#do you love the color of jüri

[wertepure]

Safe for work Jüri

[justaredheadf1fan]

Will Formula 1 ever do something that matters to stop this?

Now is the time when something bigger than F1 or any other sport needs to be talked about thoroughly. Not that it's a one-day topic obviously, but you guys get the gist.

First thing I want to say before I dig into this is that I love these guys as much as the next person, I fantasize about them as much as any of you, I wish I could meet them or even work with them, see more races live and enjoy my favorites from up close more often I guess just as much as any of you, but I've noticed a few things today that I didn't like at all. And when it comes to this topic, I can't just turn the blind eye to the small things.

Apparently this isn't today's news but yesterday was the first time I saw people posting about it like crazy. Like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and TikTok were flooded with this. So the thing is Nelson Piquet Sr. called Lewis the n-word in an interview who knows how long ago, was it actually in November? Nelson Piquet, an all-time bigot, always making comments insulting basically the same person all the time because of what now? Uh yes, the color of his skin. How bizarre? He's not the only one though, we also have Sir Jackie Stewart and so many others, but this time this took the cake.

Like at this rate, if it were something entirely different, we could be used to it, but the thing is: how the fuck can you get used to a single person being bullied constantly by the sport he loves so dearly and also by the people around it? It's absolutely outrageous. And like he says, he's being suffering this his whole life. 37 years of it. How can people be so fucking stupid?

It's something I've never understood, how can some people be so deeply ignorant. Closest example to what's going on around Nelson Piquet's comments are the RB bigots, for instance. You don't even have to make an effort and look further. You just need to look at the comments and accusations thrown around in the 2021 season alone. Like what the actual fuck? Murder, drug abuse, and those two are just the tip of the iceberg. And obviously all of it went unpunished, like we needed more proof that the FIA is enabling this behavior and they agree with it. It's so fucking sad.

I mean, look at what happened with Jüri Vips. They were SO quick to release a statement, a generic statement, condemning what he said and all racial discrimination and blah, blah, blah. Yeah, like we would believe any word coming from them. And now they don't say a single word about what that old shithead said, the exact same thing Jüri said on livestream. What's the problem here? Afraid much or it was easier washing your image kicking your reserva driver out than condemn Nelson Piquet Sr. because he's a World Champion, regardless of his idiocy? Because yeah maybe RB are not responsible for what that mummy said, but they sure as hell are responsible for paving the way in Formula 1. So it's truly no surprise, which is terribly sad.

What saddens me even more so than what I just said is that I've heard about Leclerc (whom I love dearly and you know it) saying he didn't support the Black Lives Matter movement and he didn't kneel because it was a violent movement, which is deeply disappointing since it shows how little he needs to care really as a privileged white boy, same as Daniel (whom I love as well) last year in Jeddah saying that he didn't watch news because of the vibes (I'm paraphrasing). These are just 2 examples of 2 people I like and respect a tone, which hits like a fucking brick, honestly. And there's a lot more of this going around coming from other drivers too, so yeah.

So far yesterday I saw Charles, George, Daniel and Esteban comment, apart from Mercedes, Ferrari and F1. They have one thing in common: they don't talk about Nelson Piquet directly, they don't name him blatantly, they are just vague. How does that do or achieve anything? I even saw that Zhou made a short statement also going along the same type of speech, which shocked me a little more, because I've heard the comments (racist or derogatory, that is) coming for example from the Spanish commentators at DAZN. They haven't even mentioned him in any post, story or comment they've made so that at least Lewis himself could see it, and taking into account he follows absolutely no one on social media, that's just idiotic. If you wanna look good, at least do it right, maybe?

I might even be reading too much into this particular point, but this is already too far gone to be acceptable at this point. The only person I've seen so far not saying anything ridiculous and tagging him directly is Mick, which is nice. I mean, yes he said nothing of substance, which is not okay either, but at least he didn't even try to say the "big thing" to look good and supportive out in the open and kept it straight to the point and without further bullshit. He should've said something straightforward, like the rest of the lot, of course. I do see more credibility in Fernando and Carlos not saying a word for instance. They should've said something too, I'm in no way excusing them or agreeing with them, but at least they haven't been hypocritical by saying something they clearly don't care about at all. Because they don't. Ultimately, they were true to who they are and their own opinions at least. They played it safer than any of the rest, honestly. No one can throw at them that they once said this or that and now they're contradicting themselves or saying empty words for the sake of appearances. Now they might do so today, but for now I've checked and nothing. Anywho, this is way too bad all around however we look at it.

