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I don't know how to address this, but I feel like this might be the safe place to empty my bag because no one would care about what I'm about to say.

I'm sick of my mother asking me to do whatever she wants even though I left home for 7 years.

I'm also sick that she agrees with far-right ideas. She's the kind of person who gave in to modern-day satanic panic due to personal trauma. For years, she's been asking me to stop doing things related to art, like listening to music or going to the cinema. She also wants me to get rid of everything related to the internet, including my job. I've been a IT operator for 6 years and she doesn't want me to do that job anymore because she thinks computers are evil.

And recently, she's not hiding her homophobia anymore and has been telling me lies like everything that's not heterosexual is the work of Satan.

She also wants to force me to live in the countryside and have many children with "the right man" without taking into account my mental health and my current situation.

I no longer take the time to respond to her delusional messages because it weighs on me enormously. She was not always like this, but she has gradually sunk into this delirium since she survived a serious illness 12 years ago.

I know she loves me, but I still have the impression that she sees me as a kid instead of seeing me as an adult.

Honestly, I feel alone and isolated in this situation, but for now I had no choice but to pretend that everything is fine irl.

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Oh. My Tumblr is 2 years old now.

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Here is what I think about the JESC 2024 entries (possibly a controversial post).

🇲🇰 For a song called Marathon, I expected more energy and power. Despite its banality, it's still nice. Ana & Aleksej sing well and there were good ideas, it's just a lack of execution. Sounds more like a song for the Olympics or European Football Cup than of JESC entry.

🇨🇾 Bop alert ! The dancebreak is nice but not necessary, it's mainly the production and the arrangement that give the strength the song needed. It's the kind of entry that doesn't require vocal effort, so Maria should be fine. Very good song, Cyprus is truly back !

🇺🇦 Winner contender ! Very dynamic song, Artem knows how to perform on stage and will set Madrid on fire. A lot of people will recognise themselves in the lyrics. Biggest weak point : the chorus is repetitive. I usually don't mind, but it spoils the song. Anyway, Ukraine can win.

🇪🇪 Estonian EDM ? YES ! Great choice Estonia ! Love the 90s vibes. There is a lot of potential for JESC. I like Annabelle's deep voice, it's the perfect tone for this song. It could have been an Eesti Laul entry though. It deserves a solid staging. It's either a hit or miss.

🇳🇱 Not original, generic af and overheard. But I don't care. It's simply efficient, catchy and memorable. With a good staging, good vocals and harmony in the band, The Netherlands should finish in the top 10.

🇦🇱 Very good surprise, it's very good for Albania's standards in JESC. Musical tunes remind me of Padam Padam (the Edith Piaf one, not the Kylie Minogue one), don't ask me why. Maybe influences ? Nicol is an excellent singer. I'm not worried about the country's results this year.

🇵🇹 Cancel the contest, we have a winner ! What a beautiful and powerful song ! Goosebumps at every listening. This song is made for Eurovision (junior and senior). Portugal can win this. The question is : Lisbon, Porto or Braga in 2025 ?

Boa sorte é força Victoria !

🇮🇹 Italy is offering us a festive sleepover this year. It's the most original and junior theme entry of the edition, glad to see the country trying something else. Guilty pleasure. Simone deserves a fun staging in the theme of the song. Maybe a return to the top 10 ?

🇸🇲 It's bland. Also, is it autotune we hear in the studio version of the song ? Why ? Idols SM doesn't need it, it ruins the entry. The girl band deserves better. The lyrics don't seem very researched to me, although I don't and can't understand Italian. San Marino won't do well.

🇵🇱 Slightly better than last year's entry, but what the hell happened to victorious Poland in JESC ? Dominik is a talented singer, he deserves a better song. It's not bad, but I'm not sure the online voting and the staging can save Poland from a ranking outside of the top 10.

🇩🇪 Meh. At least, the entry suits for JESC, but it has no originality and flavor. Too generic to stand out from the other songs, easily the worst German entry in this competition. Bjarne sings well though.

