#jr Eurovision

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #471:

France's win at the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest marks the second time in the contest's history that a nation has won twice in a row.

First, Poland won twice in a row in 2018 and 2019, and now France has won in 2022 and 2023.

[Source]

Archives, JuniorEurovision.tv.

[guysofeurovision]

[flowery-laser-blasts]

"Shego my dear friend, what do you think of my new mission outfit? They say THIS is all the rage in Europe!"

Just saying Käärijä should've won this year's Eurovision. Also watching the entire performance, I couldn't help but think of Señior Senior Jr. and Shego going on a caper but he gets stuck with these puffy shoulder pads in a ventilation shaft (though I'm pretty sure she would make him change clothes before the caper even starts). The lyrics fit her so well, even though the music probably isn't to her liking (or maybe it is if she works out), and well the entire performance is SO Señior Senior Jr. Käärijä is a happy bean.

[leclercskiesahead]

Oh hell

[djtommotomlinson]

saw the busker live tonight and they were amazingggg great re introduction to live music wow what a show

[mostunderratedawards]

Most Underrated Live TV Performance

"Surprise"/"Treat Me" - Chlöe [BET Awards 2022]

"Happier Than Ever" - Billie Eilish [Grammys 2022]

"Medley" - Camila Cabello [UEFA Champions League Final 2022]

"SloMo” - Chanel Terrero [Eurovision 2022]

“Chicken Teryaki” - Rosalía [SNL]

In Memoriam Segment - Cynthia Erivo, Ben Platt, Leslie Odom Jr. & Rachel Zegler [Grammys 2022]

“Be Alive” - Beyoncé [Oscars 2022]

“Drivers License” - Olivia Rodrigo [Grammys 2022]

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

Hi! Do you know why the nordic countries don't compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, or don't anymore?

It's an interesting story actually, cause the Scandinavians were originally the ones who created junior eurovision.

In 2002, Denmark, Sweden and Norway decided to host a singing competition for kids. So every country had their own little contest and then picked out 2-3 kids to perform in "MGP nordic", where one winner was announced. This got super popular, so the next year they were like "Hey, what if we take in other countries?" and they created Junior Eurovision, with 15 countries competing in 2003.

Also, for V-lovers reading this, DIEGO DOMINGUEZ actually was competing to represent Spain in jesc that year. He didn't win, but here is his number.

Anyway, the scandinavian countries always got really low scores in jesc. They were always down at the bottom half. So feeling like it wasn't any idea to try, they pulled themselves out from jesc and went back to doing MGP nordic (I also think they let Finland compete during these years, so there were 4 countries with 2-3 songs each)

Though I don't get why they didn't like them, just look at Sweden's entry from 2003

This is peak performance wtf was Europe on /hj

Anyway, we had MGP nordic until like 2009/2010 I think, then they stopped with that too.

Sweden did continue to compete in jesc as well, but it was another channel taking over the try-out competition for it, so we competed in both. Though, we had our final entry in 2014 and then we just stopped. What is sad about it, is that the fun part of it was "lilla melodifestivalen" which was the competition where the winner would compete in junior eurovision or MPG nordic (depending on the year). They just stopped with that.

The only country still having the singing competition for kids without them competing in jesc is Norway. They even had a 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEDLEY

There's some real bangers, and I recognized some that was in mgp nordic. Fun fact, the 2007 winner sang the norwegian intro for Violetta. It's not relevant, but everything I say has to relate to Violetta somehow

I wish lilla mello continued, then maybe we could've had a medley too

[facts-i-just-made-up]

What is something to look for in 2024?

Things to look forward to next year (or if reblogging in 2025, tag yourself with which one was your favorite):

Vladimir Putin admits he is not from St. Petersburg Russia, but St. Petersburg Florida.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is cancelled after Epic Games demands 150% of its profits.

Donald Trump's anus prolapses during a debate. He lies and says it didn't, and keeps debating until he passes out.

Joe Biden resigns so that Kamala Harris can prove her worth as the new president.

Kamala Harris names Tom Hanks as her VP.

Kamala Harris resigns so that Tom Hanks can prove his worth as the new president.

Dune Part 2 is cancelled by Warner Bros for a tax deduction. Timothée Chalamet rallies the extras to attack Warner Bros HQ, David Zaslav is eaten by a sandworm during the fight.

The Summer Olympics are canceled due to Covid. Not the disease, but athlete Covid Johnson Jr, who should've known not to light the torch that way in public.

The European Union breaks up due to a fight that began on stage at the Eurovision Song Contest over a performance of Sweden's controversial ballad, "Hej Estland, du luktar som Lutefisk."

Apple Vision Pro bombs due to its price, which is several times the gross national product of Canada, per unit.

Canada is annexed by Denmark when it tries to buy an Apple Vision Pro.

Tom Hanks is elected president of the United States of America.