Look, I'll never know the struggle. Ever. I'm a European white girl, I've even had the privileged of having a family that could give us vacation time every year, could buy us more things than the strictly necessary, so I am aware of how lucky I've been. I had it easy, despite all the shit I've gone through regardless, because I never was in a position of being treated as less because of my skin color. I've never experienced any abuse like this. And it's terrible that anyone should experience something like that, whether it's in the US, in the UK, in South America, anywhere in Asia or in Southern Europe when we see people who've fled their countries looking for an opportunity to live. TO LIVE.

And that indifference, that lack of empathy and interest on this subject, it's so ingrained in most of our societies that maybe most of the time we don't even notice that this is a problem that concerns everyone, regardless of the skin tone or nationality. It's sickening, honestly, and it should've been enough a long time ago. Disrespect should never land on anyone because of some ignorant decides to open their mouths to try and stay relevant. We need to do better. Each and everyone of us. To understand, to support, to learn, to help, call it what you will. We need to be better as a whole.

Lastly, I believe the FIA and Formula 1 should take action. Real action. Start working on measures to prevent people like Nelson Piquet ever setting foot anywhere near Formula 1 in any capacity, they should donate all of those cash penalties they've inflicted on drivers so far to causes or entities such as The Hamilton Commision or Mission 44, created by Lewis himself, or any other entity that handles initiatives to help increase representation or work to give more opportunities to people in communities that need it most.

In a post I just found on Tumblr, there was this article linked if you guys wanna read it. He words it much better than I ever could. I honestly have no more words at time to further talk about this topic, at least not in a calm manner anyway, it's too much. If it makes me this angry, I can't even imagine how people affected this kind of thing daily must be feeling, it's sickening.

[arsenalmakesmesuffer]

My Eurovision 2009 - 2018 TOP 100

So the other day my bff and I were bored and decided to do this. We spend hours, but in the end we enjoyed it very much. So I just wanted to share that my hard work not go wasted :DDD

A big shout out to Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede for making beauty called “Love Love Peace Peace” ♥

1.  Il Volo – Grande Amore (Italy 2015)

2.  Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me (Norway 2015)

3.  Jüri Pootsmann – Play (Estonia 2016)

4.  Francesco Gabbani – Occidentali‘s Karma (Italy 2017)

5.  Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday (Estonia 2015)

6.  Melovin – Under the ladder (Ukraine 2018)

7.  Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente (Italy 2018)

8.  Marco Mengoni - L'essenziale (Italy 2013)

9.  Koit Toome & Laura - Verona (Estonia 2017)

10.  Amir – J'ai cherché (France 2016)

11.  Frans – If I were sorry (Sweden 2016)

12.  Francesca Michielin - Nessun grado di separazione (Italy 2016)

13.  Sergey Lazarev – You are the only one (Russia 2016)

14.  Madame Monsieur - Mercy (France 2018)

15.  Blanche – City Lights (Belgium 2017)

16.  Justs – Heartbeat (Latvia 2016)

17.  Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me (Czech Republic 2018)

18.  Donny Montell – I‘ve been waiting for this night (Lithuania 2016)

19.  Lena – Satelline (Germany 2010)

20.  The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm (The Netherlands 2014)

21.  Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes (Sweden 2015)

22.  Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave (Armenia 2016)

23.  Kristian Kostov – Beautiful Mess (Bulgaria 2017)

24.  Cesár Sampson - Nobody But You (Austria 2018)

25.  Douwe Bob – Slow Down (The Netherlands 2016)

26.  Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside (Belgium 2015)

27.  Donny Montell – Love is Blind (Lithuania 2012)

28.  Chanée & N'Evergreen - In A Moment Like This (Denmark 2010)

29.  Softengine - Something Better (Finland 2014)

30.  Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off (Sweden 2018)

31.  Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On (Sweden 2017)

