Einfach großartig, dass #Eurovision die komplette 2025 Themen Suite veröffentlicht hat ... packt mit echt noch mal ins #ESC Fieber - richtig gut!
https://youtu.be/Yx2hLgaFr7U?si=cBASzSanSi-w1SrT
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“It is RTÉ’s position that Ireland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if the participation of Israel goes ahead … RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza.”
https://about.rte.ie/2025/09/11/rte-statement-2026-eurovision-song-contest/
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#israel #genocide #boycott#Ireland#Eurovision#Eurovision2026#BDS#StopIsrael#StopTheGenocide#FreePalestine
“It is RTÉ’s position that Ireland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if the participation of Israel goes ahead … RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza.”
https://about.rte.ie/2025/09/11/rte-statement-2026-eurovision-song-contest/
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#israel #genocide #boycott#Ireland#Eurovision#Eurovision2026#BDS#StopIsrael#StopTheGenocide#FreePalestine
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Finally! You are doing the right thing RTE! 💪🏻🇮🇪
"Ireland will not participate in Eurovision if Israel takes part"
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0911/1532957-rte-eurovision/
Finally! You are doing the right thing RTE! 💪🏻🇮🇪
"Ireland will not participate in Eurovision if Israel takes part"
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0911/1532957-rte-eurovision/
More #SmallCheeringThings and KAJ-fest keeps on rolling! (Scroll upthread for more explanation and more bangers from Ostrobothnia)
First up today, the international anthem we need in these fractured times, Paavos Barkbrö - Paavo's Bread Made With Tree-bark.
Rousing, moving, and yet somehow at the same time still immensely silly, this is a hymn to solidarity and community, and is I think a work of genius.
It does need a lot of cultural background, and happily YouTube user @dzzimmy has left a great explanation under the video, which I'm copying wholesale, with thanks:
"This song is inspired by the poem “Högt bland Saarijärvis moar” ("High on Saarijärvi’s moors"), written by Finland's national poet, J.L. Runeberg. In Finnish, the poem is known as “Saarijärven Paavo.”
In the poem, the farmer Paavo’s harvests fail year after year. He and his family are forced to “mix bark into the bread” — a common famine practice in the Nordics. When the harvest finally succeeds, Paavo’s wife rejoices, thinking they can now enjoy better days without bark bread. But Paavo replies (paraphrased): “Mix more bark into the bread, for our neighbour’s crops have frozen and failed.”
It’s essentially a tale about perseverance through hardship and solidarity with your fellow man.
Much of the Finnish national identity was shaped by Runeberg’s early 19th-century poetry, which often tells stories of ordinary people enduring and prevailing: Farmer Paavo and his struggles, Landshövding Wibelius who protected civilians by upholding the rule of law, and Sven Dufva, a soldier simple in mind but brave and pure of heart."
Live version, with full chorus of schoolchildren, and also English subtitles, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxHtt33_Sc
It suddenly strikes me that I should have added a #Eurovision hashtag to this thread, so here it is
#SmallCheeringThings #KAJ #Music
instead of watching #Eurovision, I'd recommend you all to watch this video and understand why we are calling for Israel to be banned from the contest, why it's so important for Israel to be in the contest and why the EBU is being duplicitous about who has to follow the rules and who doesn't:
"Masterclass in Gaslighting: Israel's Victim Song @ Eurovision"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phuxruHIABo
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As #Canada moves to strengthen ties with the EU, formalized participation in #Eurovision seems an obvious step
They’ve had limited participation in the past, see Céline Dion
But apparently just need to set up a nationwide bilingual contest and we’d be Euro-visionary
holy shit this is going to be horrible if the genocidal state wins it
WTAF with these votes for #Israel ?
T2: i thought you were watching sports
ME: #eurovision is the #olympics for theater kids
OMG #Austria is the dark horse and i am loving it
Eurovision is always a fun stress test for the fediverse. Across #esc, #Eurovision, #esc25, and #esc2025, over 15K posts have been been made today. For comparison, 863 posts have been made in another trending hashtag, #Caturday.