Tom Hanks foots the bill for a release of Hollow Knight: Silksong on Steam and Nintendo Switch, becoming the most popular president in history.

The character of "Mickey Mouse" Enters the public domain.

Disney violently overthrows popular president Tom Hanks, starting the Second American Civil War and retaining the rights to Mickey Mouse.

The Second American Civil War is cancelled by Disney for a tax deduction.

Jessica Biel announces her marriage to Justin Timberlake will become polyandrous with the inclusion of Lance Bass and one Backstreet Boy to be named later.

[matan4il]

Hey! Anon from the last time here! By "Pro-Palestine Westeners" I was partially referring to all these students from Columbia and MIT who were illegally occupying the school grounds and harassing/hurting the actual Israeli/Jewish/Middle Eastern/the other generally decent students.

I know there's Pro-Palestine people who are actually decent, but all these college students are risking suspension/expulsion/jailtime because they'd rather chant pro-Ha*as slogans rather and listening to news from biased fonts rather than educating themselves on what's really happening. Some people would rather stay in their ivory towers, rather than going outside and touching grass.

I also know there's LGBT+ people in Palestine and other parts of MENA, and all I wish for them is that they live long enough to find a place where to live freely and out of the closet, without suffering persecution from their government.

Hope this clarified at least a little bit my other ask, and sorry it sounded so ambiguous. Finally, let's hope that Eden Golan gets at least in the top 5 at Eurovision 2024, just to spite anyone who booed her.

Hi Nonnie!

Thank you for sending this ask to clarify the previous one, it's what I thought you meant, and I'm glad to hear I wasn't too off.

TBH, as a gay woman myself, with gay Palestinian friends who are a part of my queer community, and whose struggles I know well, that's the first group I thought about as well. Then I thought about the fact that under Hamas law, husbands can rape their wives with impunity. I thought about the way the Christian population (the biggest non-Muslim minority under Palestinian rule) has demographically plummeted in the areas that Israel passed on to Palestinian control as a part of the Oslo accords. I thought about black people, whose ancestors were kidnapped because of the Trans-Saharan (i.e Arab) trade slave, and are still treated as lesser humans because of that (based on their skin color, they are still referred to in Arabic to this day as "Abeed," meaning slaves).

I think this last group, which most people don't even realize exists, deserves a bit more info shared about it:

Pretty sure black activists in the states, who don't know the history (and present) of the Arab slave trade, or the persisting anti-black racism that exists in Palestinian society, have no clue they're being exploited against the same Jewish community, which stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, even having some of its members paying with their very lives for this. I hope they wake up and realized they're being used for antisemitic purposes by the same people who enslaved and are still discriminating against some of their people.

But it's funny how the world's activists and human rights defenders seem to ignore the plight of these marginalized Palestinians, isn't it? Almost like, because they're NOT being oppressed by Jews, rather by fellow Palestinians, and can't be used to justify antisemitic rhetoric and action, then they don't count. So much for minority solidarity and intersectionality, right? It doesn't extend to Jews, and it doesn't extend to Palestinians who can't be weaponized against Jews.

Regarding the last bit of your ask, bless you for being hit with Apollo's dodge ball and predicting Eden making it into the top 5, despite every effort made by the jury members of so many countries, the awful people in the audience, and members of fellow delegations. It was magnificent!

Sending you hugs! xoxox

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #452:

People aged 15 are unable to participate in either the Junior Eurovision Song Contest or the Eurovision Song Contest.

In order to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, contestants must be at least 16 on the day of the Grand Final.

Those who participate in Junior Eurovision must be aged 9 to 14.

[Sources]

(ii) Age of Contestants: Rules of the Contest 2023, Eurovision.tv.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest, EBU.ch.

[guysofeurovision]

[daliyla]

What if Barty was italian from his mother side?

I mean, we know nothing about her (or at least I found nothing on internet) so it could be. It would make sense, seeing that "Crouch" it's not exactly an italian surname.

And so, Barty (Jr.) is fucking proud of his italian blood. Because his father has nothing to do with that and it represents the best part of his childhood. His mother, her italian lullabies, her italian fairytales (Pinocchio, for example), his italian granparents (that they visited during summer, without his father 'cause he used to work also during august), the food his mother used to cook him when he was ill, the candies for the Befana and so on.

And so he was ecstatic when Måneskin won the Eurovision and Italy won the european championship. And so his favourite game is football/soccer (calcio) and if someone tries to put pinapple on pizza in front of him gets punched in a second. And so he gesticulates as much as he can. And so each year he forces his roomates (Regulus and Evan) to watch Sanremo festival with him until two am.

Just to remember his mum, and to annoy his father

[leclercskiesahead]

Charles and Carlos:

[4ft10tvlandfangirl]

Since the Miss World pageant was yesterday...Did you know?

