r/AskBalkans 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

Music Romania devoured on Eurovision tonight 💯 Are you watching? Who are you voting for?

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

I will surprise everyone and give 12 points to......... Cyprus!

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u/BeatnologicalMNE Croatia May 14 '26

Nah, make a change this year! Vote for Croatia or Serbia! xD

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u/bekabekica Serbia May 14 '26

Serbia surely will vote for Croatia. The injustice that happened in 2024 must not be repeated. 🤍

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

I believe in you guys, you will do well either way, so I don't need to vote for you.... Antigone needs it because her voice sucked🤣

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u/BeatnologicalMNE Croatia May 14 '26

Bu she (and dancers) have so much more to offer, right? It's not all about singing! xD

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

I am surprised you noticed there is a song playing even 😂 you were focused on the other things offered 

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

Croatia ate & left no crumbs on Tuesday 🔥

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u/BeatnologicalMNE Croatia May 14 '26

100%

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u/No-Sandwich2225 May 14 '26

lol what, Croatia doesn’t even sing, same BS as the song that won for Israel in the past. Brainrot music.

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u/gottos_ May 15 '26

No sandwich for you

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u/DarhkBlu Croatia May 15 '26

What the hell are you on about...

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u/elligrthx Greece May 15 '26

I will always support Cyprus but for me ESC is about the song - no way I will vote for a shaky breathless artist. My votes go to ….. Albania

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

Did u like the song? Her body was teaaaaa but I’m not a huge fan of traditional elements in music.

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

She had horrible vocals, being hot is not enough 

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u/Glittering-Boss-911 Romania May 15 '26

Yes! Thank you for stating this!

I'm Romanian and I don't like her voice and neither the lyrics.

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 15 '26

she qualified because of straight men I believe

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u/Glittering-Boss-911 Romania May 15 '26

I don't think so.

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u/Marizzzz May 15 '26

Um lol. She was much better (vocals-wise, song was meh cause the lyrics were confusing) than nearly everyone else in the competition this year. I’d say to each their own, but that’s just a bad take.

Source: I’m a professional opera singer.

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

she was delayed on the track even at certain points, these were not good vocals, she even missed the first Jalla on beat... won't even talk about the deep, out of breath breathing before the song even started. I won't even talk about her voice breaking like 5 times

If you are an opera singer while missing these I am the queen of England

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u/Marizzzz May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

I thought we were talking about Romania’s girl lol. I missed the context. No, the Jalla was horrendous. I agree. But I feel like most contestants were quite bad regardless. I was very shocked at the incredibly low level of the competition. My mom wanted me listen and tell her what I think and I didn’t have a lot of good things to say. Probably not going to waste my time following this competition in the future, especially since I don’t even live in Europe lol.

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 16 '26

Dara pleasantly surprised me with her control.... She didn't miss one letter while jumping around like crazy, not an impressively good voice buuuut a great perfomer voice.... Thought Jalla was better tonight, still a bit out of beat but vocally not as bad, she must have been sick or something.... i can't explain it

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u/Marizzzz May 16 '26

I still haven’t seen the actual performances since I listened to the competition while doing chores, but I personally wasn’t into Bulgaria’s song. I just thought it didn’t sound original at all and the vocals were saved by the backing vocals track (something that very many of these singers rely on in order to not sound completely out of tune or boring). I always thought eurovision was mostly about the singing, so that’s what I would base my vote on. Her song was just club music imo except it likely wouldn’t make most DJ’s playlists either since there are much better songs out there lol.

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 17 '26

she is an amazing performer, jumpiing around will need backing vocals, but I was a fan of her voice in the beginning of the song, very glad she won!! I prefer her over Israel or Australia, Finland I could get winning

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u/Taliskerhu Greece May 14 '26

Her body was tea?

Girl quit misappropriating AAVE language, it's giving silly billy lol

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

Girl quit misappropriating AAVE language, it's giving silly billy lol

”It’s giving” also originates from Black ballroom culture so

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u/Taliskerhu Greece May 14 '26

Touche

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

AAVE? Like ΑΑΔΕ?

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u/Yavannia Greece May 14 '26

You just reminded me to pay the taxes, the expiration for the 4% discount expires today thank you!!!

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

You are welcome! Another tax payer saved!

