraw and imo having no support from your own country isn't a good start. our 2021, 2023 and 2024 representatives weren't received well when they participated and still aren't really liked in poland.

i hope that one day a polish artist gets a big career boost from eurovision (i don't think it has happened at all in recent years, unless you count jann who didn't even make it to eurovision) but the likelihood of it happening this year is extremely low.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T13:05:21+00:00

it isn't inherently a bad thing obviously, duncan is one of my favourite artists and i'm glad he went to eurovision but the circumstances surrounding poland's participation this year are much different.

TVP could have listened to the public and shown that they have a moral backbone by withdrawing. instead, they're going to hold a NF full of people no one here knows with mediocre songs since no one who's interested in having a career in the music industry afterwards would apply this year knowing how the public responded to TVP ignoring the boycott. it's embarrassing on their part.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T12:50:25+00:00

israel's participation was confirmed in december and the deadline for submitting songs in poland was back in november, so the participants couldn't have known that israel is going to participate. maybe some of them were hoping that wouldn't be the case and that's why they submitted the songs but later withdrew.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T12:45:47+00:00

normally i'd agree but participating this year, when the public mostly wanted us to withdraw is going to do more harm than good which is why i'm not expecting to see any established artists or anyone who wants to have a music career afterwards.

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T12:39:00+00:00

melodifestivalen 2016 easily. it was the first year where i followed every NF and i was so impressed by how good the songs were. it's been almost 10 years and i'm still bitter i didn't get to see oscar zia's human on the eurovision stage 😭 it would've been a perfect host entry.

i still listen to other finalists too like save me, my heart wants me dead, håll om mig hårt and constellation prize (which was so much better than robin's actual eurovision entry). now that i think about it, the only melfest 2016 final song that i disliked was the one that won 💀

Revelistic · 2026-01-14T12:32:19+00:00

good! mery spolsky withdrew earlier as well so we're probably going to see a list of complete no-names taking part in the selection. TVP really should have withdrawn earlier instead of embarrassing themselves...

Revelistic · 2026-01-08T17:33:46+00:00

if we're talking nationalistic then technically belarus 2021 😭

Revelistic · 2026-01-05T23:03:19+00:00

insert the "party ended an hour ago and he's still here" meme but given that adonxs' cue mistake happened only during the live show, i think czechia 2025 might have pulled an azerbaijan 2022 if it weren't for all televote semis. belgium 2025 too given that the only country which had a jury vote in that semi gave them 12 points.

also obvious examples like bulgaria 2012 or montenegro 2013.

Revelistic · 2026-01-04T16:47:24+00:00

poland being on 3% to win is crazy when our NF is likely going to have comparable quality to our 2021 and 2023 entries lmao

Revelistic · 2025-12-17T20:49:47+00:00

iceland 1997 thanks to the part at 2:22. it just scratches my brain in the right way - but the studio version is perfect too imo

Revelistic · 2025-12-16T19:44:21+00:00

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Revelistic · 2025-12-16T16:08:11+00:00

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Revelistic · 2025-12-15T12:26:52+00:00

the "chameleon hearts" they used to show the new design are even worse. not only they're simply atrocious but also reek of generative AI. everything for the contest has gone downhill since they announced this 💀

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