At the height of apartheid, South Africa was allowed to send two contestants to Miss World; Miss South Africa, who was white and Miss Africa South, who was black/coloured.

Today, Cindy Breakspeare is generally spoken of proudly as one of ours who won Miss World (she's also the mother of our beloved Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley) but learning the details now I understand why she wasn't largely celebrated at the time. She was, as we would say, a 'weak fence' choosing herself rather than taking a stand.

The Miss World pageant itself was keeping up extreme fuckry allowing South Africa's apartheid government to even participate let alone like that and I applaud every country that boycotted and sanctioned until there was enough pressure on South Africa to force change.

Unfortunately, few countries have that same energy now because many are actually complicit in israel's actions. This is why we the people have to take our stand and force the changes instead. We have to keep protesting, boycotting, calling out Eurovision, the Oscars and every other event that is giving israel legitimacy and a platform. Boycotts do work. But we have to put in the work.

*Also, very much sideyeing those who have alternative options and are still choosing to be slaves to consumerism buying products the people suffering genocide have asked us to stop buying. All the 'latest model' phone buyers who didn't need one...yeah allayuh. Get it together.*

[laloverboyy]

F/O & self insert list & tags. // bold = current main(s). — italics = uncomfortable/selective abt sharing. — anniversaries now included! :]

romantics.

#🦈🔥 — sharky boshaw. // far cry 5. // 02 . 01 . 24 #🌿🕊 — faith seed. // far cry 5. // 02 . 01 . 24 #🩹🫀 — deputy staci pratt. // far cry 5. // 09 . 01 . 24

#🐅🏝 — vaas montenegro. // far cry 3. // 23 . 03 . 24

#🦂🌹 — valeria garza. // call of duty: modern warfare ii. // ?? . 12 . 2023 #👑🖤 — könig. // call of duty. // 19 . 09 . 2024

#💜🎲 — eduardo "lalo" salamanca. // better call saul. // 20 . 04 . 2024 #🏜🪓 — marco & leonel salamanca. // breaking bad.

#🐃🏔 — jack twist. // brokeback mountain. // 30 . 08 . 2024

#🐑⛪️ — aziraphale. // good omens. // 05 . 09 . 2024 #🐍🍒 — crowley. // good omens. // 05 . 09 . 2024

#🥩🍷 — hannibal lecter. // nbc hannibal. // 21 . 06 . 2024

#🦴🗡 — dagur the deranged. // how to train your dragon. // 17 . 09 . 2024

#🧢🍸 — danielle stopframe. // moral orel. // ?? . 12 . 2023

queerplatonics.

#💙✒️ — john seed. // far cry 5. // 21 . 06 . 24

#🕰🐕 — will graham. // nbc hannibal. // 30 . 06 . 24

#🖥🧬 — allied mastercomputer. // i have no mouth and i must scream. // 17 . 05 . 2024

platonics.

#🐗💥 — hurk drubman jr. // far cry 5. #🏹🕷 — jess black. // far cry 5

#📌💸 — ignacio "nacho" varga. // better call saul.

#🍇☔️ — kieran. // pokémon scarlet/violet.

familials.

#🍎🛖 — ethan seed. // far cry new dawn. // son.

#⚜️♦️ — diego castillo. // far cry 6. // son.

#🏠🩺 — gregory house. // house m.d. // father figure. #🩻❤️‍🩹 — james wilson. // house m.d. // father figure by proxy.

crushes/potential f/os.

#×× — leshy. // cult of the lamb.

#×× — dark enchantress cookie. // cookie run kingdom. #×× — tarte tatin cookie. // cookie run kingdom.

#×× — alvie. // house m.d.

#×× — alexander lemtov. // eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga. // no, i do NOT support eurovision.

#×× — wyll. // baldur's gate 3. #×× — shadowheart. // baldur's gate 3.

self inserts.

#🏡🧸 — benjamin house. // house m.d.

#🌼🪖 — canary. // call of duty.

#🐏🧶 — deputy cain "rook" bishop. // far cry 5.

#💽⚡️ — harold pylon. // better call saul & breaking bad.

#🌾🍵 — hickory. // baldur's gate 3.

#🛼🪼 — poprocks. // pokémon scarlet/violet.

#🦑📜 — rayner bell. // how to train your dragon.

#🪶🍊 — wolfram wren. // nbc hannibal.

[mildmagician]

Put your best sweater on and get ready to ‘Dance (Our Own Party)’ with The Busker!🇲🇹🧶

Dav. Jr , Jean Paul and Sean are representing Malta as part of the band called The Busker. Their song explores the feeling of anxiety, which some might experience at big parties, and how sometimes the cosines and familiarity of one's home can make an even better environment to spend time with your friends. As controversial as their song is to the Eurovision atmosphere, it is actually a party banger and Sean’s saxophone solo would make many people jump from their seats be it at the M&S arena or in front of the televiewer's screens.