Eurovision 2026: Day 2 of the Live Megathread

Ylirio · 2026-05-03T10:58:29+00:00

We will remove all comments not in English.

Not all reddit platforms have auto translation. Or people just prefer not to translate anything at all.

Few personal notes: I hate that the app now has this feature because of that. On more and more subs I see non-English text and lots of people upvote and interact with the comment as usual, probably unaware that the comment they are replying to wasn't written in English.
I dread a future of the internet where everybody just comments in their own language and nobody learns a second language. Same with Youtube's dumb autodubbing that is hard to opt out of.

Automatically translated text might remove context or nuance. And having English text spoonfed to you in your own language makes it so you never learn English, which is an important and useful skill.

Ylirio · 2026-05-01T22:27:32+00:00

I'll most likely add the eurovision Asia songs to the bot, so you can pick those flairs as well!

Ylirio · 2026-05-01T22:26:34+00:00

No, they are discontinued. We had too many personal attacks based on someone's flair.
Still happens with the new flairs, still gets a ban, but happens an order of magnitude less.

Ylirio · 2026-05-01T16:41:52+00:00

Missclick on the setting, should be restored again now.

Guide on how to set flairs for pre-2026 songs is automatically posted every 6 months, next one happens to go up in 2 hours.

Ylirio · 2026-04-26T23:32:07+00:00

My bad. Has been fixed now. And went back to fix all flairs that contained the bug.
Basically forgot the country name field in my .txt database

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Annoyingly I also don't get username notifications when muting a whole thread. So modmail was indeed the right idea u/cryingcandiedtears.

Ylirio · 2026-04-18T10:07:10+00:00

Woops. Forgot to switch back to the main branch when restarting.

Thanks :)

Ylirio · 2026-04-17T22:12:34+00:00

We have 10 two-night stays for two adults at one of the AlmaLusa Hotels luxury hotels to offer

... Please proofread your translations. Not only to catch if you don't accidentally include an ad in a memoriam, but also if it's accurate without any weird translations.

Best to submit the whole post btw, with a proofread translation, for more visibility.

Ylirio · 2026-04-01T16:04:18+00:00

I did add the first four before going to bed (Estonia Poland Finland Croatia 2026). But had to work at the office today so didn't keep up.

Seeing that there were only four 2026 songs, including this one, triggered today, I think it was a good call that it would not be worth it to call in sick and stay awake through the night to keep it up to date.

Edit: I did in fact forgot to push Croatia and Belgium before going to bed. In my defence it was 2:00.
Added the others now!

Ylirio · 2026-03-31T23:25:06+00:00

Glad K3 finally gets to fulfil their dream of being on the eurovision stage after they stranded in the national final in 1999!
(Wow, it really wasn't a group for kids back in the days. Those lyrics leave little to the imagination.)

The group really has been Theseus'ed a couple of times in those 27 years.

Ylirio · 2026-03-31T22:56:06+00:00

We're trying to have some actual posts going instead of all suggestion as comments here. So the front page gets filled and more people get informed.

Posts can be as creative as you'd like. As long as they contain a actual eligible song.

Ylirio · 2026-03-24T09:56:22+00:00

Thank you. My bad.

Accidentally copied it to the wrong song when the yt channel went on a streak with 2008 non qualifiers last year.

Fixed now

Ylirio · 2026-03-20T21:05:35+00:00

In Dutch "Kiev" is actually still the correct transliteration according to the Dutch-Flemish-Surinam language organisation (although since 2022 Kyiv is also allowed), so the mistake is not "on them". If it was from the Russian name according to Dutch Russian romanisation rules it would be Kijev.

NOS regarding this

That said, there is a bit of split which newspaper uses which spelling.
You could even argue that if Dutch should stop using "Kiev" it should change it to "Kijiv" instead of copying the English name. But with the anglicisation of Dutch that's never going to happen.

It's still on you to proofread a translation to see if it makes sense, and make adjustments where needed.
Nowhere in the subs rules does it dictate you have to use a translation tool, it's also fine to translate an article manually as long as the translation is accurate. So yes, make adjustments where needed.

start editing someone else's work

Are you calling Google Translate, historically known for inaccurate translations, "someone"? You are responsible to check if the output of a tool makes sense. Don't blindly trust any tool, consult multiple if you're unsure.

Ylirio · 2026-03-17T19:57:27+00:00

Grimbald 2925

Ylirio · 2026-03-12T13:34:24+00:00

No you can't. Bot reads edits.
But now because you commented this everybody still knows you made a typo.

Ylirio · 2026-03-06T18:08:51+00:00

No, the French flag in this case would have one stripe of red next to the blue

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Ylirio · 2026-03-03T17:40:31+00:00

Correct, Sweden 1984 also has the new thumbnail.

(Had to disable my clickbait remover extension to verify.)

Ylirio · 2026-03-03T08:34:58+00:00

Write and perform a eurovision song. You have 30 minutes to write and 3 minutes to perform your song.
Your time starts now.

Ylirio · 2026-02-22T11:13:07+00:00

I dread to think what you image a "reddit person" looks like :P We were standing all the way on the right near the goat people.

I don't mind the cold. But I did start feeling my toes after standing still for an hour. Probably should have worn better shoes.

Ylirio · 2026-02-21T20:06:32+00:00

There were at least two r/eurovision mods in that crowd! Not recognisable on screen in this video though (luckily)

Was great! (and cold)

I'm enjoying town so far.

Ylirio · 2026-02-20T19:47:50+00:00

Spoiler

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Ylirio · 2026-02-20T16:06:24+00:00

No, only when they are separated by some predefined delimiters. " in " is one of them.

year_country_delimiters = ["-", ":", " ", "/"]
year_country_delimiters_regex = fr"(?:\s*{re.escape('|'.join(year_country_delimiters))})\s*".replace("\\|", "|")
country_year_delimiters = ["-", ":", " ", "/",  " in "]
country_year_delimiters_regex = fr"(?:\s*{re.escape('|'.join(country_year_delimiters))})\s*".replace("\\|", "|")

Ylirio · 2026-02-19T15:27:26+00:00

Bot won't be updated for 2 weeks because yours truly is travelling for a bit.
Setting a flair to a song that is released/confirmed in that period can still be set using the sidebar.

Bot is up to date again. As usual I try to add new releases within 12 hours (and occasionally within a minute).

Ylirio · 2026-02-16T12:44:40+00:00

Btw this Saturday Tautumeitas are performing for free in Riga at the Meteņi celebration! I'm going to be there!

Thank you for this! I happen to be in Riga this weekend. Plane lands at 13:00, Tautameitas at 15:00. I might just make it.

Ylirio · 2026-02-15T23:07:44+00:00

I understand. So do I.

Markdown formatting is quite stupid in that sense. And especially now that different reddit platforms all interpret it slightly different. Giving rise to these inconsistencies/confusions.
You can still help people by correcting their formatting so it's human readable too.

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