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Originally posted by Kworb
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Kworb...I love you, but you're trippin. Maybe it was just Loucas it woulda been fine. But ramming that damn rap into the song was ****. AND THAT WON THE SEMIFINAL?!?! Sometimes I cannot understand Europe...
The politics is some nations *coughGreeceandCypruscough* always swap twelves. Like Greece and Cyprus. And the Nordic states. and the Balkan states. And normally the Soviet states...although this time they divvied them up across the board and saw the juries sed 12s randomly. It's more migrant movements the thought is - rather than voting on the song, they vote for their homeland (it's sued to explain why Turkey and Greece suddenly improved when televoting was introduced. as used to attack Eastern European dominance in the early noughts. And this whole random Azeri win).
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Israel (and technically Lebanon and Morocco) are allowed to compete in Eurovision since they are members of the European Broadcasting Union and fall within the magically defined lines of the EBU area. Qatar applied for EBU membership this year as they just barely fit within the footprint but was rejected. I expect Qatar and Lichtenstein to be approved eventually. At which point Armenia, Azerbaijan and Qatar will spend about a billion dollars between the three to win the contest (or again, in Azerbaijan's case).
Big question: will Armenia, who HATES Azerbaijan, compete in Baku? It'll probably be decided when/if Azerbaijan (who HATES Armenia a little more) sends a contestant to Junion Eurovision which is being held in Yerevan later this year. The other question: what ****ing time is the show going to be held at, since it started at MIDNIGHT in Azerbaijan.
*early novella done, more later on my blog ^_^*