32.  Poli Genova – If Love Was a Crime (Bulgaria 2016)

33.  Freddie - Pioneer (Hungary 2016)

34.  Ieva Zasimauskaitė – When we‘re old (Lithuania 2018)

35.  Sanna Nielsen - Undo (Sweden 2014)

36.  Eric Saade – Popular (Sweden 2011)

37.  AySel & Arash - Always (Azerbaijan 2009)

38.  Eleni Foureira - Fuego (Cyprus 2018)

39.  JOWST - Grab The Moment (Norway 2017)

40.  Barei – Say Yay! (Spain 2016)

41.  Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma (Moldova 2017)

42.  Alma - Requiem (France 2017)

43.  Emmelie De Forest - Only Teardrops (Denmark 2013)

44.  Alexander Rybak – Fairytale (Norway 2009)

45.  Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois (Portugal 2017)

46.  Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone (Germany 2018)

47.  Sanja Vučić ZAA - Goodbye (Shelter) (Serbia 2016)

48.  Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy (Israel 2015)

49.  Sebalter - Hunter of Stars (Switzerland 2014)

50.  Zlata Ognevich - Gravity (Ukraine 2013)

51.  Yohanna – Is it True (Iceland 2009)

52.  Eugent Bushpepa - Mall (Albania 2018)

53.  Polina Gagarina – A Million Voices (Russia 2015)

54.  Carl Espen - Silent Storm (Norway 2014)

55.  Robin Stjernberg - You (Sweden 2013)

56.  Roman Lob - Standing Still (Germany 2012)

57.  Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills (Belgium 2013)

58.  Manga – We Could Be The Same (Turkey 2010)

59.  Maraaya - Here For You (Slovenia 2015)

60.  Conchita Wurst – Rise Like a Phoenix (Austria 2014)

61.  Triana Park – Line (Latvia 2017)

62.  Minus One - Alter Ego (Cyprus 2016)

63.  Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again (Australia 2015)

64.  Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila – This Time (Lithuania 2015)

65.  Basim - Cliché Love Song (Denmark 2014)

66.  Paula Seling & Ovi - Playing With Fire (Romania 2010)

67.  Ell & Nikki - Running Scared (Azerbaijan 2011)

68.  Pollapönk - No Prejudice (Iceland 2014)

69.  Hovi Star - Made of Stars (Israel 2016)

70.  Hadise - Düm Tek Tek (Turkey 2009)

71.  Farid Mammadov - Hold Me (Azerbaijan 2013)

72.  Ivi Adamou - La La Love (Cyprus 2012)

73.  Mariya Yaremchuk - Tick - Tock (Ukraine 2014)

74.  Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It! (Romania 2017)

75.  ZOË - Loin d'Ici (Austria 2016)

76.  Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing in the rain (Spain 2014)

77.  Waldo's People - Lose Control (Finland 2009)

78.  Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive (Albania 2015)

79.  Aminata -  Love Injected (Latvia 2015)

80.  Loreen – Euphoria (Sweden 2012)

81.  Michał Szpak - Color Of Your Life (Poland 2016)

82.  Dami Im – Sound Of Silence

83.  Nathan Trent – Running on Air (Austria 2017)

84.  Emma Marrone – La Mia Città (Italy 2014)

85.  Mandinga – Zaleilah (Romania 2012)

86.  Greta Salóme - Hear Them Calling (Iceland 2016)

87.  Elaiza - Is It Right! (Germany 2014)

88.  Kejsi Tola - Carry Me In Your Dreams (Albania 2009)

89.  Dihaj - Skeletons (Azerbaijan 2017)

90.  Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love (Denmark 2016)

91.  Jamie-Lee - Ghost (Germany 2016)

92.  Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind (Switzerland 2016)

93.  Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand (Czech Republic 2016)

94.  Naviband - Story Of My Life (Belarus 2017)

95.  Joci Pápai - Origo (Hungary 2017)

96.  Nina Sublatti - Warrior (Georgia 2015)

97.  Ann Sophie - Black Smoke (Germany 2015)

98.  Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl) (Ukraine 2009)

99.  The Makemakes - I Am Yours (Austria 2015)

100. Blue – I Can (UK 2011)

[magnussfossbakken]