🇬🇪 Classic, that's the word for this entry. Too classic for JESC and Georgia's standards. I think even the juries won't be convinced by this song, even with a good staging. It's a shame because the melody is beautiful and Andria has a beautiful voice.

🇦🇲 Winner contender ! Bop alert ! This cosmic disco entry can steal the show. Armenia has once again understood the assignment. Leo could have the same fate than Lissandro in 2022. Great song !

🇮🇪 After 2 years of Irish ballads, Ireland is sending a pop song that could have been in the Irish NF for adult Eurovision. Quite generic but it's okay overall and Enya sings well. Normally, it shouldn't finish in the bottom with the adequate staging.

🇲🇹 It's really nice. It's not original and impactful, but the juries will like it. Ramires is a great singer, his singing is pleasant to hear and his voice attracts attention. This is, imo, the main outsider of JESC this year. Malta will do better than expected.

🇪🇸 Quite similar to the only winning Spanish entry in JESC, it's almost its spiritual sequel. It's a very funny, catchy and memorable song, Chloe's personality is its main strength. However, it's a controversial opinion, I don't feel the winner vibes. It's giving top 5 at best.

🇫🇷 France is trying something else, that colourful pop song is more aimed at teenagers. It could have been a theme song for a teen drama show. Titouan is a great singer, it's a very nice and catchy entry. But like for Spain, it's not a winner contender imo, top 3 at best.

Here is my top 17

1. 🇵🇹

2. 🇦🇲

3. 🇮🇹

4. 🇳🇱

5. 🇨🇾

6. 🇪🇪

7. 🇺🇦

8. 🇫🇷

9. 🇦🇱

10. 🇪��

11. 🇲🇹

12. 🇮🇪

13. 🇲🇰

14. 🇵🇱

15. 🇩🇪

16. 🇬🇪

17. 🇸🇲

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Happy New Eurovision Year ! 🥳 🎉🎊

Here are my predictions for Eurovision 2025 no one asked !

Disclaimer : I'm not clairvoyant, so most (if not, not a single one) of my predictions won't come true. Also, please note that I don't mean to offend anyone in this thread, I just like to guess what will happen in the next Eurovision season that may be more chaotic than ever.

- 3 hosts, one woman and two men

- 🇨🇿 will withdraw but 🇳🇱 will participate again

- 🇷🇴 and 🇲🇨 will return, but not 🇲🇰

- 🇽🇰 will try to debut, but it will be unsuccessful because some participants still don't recognise the country as an independent state

- Gjon's Tears will perform as an interval act

- Céline Dion won't physically appear / perform in any of the shows

- "Ne partez pas sans moi" will be covered by one of the last Swiss representatives

- Postcards will include parts of Swiss culture

- The stage design will be decent at best

- A tragic event will happen during the Eurovision week (but mostly not related to the contest itself)

- The grand final closing entry will be second last again

- One of ESC 2024 top 10 countries will open the grand final

- 5th slot will be more cursed than the death slot

- Voting will be open before the 1st performance in all 3 shows

- ROTW televoting will have some changes

- There will be a discussion on the possibility of introducing a ROTW jury

- Producer's Choice will stay in the grand final draw

- In the SFs, the televoting will only qualify the top 9, the juries will pick the 10th qualifier (like in 2008 & 2009)

- Participating countries : 🇦🇱🇦🇲🇦🇹🇦🇺🇦🇿🇧🇪🇨🇭🇨🇾🇩🇪🇩🇰🇪🇦🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇧🇬🇪🇬🇷🇭🇷🇮🇪🇮🇱🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇹🇱🇺🇱🇻🇲🇨🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇴🇷🇸🇸🇪🇸🇮🇸🇲🇺🇦

- No DQ, but a delegation will receive a fine for some reason

- Some NFs will be rigged for contestants least likely to "disrupt" the contest or report unacceptable behaviours from anyone to the EBU.