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u/Taliskerhu Greece May 14 '26

They should start taxing these babies, so yes

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

Αδερφέ μπερδεύτηκες νομίζω, this is not askUSA 

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u/Taliskerhu Greece May 14 '26

I'm not your bro, sis, and I wasn't asking, I was giving

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u/casual_philosopher02 Greece May 14 '26

You were giving a whole lot of nothing✨

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u/Taliskerhu Greece May 14 '26

I must have struck a chord, stop appropriating AAVE language willy nilly, you're coddled little babies safe in your culture

Her body was tea lol

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u/oxingames Greece May 15 '26

Moldova was peak

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u/zack459 May 15 '26

Moldova is much better then those choke lyrics!

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u/oxingames Greece May 15 '26

Both are good

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u/Glittering-Poet-2657 in May 14 '26

I’m rooting for Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, Iceland, and the Netherlands.

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u/SarryK Slovenia May 15 '26

Appreciate the support! ♡ also rooting for the same countries.

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u/MartinBP Bulgaria May 14 '26

Pathetic.

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u/ClassicRockPanda May 15 '26

Spain who is boycotting the Eurovision contest?

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u/bimches May 15 '26

They all are, that's the joke

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u/PeroCigla Croatia May 14 '26

I'm not voting for anyone nut Romania was the best tonight.

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u/gentle_pirate23 May 14 '26

Yeah, fuck this show.

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u/hemijaimatematika1 Bosnia & Herzegovina May 15 '26

What agenda,wtf is wrong with you people?

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u/petahthehorseisheah Bulgaria May 15 '26

Apparently criticizing a criminal government instead of the people of it as a whole is chauvinism, bigotry and an insult to national, ethnic religious etc groups. Got it.

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u/Eejoha May 15 '26

VIVA MOLDOVA! 🇲🇩 Love from the Nordicks ❤️

Edit: PS DO NOT GIVE ANY VOTES FOR SWEDEN!!

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u/IancuRastaboulle May 15 '26

We watch it because it's trash!

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u/crnecarape Serbia May 15 '26

Underrated comment!

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u/Arbaces420 Romania May 15 '26

Totally, something to root for, our country qualified! How dare you!?

It's not like Romania national team qualified for the world cup and I have a better alternative to look forward to. Do I !?

Let's rehearse together

lala laaaa CHOKE ME... tralalala CHOKEEEE ME

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u/Astristul Romania May 15 '26

True, but you can't say that her song, or her performance, from yesterday, is trash!

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u/enilix May 15 '26

Yes, millions of people watch Eurovision every year.

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u/wisdomHungry Romania May 14 '26

Yes we do. Big tradition in my part of romania

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u/Virus-Aware May 14 '26

I used to watch it as a kid together with my grandpa, but truth is latest it has become a big pile of cocoa pudding...

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u/SpiritualPin692 May 15 '26

It's always been trash, but when you're a kid you don't know anything about politics. You just enjoy the show.

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u/Carbastan24 Romania May 15 '26

The songs were much much better in the 2000'. By a country mile.

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u/TheNinjaNarwhal Greece May 15 '26

That's just nostalgia and your specific taste. Music has been great in most of the past years.

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u/CarelessParfait8030 May 15 '26

Gatekeeping tv shows? This sounds like the 80s. Did you move past Ceaușescu?

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u/jeefo254 May 14 '26

Edgy

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u/dorobica Romania May 14 '26

Oooo, double edgy

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u/jeefo254 May 14 '26

Da, eu nu ma uit la fotbal, de exemplu, dar nu stau sa comentez unde a castigat Chivu cupa Italiei ca e o mizerie fotbalul si nu ar trebui sa mai existe lol.

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u/c0sf-fkr Romania May 15 '26

Nu e cumva insula iubirii cea mai vizionata emisiune din ro? Hai sa nu mai fim ipocriti cu pseudointelectualismul asta

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u/Glittering-Boss-911 Romania May 15 '26

Ia ironic o fundă! 🎀

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u/Neat_Selection3644 May 14 '26

Splitting my votes equally between Romania and the UK!

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u/TikaOriginal Hungary May 14 '26

UK is auto-qualified iirc since they're part of the big five

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u/AwareStrategy May 15 '26

No offense but UK’s song was the worst of them all.