I was tagged by @hipstersteve on the abc tag game, thanks a looot

A - age: 18 B - biggest fear: that no one misses me C - current time: 02h50 D - drink you last had: milk E - every day starts with: the disguting smell of my cat’s food F - favorite song: tbh i’ve only been listening to eurovision songs for the past month and a half i’ve just became a bigg pileof eurotrash G - ghosts, are they real: nah H - hometown: Maisons-Alfort #94rpz I - in love with: junk food J - jealous of: every single one person that snapchats their holidays right now K - killed someone: 8)) L - last time you cried: tbh since i’ve watched the second season of Sense8 i’ve just found myself crying to litterally everything all the time i hate this M - middle name: Ludivine Aurore N - number of siblings: none O - one wish: to go on holidayyys P - person you last called/texted: probably my grandma and when i say “probably” i mean she’s literally the only person i call nowadays Q - questions you’re always asked: “could you take the trash downstairs?” R - reasons to smile: goats S - song last sang: Jüri Pootsmann - Play T - time you woke up: almost noon i think? U - underwear color: green/blue V - vacation destination: i’ going to Norway and Milano in august and i’ve been ready to go for like ten months already W - worst habit: being too damn lazy X - x-rays you’ve had: i’m not even sure i even had ones once? Y - your favorite food: bretzel Z - zodiac sign: scorpio ♏♏♏♏♏

And i’m tagging @no-weewee-in-my-valhalla and @artantino and literally anyone feeling like doing it

[kingunderthemountain]

ESC Songs: 2016 vs. 2017

it’s the most wooooonderful tiiiiiime of the yeeeeeear

I’m making this post as I go down the line, so I have no idea what the results will be yet, but I get the feeling 2016 is going to trounce 2017 because most of this year’s songs are painfully average and “ok” at best.

Portugal didn’t participate in 2016, Bosnia & Herzegovina aren’t participating in 2017, so those aren’t getting included, but I am including Romania and Russia because they had picked their songs before being removed from the contest. The content behind the cut is mostly my own opinions, but I probably pay more attention to this contest than a lot of people, so it’s colored by the opinions of others. Especially my best friend, who is even deeper in the ESC hole than I am.

Albania: Fairytale vs. World

Fairytale was kind of tragic as it was presented on stage and forgettable enough off it that I had to go and look it up to remember what it was like. World is performed by one of the strongest vocalists in the 2017 contest and is a favorite of many fans. I don’t find it super strong, although I do like the lyrics a lot, but it comfortably trumps Fairytale.

Armenia: LoveWave vs. Fly With Me Second country and we’re already in tough ones. LoveWave was so cool and Iveta Mukuchyan is a pretty incredible lady in several ways, but Fly With Me is an interesting song and it’ll probably have a cool stage show. I’m going to go with LoveWave because even though Fly With Me has an interesting structure, it makes it feel a bit like it wants to be at least four and a half minutes long and gets cut off just as it gets going. The last chorus does make for a nice sound bite for the recap reel, though, so it might do better than expected.

Australia: Sound of Silence vs. Don’t Come Easy Ah, Australia, the EBU’s pet project. Sound of Silence did ridiculously well last year and I fully expect Don’t Come Easy to pull through into the final from probably the worst position in the first semi-final. Still, I’m going with Sound of Silence because it’s so simple and so bombastically ridiculous at the same time.

Austria: Loin d’ici vs. Running On Air I make no effort to hide how much I loved Loin d’ici despite it being cheesy and fluffy and hilariously easy to misspell and mispronounce. Running On Air is a nice little song but it’s not as memorable.

Azerbaijan: Miracle vs. Skeletons I wasn’t big on Miracle because it was so generic. Well, Skeletons is also kind of generic, but only if you followed national ESC selections all over Europe and noticed there sure was a lot of electropop in them. Points go to Skeletons just because I’d rather listen to it again than Miracle.

Belarus: Help You Fly vs. Historyja majho žyccia I have a huge soft spot for Help You Fly and not just because my best friend has an adorable celebrity crush on Ivan. I do like Historyja as well, but it’s kind of... paint-by-numbers “cute vaguely ethnic folk” to me. The performers are enthusiastic and cute and that helps it, but Ivan was enthusiastic and cute too. Plus he gave us Måns Zelmerlöw naked on a hoverboard with a plush wolf. Point goes to Help You Fly.

