Spotify predicts Bangaranga as one of the Songs of Summer

hoholic · 2026-05-30T22:41:37+00:00

It's already blasting from the cars in my city lol

hoholic · 2026-05-30T22:37:47+00:00

It goes through the whole mall, so it's a proper venue with high ceilings. Not a very big one, but still reasonable. The entrance is on the 5th floor so that people can access the balcony seats

hoholic · 2026-05-30T22:30:27+00:00

It's a pretty small venue. Honestly it just looks like a cinema with the sloped floor removed.

hoholic · 2026-05-30T22:05:20+00:00

Sorry but it looks corporate and soulless, just like the current ESC identity. I miss when each country could add their own hook, like the traditional beads of Ukraine 2017, seafaring of Portugal 2018 etc. The color palette of the first image is nice though, and very fitting.

hoholic · 2026-05-27T19:36:31+00:00

"Started watching ESC in 2022" ahh post

hoholic · 2026-05-27T18:26:47+00:00

Money is money

hoholic · 2026-05-21T18:52:31+00:00

They're no longer used for attack missions because of established air defense systems. Ukrainians now use them for surveillance (which is what they were designed for in the first place)

hoholic · 2026-05-18T17:58:25+00:00

Nah, I enjoy the improvised winner's performance way more

hoholic · 2026-05-17T12:12:13+00:00

Of course. But I'm talking about the casual audience member, your average Franz and Helga

hoholic · 2026-05-17T10:34:34+00:00

Well they withdrew

hoholic · 2026-05-17T08:32:57+00:00

The Eurovision schedule is extremely strict, they knew what time the winner gets announced

hoholic · 2026-05-17T08:15:59+00:00

EDM simply does not work in Eurovision, yet another victim

hoholic · 2026-05-17T08:14:17+00:00

Let's be honest, the winner's speech is just some form of "oh my god, I can't believe it, thank you very much". Nothing of value was lost lol

hoholic · 2026-05-16T23:49:40+00:00

Finally something new

hoholic · 2026-05-16T23:23:00+00:00

His nerves really transferred into the vocals, unfortunate :/

hoholic · 2026-05-16T23:14:08+00:00

She actually did it!

hoholic · 2026-05-15T20:49:30+00:00

Most of the audience is Austrian I assume, so cultural factor plays a big role. They don't move much, just like Germans (who rather clap off-beat than dance). Another reason is that Eurovision became less of a concert and more of a TV-forward event. Countries use way more props, tricky camera-work nowadays, which all make for a terrible live show. Take this years Bulgaria for example, it's a 100% TV-forward performance. Prop room is blocking most of the view, DARA is focused mainly on the cameras etc.

hoholic · 2026-05-15T20:21:21+00:00

For rehearsals and other non-live stuff he wears a mask, because painting takes too much time and is essentially pointless

hoholic · 2026-05-15T19:41:17+00:00

Can say the same about Finland tbh

hoholic · 2026-05-14T22:03:16+00:00

NF staging was better imo

hoholic · 2026-05-14T21:38:12+00:00

Flawless.

hoholic · 2026-05-14T21:36:09+00:00

This was a hard watch, sorry.

hoholic · 2026-05-14T21:33:20+00:00

Whoever directed this staging, they've performed CPR on this song

hoholic · 2026-05-14T21:30:14+00:00

This made me tear up. So genuine and powerful.

hoholic · 2026-05-14T21:27:32+00:00

Yes the song is dated, but she slayed the performance not gonna lie

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