- The event will lose a sponsor

- A male singer will win with a pop song

- Winning song will receive +600 points and will win the televoting

- 16 points difference between the winner and the runner-up

- At least one country will get 0 points, either from the jury, the televoting, or both

- Glitch during the jury voting results

🇦🇱

- Rigging allegations will happen in FiK

- A female singer will win FiK but another one, who will be a fan favourite, will be chosen as the representative

- Entry will be a ballad in English

- Won't get attention until the rehearsals

- Will qualify but finish in the bottom 5

🇦🇲

- A solo female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be an ethnic ballad in English

- Will cause some controversy in 🇦🇿

- Will perform in SF1

- Will qualify and will perform in the first half of the final

🇦🇺

- Internal selection

- Sheppard, Didirri, Charley or Jaguar Jonze will be chosen

- Song will be either indie pop, ballad, pop or indie rock

- Will be a fan favourite

- Will return in the final but will get the 2nd spot in the final

🇦🇹

- A young female singer and songwriter will be chosen

- Entry will be a pop-rock song

- Will be well received in the random

- Will be cancelled following a drama

- Will perform in the second half of her semi-final

🇦🇿

- An unknown female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a lyrical ballad in English

- Will be ignored during the season

- Will be one of the few artists that doesn't speak English

- Shock qualifier

🇧🇪

- Eurosong will be a decent nf

- Gustaph will be part of the jury

- A young artist will win

- The entry will be an art pop song in English

- Will be the underdog of the season

🇭🇷

- Zsa Zsa will be involved in Dora as a contestant and won't withdraw this time

- The nf will be disappointing in terms of quality

- A male singer will win against the odds thanks to the televoting

- Entry will be a europop song in English

- Will divide the fandom

🇨🇾

- Internal selection

- A British male singer with Cypriots roots will be chosen

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will be one of the favourites

- Will close his semi-final

🇩🇰

- No changes in DMGP

- NF will be ok overall

- A duo will win thanks to the jury

- Big drama following the results and people will call for the withdrawal of the juries for the next DMGP

- Entry will be a Melfest reject in English

🇪🇪

- Format change in Eesti Laul

- Cecilia will return, but Ollie won't

- A male singer and songwriter will win

- Entry will be a power ballad in English

- Will be hated by the fandom

🇫🇮

- 25/75 voting will stay in UMK

- The winner will choose to withdraw less than 48 hours after the nf

- The runner-up will accept to participate in ESC

- Entry will be a bubblegum pop song in English and Finnish

- Will qualify easily, but will flop in the final

🇫🇷

- Another internal selection

- An emerging female singer and songwriter will be chosen

- Entry will be a power ballad in French with electronic touch

- Will be one of the favourites

- Will do worse than expected

🇬🇪

- A female singer will be chosen again

- Entry will be another girl bop in English

- Several foreign songwriters will be involved but are not necessarily from 🇸🇪

- Will be one of the least divisive entries of the year

- The staging will be disappointing

🇩🇪

- New nf with a weird format

- A wild card contestant will be add in the last minute

- A male singer from Munich will win

- Entry will be a radio-friendly pop song in English

- Will finish somewhere on the right side of the table, but not necessarily in the bottom 5

🇬🇷

- Internal selection

- A male singer signed with Panik Records will be chosen

- Will be cancelled for political reasons

- Entry will sound similar to a popular song released in 2017

- Will compete in SF1

🇮🇸

- No changes in Söngvakeppnin

- All finalists will sing their song in English

- RÚV will let the winner choose to go in ESC or not again

- A female duo will win and will choose to participate anyway

- Entry will be a fun / quirky song on a taboo subject

🇮🇪

- Eurosong will be diverse again but with better quality

- Fan favourite will finish 4th

- A young male singer will win thanks to the international and national juries

- Entry will be a classic pop song

- People will call for withdrawal (not necessarily for political reasons)

🇮🇱

- A planned NF will be cancelled in the last minute

- A well-known male singer will be chosen

- Entry will be either "Dance Forever" with rewritten lyrics or a song similar to Russia 2016