Belgium: What’s the Pressure vs. City Lights What’s the Pressure and City Lights are both kind of... in weird genres for Eurovision? What’s the Pressure is one of the most successful funk songs ever in the contest and City Lights is already pretty high in predictions for this year. I’ve heard a lot about Blanche’s lack of stage charisma, though, so it might qualify but likely will tank in the final unless something really interesting is done with the show. What’s the Pressure is retro, City Lights is extremely modern, and it’s really hard for me to pick between them because I don’t feel very strongly about either. I’m gonna go with What’s the Pressure because it was such a lovely opening to the 2016 final.

Bulgaria: If Love Was a Crime vs. Beautiful Mess I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Kristian took the contest to Sofia for 2018. I still like If Love Was a Crime better.

Croatia: Lighthouse vs. My Friend Lighthouse and My Friend are, at the moment, pretty hilarious in their own ways, what with Lighthouse having that stage show and My Friend being essentially a duet but it’s sung by one dude because it’d be too gay to have two dudes singing or something. It remains to be seen if the rumors are true and Jacques will go all Two-Face on stage and grab Croatia the Barbara Dex Award for the second year running. Anyways, back to the actual songs! Lighthouse is great and I love it. I don’t have much good to say about the gimmicky song structuring exercise that is My Friend. It’s still totally going to the final.

Cyprus: Alter Ego vs. Gravity Cyprus used to send some of the more vapid and boring songs in the contest (I can say this because I unironically love La La Love). Now they’re sending something pretty decent for the second year in a row and it feels weird and unnatural. Gravity is finalist stuff, but I like Alter Ego more and it deserved to do better last year. (Also Minus One is my headcanon for a Dragon Age: Inquisition rock band AU. No points for guessing who the head vocalist is.)

Czech Republic: I Stand vs. My Turn I reeeeeeally didn’t like I Stand last year, although even I didn’t wish that nul points from the televote on poor Gabriela. I’m also not big on My Turn because even though I really enjoy Martina’s voice, her pronunciation of English combined with the rapid tempo of the verses makes the song kind of incomprehensible (though nowhere near as badly as Romania manages this year, woof) and the song doesn’t really grab me. Still, I’m gonna go with My Turn because I Stand was so dull, so by the numbers, so straightforward and bare-bones, had the worst lyric of the year (”you are my air / I’ll always care”) and had that “ho don’t do it” hair bun pull climax moment that was framed so badly it turned into a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it.

Denmark: Where I Am vs. Soldiers of Love Denmark hasn’t done as hot in the contest these last few years as they did the few years before that. Soldiers of Love was, I guess, trying to be New Tomorrow all over again? Unfortunately they weren’t great live and their looks kind of clashed with how incredibly poppy the song was. Where I Am is... a ballad sung by a beautiful woman, which should make me yammer on about how it’s boring and formulaic, but somehow Anja actually... pulls... it... off? It’s popular with the fans and I’m kind of dreading it might go the way of Icebreaker (my opinion on which you will find later in the alphabet). I like it better than Soldiers of Love and that’s kind of all there is to say at this point.

Estonia: Play vs. Verona I would say Estonia has been high these past two years but Leto Svet is a thing that exists. And we Finns voted for it! So it actually makes perfect sense to me that they send crazy shit in and this year oh boy are we in for the 90′s coming back. Still, I liked Play a lot and was super saddened by the bizarre live and how Jüri was so nervous that the whole performance tanked. Points to Play.

Finland: Sing It Away vs. Blackbird When Sing It Away was starting the whole ESC shebang last year, the Swedish commentator went “and here’s Finland, we know they won’t win but anyway”. And really, Sing It Away was great - on the UMK stage. The camera work was tight, the performance was energetic, the whole setup was great, and it was easy to accept Sandhja as the winner even though she was up against No Fear and On It Goes (which is freaking amazing so I am including a link, love you Mikael). On the ESC stage the performance was too small and too haphazard to make an impact. Blackbird was similarly stunning on the UMK stage, but Norma John have a strong vision about how they want their performance to look and I have faith that it will be the best possible version of their song, barring something like Leena getting sick before the semi. I really hope Finland makes it into the final this time, because in the sea of ballads with female vocalists, we have something really haunting and special this year. Points to Blackbird. Please make it to the final.