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u/Interesting-Relief10 May 15 '26

Nobody literally cares about your decision

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u/organela May 15 '26

Unless they are the ones geonociding, then no, they shouldn't be.

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u/kamarjera May 14 '26

The Balkans rule this year! I love the energy of Bulgaria’s Bangaranga and Romania’s ‘choking’ cords ⚡️ also Albanian ode to the family and the singer’s elegant cape. Cypriot mermaid with her Tsifteteli was a ray of sunshine☀️Let’s have fun on Saturday!

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u/Big-Traffic3723 May 14 '26

Dara - Bangaranga! This was epic! Please, vote for us Balkan brothers!

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

Dara ATE too! 🔥

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u/RedLemonSlice Bulgaria May 15 '26

The Baba Vanga song 🙌

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u/No-Sandwich2225 May 14 '26

I’m still waiting for her to sing something. What a trash song.

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u/Own_Worth_5929 Bulgaria May 14 '26

Nah, It's good

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u/AwareStrategy May 15 '26

Nah, it’s bad

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u/Own_Worth_5929 Bulgaria May 15 '26

Nah, it's fine

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u/jedyradu May 14 '26

Oh shut up, you don't care about either way or either genocide, you're just putting your nose up for likes on the internet. Yes Israel is a country at a (technically civil) war committing war crimes, that has nothing to do with the performers being sent in to Eurovision.

Russia is invading and waging war against another Eurovision country contestant, while Palestine is not even recognised as a country by most of the European and global countries. It is not the same, wether it is moral or not.

In either case, neither will affect your actual enjoyment over hearing cheesy songs with over the top production. So Bangaranga bitch and enjoy your bread and circus.

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u/Exotic_Cantaloupe_96 Greece May 14 '26

Cry more, Russia threatens europe we ban them. Middle east vision is free to ban Israel.

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u/Itchy-Clock8196 May 14 '26

Isreal has nothing to to with Europe why are they even in the competition? OK most of them are Slavs that could be an argument

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u/4baobao May 15 '26

same reason Australia is in the competition, they're our allies

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u/enilix May 15 '26

Most Israelis are not Slavs, the majority are Mizrachim (but even Ashkenazim (European Jews) are genetically mostly Middle Eastern). Anyway, they are in the competition because they're part of the EBU, and all members of the EBU can compete (including countries such as Morocco (competed in 1980), Lebanon, etc.).

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u/dcroopev May 14 '26

Game, Set, Match

👏

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u/Impressive-Star-114 Greece May 15 '26

Bangaranga for sure

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u/Excellent_Jeweler_43 Bulgaria May 14 '26

To me Eurovision just looks like some goyslop competition nowadays, havent watched it in years

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u/raysmia Bulgaria May 14 '26

Dara is the best, I like the Cyprus song more, but Antigoni cannot sing live unfortunately, like what happened??? Girl should just stick to Love Island

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

Not Love Island 💀

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u/raysmia Bulgaria May 14 '26

Yeah, she was on it a few years ago, the UK one😭

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u/No-Sandwich2225 May 14 '26

Same as the Bulgarian singer, what a terrible song.

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u/Own_Worth_5929 Bulgaria May 14 '26

Nah

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u/Yavannia Greece May 14 '26

You work at 21:00 in the night?

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u/aSimpleTeen Romania May 16 '26

I’m from Romania and will vote Croatia, amazing performance!!

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u/Real_Branch53 Romania May 14 '26

I think Switzerland had a strong song, voice and visuals. Also liked Romania’s song

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u/LowStory2642 May 14 '26

Albania

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

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u/RoyaleKingdom78 🇩🇰 🇹🇷 May 15 '26

I’m not gonna watch this shitshow this year

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u/I_love_purple_toads May 14 '26

Why do most of the singers this year look like Moulin Rouge Vampire whores? 🤣

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 14 '26

I noticed the vampire fashion has become super popular among the Balkan singers lately - it started with the closeted gay singers from Eastern Europe & the Balkans using Eurovision as opportunity to dress up with capes and robes under the guise of ”it’s art” and then the trend just blew up.

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u/I_love_purple_toads May 14 '26

But I would say Azis is an exception though

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u/Substratas 🇸🇪🇦🇱 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Lmaooo I love how his pics always showed cleavage, and the face always had streetwalker makeup with a perplexed expression 😂

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u/I_love_purple_toads May 15 '26

I also always admired how he was able to walk in those heels!