- European far right politicians will promote the song for weeks

- Will finish top 10

🇮🇹

- At least 3 former representatives will compete in Sanremo

- Several dramas will happen during Sanremo week

- A Sicilian male singer will win thanks to the televoting

- Entry will be a rap ballad in Italian

- Will finish top 5

🇱🇻

- Markus Riva will return in Supernova, but will be eliminated in the semi-final

- Only 2 songs in Latvian in the nf

- A female singer will win

- Entry will be a love ballad in English

- Will open her semi-final

🇱🇹

- A song inspired by Doomsday Blue will compete in the nf

- A former representative will win and return to ESC

- Entry will be uptempo pop song in English

- Will be well received by the fandom

- Shock NQ, will finish 13th in their semi-final

🇱🇺

- LSC will change its format

- 8 finalists again and only one song in French

- A band will win against the odds

- Entry will be a pop-rock song in English

- Will perform in SF2

🇲🇹

- New format for MESC

- Several contestants from last year edition will return

- A male singer and fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a dance-pop song in English

- Will NQ as usual

🇲🇩

- No format changes in the nf

- A contestant will be DQ for some reason

- A former representative will win

- Entry will be a folk-pop song in English and Romanian

- Will be underrated by the fandom

🇲🇨

- Internal selection

- A French-Monegasque singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a French pop song

- Will get attention from the rehearsals

- Will be in the same semi-final than 🇸🇲

🇲🇪

- A nf will happen

- At least 8 finalists will participate

- A male singer will win

- Entry will sound similar to Rim Tim Tagi Dim but with more balkan elements and will be sung mostly in English with some Montenegrin words

- Will divide the fandom

🇳🇱

- Several people in the country will express anger and disappointment following AVROTROS' decision to compete despite Joost's DQ in Malmö

- Internal selection

- A female singer will be chosen

- Entry will be a classic pop song in English

- Will finish 11th in her semi-final

🇳🇴

- Small format changes in MGP

- A finalist will be DQ before the final

- A male singer, who previously compete in the nf, will win

- Entry will be a EDM song originally sumg in Norwegian, but will be revamped in English

- Will end up somewhere in the top 10

🇵🇱

- Internal selection

- A Polish artist living in Western Europe will be chosen

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will be overhated by the fandom

- Will go viral on Tik Tok after the contest

🇵🇹

- FDC will be average

- The main fan favourite will be eliminated in its SF

- The other fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a folktronica song in Portuguese

- Will do better than expected

🇷🇴

- Selecția Națioņala will return with a new format

- Will be a bad nf

- Fan favourite will win

- Entry will be a power ballad in English

- Will be overrated by the fandom

🇸🇲

- An American youtuber will participate in UVPSM for some reason

- A Sanremo reject artist will win

- Entry will be an urban pop song in Italian

- Won't get much attention until the ESC week

- Shock qualifier and will get its best result in the final

🇷🇸

- PZE will be less good than usual

- The fan favourite will win

- Entry will be an alt-pop song in Serbian

- Will be seen as a contender for the win before the rehearsals

- Shock NQ

🇸🇮

- EMA will return

- New format

- A male duo will win

- Entry will be a generic pop song in Slovenian

- Will compete in the first half of their semi-final

🇪🇦

- Benidorm Fest will increase in quality

- A male artist from Madrid will win

- Entry will be a rock ballad in Spanish

- Will come out during the season

- Will finish somewhere on the right side of the table

🇸🇪

- Melfest will be alright overall

- John Lundvik will compete

- A well-known male singer will win

- Entry will be a generic pop song in English

- Will have a similar fate than Benjamin Ingrosso in 2018

🇨🇭

- A female artist from Zurich will be chosen

- Song will be leaked on the Internet, forcing her to release it earlier than planned

- Entry will be a classic ballad in English

- Won't be well received in the fandom

- Will finish in the bottom 5

🇺🇦

- A tragic event will force Suspilne to postpone Vidbir until the end of February

- A female singer will win thanks to the jury voting

- Entry will be a folk pop song mostly sung in Ukrainian

- Will go viral on Tik Tok

- Will finish at least 5th in the final

🇬🇧

- Internal selection

- A well-known singer will be chosen

- Entry will be an alt-rock song

- Will have one of the best staging of the year

- Will finish in the bottom 5 and possibly last in the final.