France: J’ai cherché vs. Requiem Let’s get one thing out of the way: I took French in school for eight years, and I almost always enjoy France’s ESC entries. Not sure if these two things are related, but they’re things. And I love J’ai cherché, and I really like Requiem too. But that sentence already shows my stance here. Alma seems like a sweetheart and apparently her live performances constantly improve, but Amir did such a solid job last year (and was one of my faves to win the whole shebang) that I have to give it to J’ai cherché.

Georgia: Midnight Gold vs. Keep the Faith Midnight Gold was kind of bizarre. It was a seriously weird post-punk indie rock song with an unsettling music video and seizure-inducing live show. And I loved it. Meanwhile, Keep the Faith is a shouty female-led ballad with an, um, shall we say suspect backdrop in the national final performance. Tako, you’re a great vocalist, but there are like a dozen female ballads this year and Keep the Faith isn’t one of the stronger ones. And definitely not as strong as Midnight Gold.

Germany: Ghost vs. Perfect Life ...I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I prefer Ghost to Perfect Life. Ghost was, at least, somewhat interesting - it was a good song with the wrong singer in the wrong backdrop with the wrong clothes. Perfect Life is just... really bland.

Greece: Utopian Land vs. This Is Love Utopian Land was an unusual genre (rap) in an unusual language (a Greek dialect) with an inscrutable theme. This Is Love is a generic electropop... thing... in English about love. You see my dilemma here. I’m... gonna go with This Is Love because, well, it’s inoffensive. Utopian Land is interesting, but not good enough.

Hungary: Pioneer vs. Origo Oh man, this is a matchup I really don’t want to call. I loved Pioneer last year, even with that one hilarious backup singer and the random drum dude, and I also love Origo with its just-ethnic-enough sound and its rap sections bound to make the juries hate themselves for trying to figure out which to rate it on. I... am leaning towards Pioneer. But this is the tightest matchup this time around.

Iceland: Hear Them Calling vs. Paper My best friend and I are ESC nerds and we’ve been running a lot of ESC 2017 simulations using this website (don’t use the diaspora tag if you try it out - it does weird things, best combo is odds + no diaspora) and we’ve noticed two tendencies it has. The other one we’ll get to later, but the first is that somehow, Iceland qualifies almost every time. Maybe it’s because Hear Them Calling was such a darling last year and then didn’t qualify. Anyway, I was one of those people who loved Hear Them Calling. I still do.

Ireland: Sunlight vs. Dying to Try Sunlight was... let’s say one of the weaker songs last year and leave it at that. Dying to Try is a cheesy ballad sung with gusto by a young man with a beautiful voice... that I cannot stop laughing at because my best friend pointed out it can be sung as “trying to die” and now you can’t unhear it either. You’re welcome. Also, it gets the point.

Israel: Made of Stars vs. I Feel Alive I would have found it beyond appropriate if last year Finland had selected Love Is Blind (although I will admit the lead vocals aren’t strong enough to have facilitated that) to go along with Made of Stars. Plus I feel like gay guys using the artist names Cristal Snow and Hovi Star would have gotten along smashingly. Anyhoo, back to the actual topic. I Feel Alive is a nice change of pace in 2017 - it’s an uptempo song with choreography and some ethnopop vibes tossed in there. Made of Stars is a bombastic crooning ballad that I like otherwise but am a bit sad that Hovi couldn’t pull off the best notes from the album version live. Both of these are solid contenders for above-the-middle-of-the-pack positions, in their own years and in any given year. I’m gonna give it to I Feel Alive because 2017 needs the perk-up.

Italy: No Degree of Separation vs. Occidentali’s Karma I didn’t care much for No Degree of Separation at first but it’s grown on me after the contest. I hope the reverse does not happen for Occidentali’s Karma because sweet jesus how I love this song. I would love to see it win. It probably won’t because the juries hate fun. Comunque vada panta rhei. Also point to Karma.