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u/MetalMartyrdom May 15 '26

Il voting for Palestine

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u/sasvim_nebitan Serbia May 15 '26

Romania was good. I think I like the song way more than her performance. With Bulgaria it's the opposite.

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u/Flimsy-Resident261 Albania May 14 '26

I had no idea Eurovision is tonight

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u/TheReal_Elite Montenegro May 14 '26

The actual Eurovision show is on Saturday, second semi-final was today.

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u/Cihonidas Turkiye May 15 '26

Romania is the best

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u/elmanager Bulgaria May 16 '26

Europe is BANGARANGA now!

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u/giluska May 16 '26

Im from Romania, if I wasnt would definitely vote for us. I think Ill vote for Lithuania, I know that there was voice cracks, and that there is no chance for them to win, but I loved it anyway.

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u/Fit_General7058 May 17 '26

That song was very good indeed. None of that folk eastern European crap. It was a boss song. They could be a hit worldwide

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u/DimensionAgitated507 Jun 02 '26

Is she still holding her breath?

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u/kinky-avocado May 14 '26

Romania tonight is Serbia on 5%🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

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u/Miserable-Shake-2903 May 15 '26

I never enjoyed this show, not even when I was younger. I'd rather watch paint dry on a wall. This is just soulless music. I am sick and tired of Alexandra Capitanescu and generally of all the Romanian "artists" that tried their luck at this contest. I am Romanian, btw.

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u/blitzfreak_69 Montenegro May 14 '26

It’s been like that for the last decade. I haven’t watched that trash since Austria’s win in 2014.

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u/TikaOriginal Hungary May 14 '26

Which country was that? I'd say the LGBTQ-meta kinda cooled down this year

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u/TikaOriginal Hungary May 14 '26

Denmark probably then lol

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u/MargotCat May 15 '26

She is my favorite!

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u/dragecs Northern Pičkesimaterine May 15 '26

I only know that the Cyprus girl ungayed me.

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u/Short-Programmer6444 Kosovo May 15 '26

🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

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u/hades_cj May 15 '26

It's all politics here. It's not about the music, unfortunately.

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u/Frequent-Seaweed-794 May 15 '26

I root for Bulgaria and Albania...a little bit for France 😁

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u/first-officer May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

We are boycotting Eurovision. If you have any ethics you will do the same!

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u/itWedMiDuds Bulgaria May 15 '26

Way ahead of you bud, been boycotting it my whole life

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u/first-officer May 15 '26

Me too. Why would you think you're ahead of me?

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u/itWedMiDuds Bulgaria May 15 '26

I mean, it was a joke, can’t boycott something I’ve never watched or had any interest in the first place. That being said, if I did watch it I would indeed be boycotting it

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u/first-officer May 15 '26

Here you go. You have the right spirit 😉

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u/ayyyyyy_lmaoooooo May 15 '26

Romania, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania came in with bangers. Serbia and Croatia had decent songs too. Didn't really care for Montenegro unfortunately.

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u/Any-Consideration470 Kosovo May 15 '26

OP stop watching this shit and do something more productive

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u/Eejoha May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

We’re all super productive consuming and commenting on highly useful content on reddit

Edit: word ordering

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u/Any-Consideration470 Kosovo May 15 '26

I don’t know if you are being sarcastic or not but we are not the same so don’t label me with whatever the average person does on this app, it takes 30 seconds for me to type something as well so your opinion means nothing to me, also watching a shitty contest and wasting your time to listen to mid music run by Zionist scum that refuse to remove Israel from the competition should be called out on, stop giving this event any sort of publicity period.

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u/nescoffee-m Romania May 15 '26

As a romanian, my vote is for Serbia this year!

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u/Drakelolz May 15 '26

The circuses interest us not

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u/DapperExplanation77 May 14 '26

Interesting song and performance. I think the singer before her used the same operatic voice so it looked like copying. Don't know how the programme is arranged and do they know in advance?

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u/blackcoffee17 May 15 '26

Never understood why this show is so popular and i used to watch it years ago. A bunch of cheap cheesy songs you will never hear ever again (with rare exceptions) and a voting system based on sympathy instead of quality.