And that's it for now.

The post could possibly be updated if countries not mentioned or predicted to withdraw / not return actually confirm their participation.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading this post.

Have a great Eurovision season !

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If conservatives and close-minded bigots can't handle the opening ceremony of the Olympics Games 2024, then they are absolutely not ready for the closing ceremony.

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this opening ceremony is wild

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Philippe Katerine, our national treasure 💙🤍❤️

just normal stuff

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just normal stuff

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Meanwhile (some or most) Eurovision fans: 🤬🤬🤬

Meanwhile Nemo and Baby Lasagna: 🫂🤗🤝🏻

Look at the photo below, see.... Baby Lasagna becomes a class act by hugging Nemo - as a sign of congratulating the winner.

THIS IS WHAT EUROVISION SHOULD BE!

📷: Screenshot from a program by HRT

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Eurovision Circus Contest.

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Eurovision 2024 : 2nd semi-final

Which countries do I want to qualify for the final ?

🇨🇭🇦🇲🇸🇲🇬🇷🇬🇪🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇪🇧🇪🇨🇿

(I would be glad if 🇦🇹 and 🇳🇴 qualify too, this sf is a bloodbath with a lot of good songs)

Which countries I think will qualify for the final ?

🇦🇲🇨🇭🇮🇱🇳🇴🇳🇱🇦🇹🇬🇷🇬🇪🇪🇪🇧🇪

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Eurovision 2024 : Natasha St-Pier porte-parole du jury français

La France aura comme porte-parole du jury français le vainqueur de la saison 13 de Danse avec les stars Natasha St-Pier à l'Eurovision 2024 !

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INFE Poll 2024 : victoire de la Suisse

Organisé par l'esctoday, le sondage INFE 2024 a un vainqueur et il s'agit de : LA SUISSE !!! 🇨🇭

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Eurojury 2024 : et le vainqueur est…

L’Eurojury 2024, organisé par l'Eurovoix, a révélé ses résultats après deux semaines de votes.

Découvrez le vainqueur de cette édition !

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Eurovision 2024, YouTube POV : a weird thread no one asked (might be updated)

For several weeks, I have watched more than 170 videos of this year's contest rankings (including tops that didn't include some countries for various reasons) on YouTube.

Here is my analysis ⬇️⬇️⬇️

If the eurofans from YouTube have to decide the 10 qualifiers for each semi-final, here are the results :

SF1 : 🇸🇮🇵🇹🇭🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦🇨🇾🇱🇺🇱🇹🇷🇸 and the last finalist would be either 🇦🇿 or 🇮🇪

SF2 : 🇬🇷🇩🇰🇦🇹🇧🇪🇦🇲🇨🇭🇳🇴🇳🇱🇬🇪 and the last finalist would be either 🇮🇱 or 🇪🇪

Highest ranked country on average

SF1 : 🇭🇷

SF2 : 🇨🇭

Big 5 + host : 🇮🇹

Overall, the top 10 of the eurofans from YT look like this :

1. 🇮🇹

2. ��🇭

3. 🇭🇷

4. 🇱🇹

5. 🇧🇪

6. 🇦🇹

7. 🇷🇸

8. 🇺🇦

9. 🇳🇴

10. 🇬🇷

According to my analysis, La Noia is mostly the fan favourite of the eurofans from YT.

In the grand final, the bottom 5 would mostly look like this :

22. 🇪🇸

23. 🇵🇱

24. 🇱🇺

25. 🇦🇿 or 🇮🇪

26. 🇩🇪

However, on the 37 countries, 🇮🇸 is the lowest ranked on YouTube. Therefore, the most underrated entry.

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Eurovision 2024 : 1st semi-final

Which countries do I want to qualify for the final ?

🇭🇷🇸🇮🇮🇪🇵🇹🇺🇦🇦🇺🇱🇺🇵🇱🇫🇮🇨🇾

Which countries I think will qualify for the final ?

🇺🇦🇭🇷🇮🇪🇫🇮🇱🇹🇵🇹🇨🇾🇱🇺🇷🇸🇦🇺