Latvia: Heartbeat vs. Line I wasn’t super into the Baltic Boys last year but in retrospect 2/3 served really strong performances so good for them. Point goes to Heartbeat because Justs performed the hell out of that song and Line is one of those songs I should love on a theoretical level but something in the execution falls flat and I don’t.

Lithuania: I’ve Been Waiting for This Night vs. Rain of Revolution I’ve Been Waiting for This Night is probably the best song Lithuania has ever managed to send to the competition. Rain of Revolution is in line with Lithuania’s usual level of competence in that it’s the worst song in the contest this year - on a theoretical level it’s super cool and interesting, but literally everything in the execution is messed up. (Also my best friend bought me a CD in Lithuania that apparently contains Lithuanian hits and it’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard, it’s mostly international hit songs like La Bamba and Meredith Brooks’s Bitch translated into Lithuanian sandwiched between shit like this. Literally every song sounds like it would play at a bar in a really cheap beachside bar in a Southern European tourist trap. Can any Lithuanian who sees this explain?)

Macedonia: Dona vs. Dance Alone Here’s Macedonia with two songs I want to like but... don’t? I’m gonna go with Dance Alone because Dona, as old-fashionedly adorable and elegant as it was, felt a bit too much like Kaliopi trying to cash off of her incredible money note.

Malta: Walk on Water vs. Breathlessly Breathlessly is Maltan power ballad by the numbers. Walk on Water was a modernized version of that. Except not really a ballad. Eh whatever point goes to Walk on Water.

Moldova: Falling Stars vs. Hey Mamma! Falling Stars was my pick for the weakest song of last year. Hey Mamma! is a ruthless ripoff of Sunstroke Project’s last effort, which turned into the most memetic ESC moment ever, but at least it’s a fucking breath of fresh air in a year of dreary downtempo and ballads.

Montenegro: The Real Thing vs. Space The Real Thing was overshadowed last year by Midnight Gold (and for good reason). Also HOLY CRAP I LOVE SPACE. And I am so sad preemptively that it’s not going to have a chance to get into the final. Slavko you precious diamond thank you for making the gayest song in ESC history.

The Netherlands: Slow Down vs. Lights and Shadows And here’s the Netherlands with two songs that are massively popular but I’m not super into either. Giving it to Slow Down because to be honest I know Lights and Shadows is really well performed but I can’t remember shit about it.

Norway: Icebreaker vs. Grab the Moment I almost always like Norway’s ESC entries in the 10′s. Icebreaker was an exception - that jarring slowdown into the chorus wasn’t pleasing to me at all. Grab the Moment has lyrics I enjoy and I’m confident it will also fail to make the final because the juries won’t vote for speak-singing. Still, I vastly prefer it to Icebreaker.

Poland: Color of Your Life vs. Flashlight Uuuuuuuuggghhhhh Color of Your Life UUUUUGGGGHHHH I mean Flashlight is boring and when it’s not boring it’s kind of creepy but it’s not that.

Romania: Moment of Silence vs. Yodel It! Ah, poor Romania last year. Still, they made up for their musical operatic rock song not making it to the final by sending us motherfucking yodeling. Yodel It! is absolutely going to be in the top 10 in the final even though I can’t understand a fucking word of it.

Russia: You Are the Only One vs. Flame Is Burning You Are the Only One is one of the best things ESC has seen this decade. Flame Is Burning is... vaguely creepy on a lyrical level (Russia seems to do this a lot) and I might get hate for this but Julia’s voice is so thin I could barely hear her over her backing vocalists. I don’t feel like it’s a big loss musically that Russia is out, but it’s going to do... interesting things to ESC.

San Marino: I Didn’t Know vs. Spirit of the Night And here’s San Marino sending shitty disco two years in a row! Seriously though I know Serhat was memetic and all but even though it’s boring and formulaic Spirit of the Night is at least listenable. Once or twice. As background music.

Serbia: Goodbye (Shelter) vs. In Too Deep I kind of like In Too Deep. But it’s not super memorable and I don’t see it hitting the final. Goodbye (Shelter) was my pick for “most improved from national final” last year because holy hell that national final video is impossible to listen to because Sanja will not stop making faces. It ended up being super impressive live after they toned her performance down a bit. So in the end, point goes to Goodbye (Shelter).

