aolstudios
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They had a massive viewer vote the other day. Now that it goes to mostly official & visible votes I don't expect many to have the courage to vote their way
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Israel are 1 to 2 favourite to get the highest public votes
aolstudios
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Exactly. Doubt that the jurors will have the courage to follow
jonny.rainbow
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There are a lot of Islamaphobes across Europe who will vote for Israel.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Everyone seems to be shitting the bed this year. The French act stopped half way through the dress rehearsal to give a rambling “pro-peace” lecture, the Irish act didn’t perform due to another “issue”, the Dutch act threatened a camera operator and has been suspended. Then there’s the shit show with Israel.
Got a feeling something might happen tonight - I’m just not sure what. Maybe a stage invasion or something.
Got a feeling something might happen tonight - I’m just not sure what. Maybe a stage invasion or something.
Graham Norton & Rylan to have a punch-up?
- Oct 17, 2008
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Oh yes please!!! My money is on Norton.
aolstudios
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Now that I'd tune in for
- Aug 24, 2020
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It depends if Norton could get beyond Rylan's jab. If Norton could get up close and land some good punches to Rylan's bread basket, then Rylan could open up like a giant clam and it could be over quite quickly.
Colonel Mustard
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- Jun 18, 2023
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Well I suppose the "row" could still have been Israel-related. Not sure if that makes me a conspiracy theorist for mentioning the possibility.
As for the voting, I’m thinking that the public vote for Israel could be high, and not because of Islamophobia as someone mentioned. If it was possible to vote AGAINST an entry I'm sure the anti-Israel vote would be high. OTOH it only needs a relatively small group of voters to vote FOR Israel to push them up the rankings. Problem for the protesters is that there’s no single agreed alternative to rally behind. All they can do is not cast a vote for Israel.
I really can’t stand the politicisation of popular culture. I used to enjoy watching the Oscars until it became a dreary string of pointless protests and campaign speeches. Wonder how many Palestine flags we'll see tonight? A lot, I predict.
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- Oct 17, 2008
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Not according to the official statement.
It says he was being filmed in the green room after his dress rehearsal performance and kept asking them to stop, and made a “threatening gesture” towards the female camera operator.
Disagree, I reckon Rylan fights dirty when cornered
Colonel Mustard
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OK, fair enough. This wasn’t clear this morning when I read the Guardian report.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Yeah, the information is trickling out from the official sources slowly. But that is what happened. Police investigated, file sent to prosecutors.
ElectricNaz
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Not a chance.
Assuming European people who vote on eurovision are 50% pro Israel and 50% pro Palestine.
50% of viewers will vote for Israel just because they are pro israel, the other 50% of the votes will get split between 24 other countries. So Israel will win the public vote at least. At least that's the logic.
It’s already going wrong!
Sweden....right up my street 
It’s like if Jedward were good