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OVER THE COURSE of the coming week, the Eurovision will see countries vying for the top prize in the 64th edition of the song contest.
Israel swept to victory in last year’s contest, and Tel Aviv will play host to the semi-finals and final over the coming days.
Thousands of people are set to descend on the Israeli city over the next few days, and it comes just after a truce was agreed with Palestinian leaders in Gaza bringing a ceasefire after escalating violence in the region.
That conflict has formed a different kind of backdrop to this year’s competition, with 200 million people expected to tune in.
As always with the Eurovision, a wide variety of acts – including Ireland’s Sarah McTernan – are all bidding to come out on top. But who are these acts representing?
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Don’t know, don’t care.
#BOYCOTT EUROVISION 2019
@dB O’Neill: Why?
@Roy Dowling: where to begin? Dead children beach ring any bells?
@John Killeen: you want to boycott the Eurovision because of a clown. What has the clown done
@dB O’Neill: It’s a bit silly having a viewing boycott. I mean RTE will not care, they already have their advertising slots filled for the intervals. A campaign around boycotting any company who bought those advertising slots would be more likely to have an impact.
@Tommy Roche: it might effect the money they will get for next year’s slots if viewing numbers are low.
Do we really need to know.. Whole thing should be canned end of..
BDS
Same here dont know dont care I’ll be watching add free telly next weekend
2. Guessed them all. Basically haven’t a clue.
Got 2 better than I thought
They should all be deeply ashamed of themselves, talk about ditching your ethics.
@Orla Smith: why? Because they don’t agree with you?
@Hans Vos: Hi Hans, I’m not brainwashed and permanently cemented in a single point of view like you are. I analyse both sides of every story, and then come to a conclusion based on the best evidence. Your pathetic reply tells me you’ve never taken off any pair of blinkers in your life, I know more about the history of Israel post World War 2, and the Old Testament tribal claims than you do. I have also read The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz on a weekly basis for the last 15 years. Your ignorance and lack of critical thinking is beyond pitiful.
Callous = watching a country bringing a previously respectable music festival into disrepute by inviting an international audience to pretend that it doesn’t tolerate theocratic apartheid and the genocide that logically results. I won’t watch it and I wont ever visit any pub that shows it. She might be young and talented but McTernan is naive in the extreme if she thinks this will further her musical career.
#Boycotteurovision
Couldn’t give a shit whose in it this year or any year for that matter! RTE should be ashamed of themselves showing this and the Irish entrant Sarah McTernan should be ashamed also! RTE won’t forget this decision in a hurry! BOYCOTT ISRAELI GOODS!
I tried my hardest to get null points….but got 3 by accident:(
Got 1 out of 10. I don’t feel so bad about myself now
Hatari, is it a family show?
@Tony Donoghue: Would you allow your kids to watch the Eurovision?
@Peter: in general or this year?
That last one might be representing Montrose but she certainly isn’t representing Ireland, that’s for sure. She has pretty much ruined whatever music career she might have managed in Ireland, too.
#BDS #FreePalestine
Shame on Schweppes and Journal on this one. Boycott the Eurovision.
I want to know what the clown
@The Red Devil: How can he sing with a mask?
This may be perceived as toxic 4.1/10???
O bloody hell, Iceland will win??? Jail the bankers lol.
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine must be stopped
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