Slovenia: Blue and Red vs. On My Way And here’s Slovenia with songs I don’t like... Neither of these songs have the greatest lyrics and the performances, although technically good-esque, feel sort of bland and emotionless. I’ll give it to On My Way just because it’s better on a technical level. Even though it has my least favorite lyrics this year.

Spain: Say Yay! vs. Do It for Your Lover And here’s Spain with songs that tanked! I can say this preemptively because I can’t see Spain getting any other position in the 2017 final than last. This is corroborated by the fact the ESC simulator I mentioned earlier never fails to leave Spain in last place, usually with like 4 points total. Also poor Barei. Say Yay! was good fun but the choreography, the stage setup, and the camera work really let her down. Still a banger that’s going to play at Eurovision parties everywhere for years to come.

Sweden: If I Were Sorry vs. I Can’t Go On If I Were Sorry was another song that grew on me after the contest. Meanwhile, I can’t stop listening to I Can’t Go On. “So freaking *chef hand emoji* buttehål” is a meme with me and one of my housemates. I’m so afraid Sweden will win again with this thing.

Switzerland: The Last of Our Kind vs. Apollo Ohhhh boy Rykka’s choreography and outfit sure were things. Go watch the national final performance of The Last of Our Kind and then go watch the ESC semi performance and wonder where it all went wrong. Meanwhile, Apollo was the first song this year I started singing along to. I like it. I like the lyrics a lot.

Ukraine: 1944 vs. Time Obviously, the Ukraine isn’t trying to win ESC twice in a row, but Time is still a pretty decent song and it’ll get votes in the final just on being the only rock song this year. Meanwhile, 1944 still makes me fucking tear up.

United Kingdom: You’re Not Alone vs. Never Give Up on You You’re Not Alone was... kind of fun I guess? Never Give Up on You has slowly been growing on me but it is another female-fronted ballad, which isn’t exactly in low supply this year. Eh whatever I’ll give it to You’re Not Alone because it was kind of fun.

End result: 2016 (24) vs. 2017 (18). Mhm, I figured.

[scarlettlillies]

A little late with this and not an anon but I'm curious. Do you have a song you like a lot? Maybe one from Eurovision...I'd love to know since you reblogged some Esc posts. Ahh stupid question, I'm sorry.

Hey no need to apologize! It’s not a stupid question at all! You’re always welcome to come and spam my inbox.

I have a TON of favourite songs. There’s so many songs out there I love that it’s impossible for me to choose that “one favourite.”

I made a small list broken in different parts, including a special one for Eurovision! I got into the ESC around 2010-2011 so my favourites don’t really go that far back. 

In English:

- Sisyphus - Take Me- Brandy - Almost Doesn’t Count- Broken Bells - Holding On For Life- Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary- Amanda Marshall - Dark Horse- Madonna - Live to Tell- Washed Out - Amor Fati- Phildel - Moonsea- Donkeyboy - Silver Moon

Other Languages:

- Jüri Pootsmann - Nii Või Naa- Hitomi Tohyama - Call Me- Sonya Kay - Зоряний саундтрек(I’m not too sure what this translates to)- Keeris - Öö ja päev- INGRID - Vive Le Swing- Velly Joonas - Stopp, Seisku Aeg!(Estonian cover of Frida’s “I See Red.” Another song plays after this one but is just as good)- Anne Veski - Roosiaia kuninganna- Coeur de Pirate - St-Laurent- Metsatöll - Külmking (Warnings for naked people and violence but nothing you wouldn’t see in a horror film)

This should just be re-titled as “Estonian Music Recs” honestly…

Instrumental:

- Quixotic - Palms- HOME - Resonance- Artius - Lovin’- Matisse & Sadko - Svenska- Otto Knows - Million Voices- Ólafur Arnalds - BrotsjorEurovision:

- Animata - Love Injected- Ott Lepland - Kuula- Donny Montell - Love is Blind (Laugh all you want, I still think this is a jam! The Lithuanian version tho is 1000% better and should have been sent instead)- Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime- Mandinga - Zaleilah- Sjonni’s Friends - Coming Home (Icelandic version is just as good!)- Michal Szpak - Color of Your Life- Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye To Yesterday- InCulto - Eastern European Funk

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