Joe Newman-Getzler

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

🇦🇹 Eurovision 2026: Rai Calls for Palestinian Artist to Perform in Vienna - Eurovoix Corriere Della Sera reports that the Italian broadcaster RAI has called on the European Broadcasting and ORF to invite a Palestinian artist to perform at Eurovision 2026.

W Rai eurovoix.com/2026/01/26/r...

eurovision 1997 France 🇫🇷 Fanny - Sentiments songes ᴴᴰ YouTube video by Georgios Symeonidis

Sad news coming in from France: 1997 entrant Fanny has passed away at the far-too-young age of 46 after a battle with cancer. One of the most underrated French entrants in an era where France almost exclusively sent bangers. RIP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn30...

2026 is not going to be a fun Eurovision year. I don't even know if I'm going to watch the final live, as it stands. But damn if the two songs we've got so far aren't rekindling that fire in me a little. The spirit of Eurovision doesn't die so easily.

It's funny - now that the full votes are out, you can see Armenia finished near the bottom for two jurors and mid-table for another...then two jurors put them fourth. This is a reminder that each JESC jury features two children among the jurors. I feel like I know the two here.

Martina CRV - Beyond the Stars (LIVE) | San Marino 🇸🇲 | Junior Eurovision 2025 | #JESC2025 YouTube video by Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The best result San Marino's ever received in a Eurovision competition. Highest public vote ever achieved by a Sammarinese entry. It wasn't Serhat, Valentina, Senhit, or Gabry Ponte that did it.

Martina CRV, you've made some damn history.

Forza Titani! 🇸🇲
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkOL...

AZERBAIJAN VOTED FOR ARMENIA THE SKY IS FALLING

My JESC votes were for San Marino (best song, and also, duh), Ireland (good song, and I want to give them kudos for boycotting the adult contest), and North Macedonia (cuz damn it, I miss them at the adult contest).

You know, I always wondered what the deal was with Chappell Roan's pig nose on the "Good Luck, Babe!" cover art but, you know, canonically Miss Piggy is also a Midwest Princess

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Re: Eurovision.

@shadowtodd.bsky.social don't know if you saw, but Richard Derbyshire of Living in a Box died.

The No. 1 Country Song in America is AI-Generated

I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:

1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people

2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake

2024: 🇸🇪 IFK Malmö
2025: 🇨🇭 FC Basel
2026: 🇦🇹 First Vienna

2010: 🇳🇴 FC Oslo
2011: 🇩🇪 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2012: 🇦🇿 Sabah
2013: 🇸🇪 FC Rosengård 1917
2014: 🇩🇰 Brøndby IF
2015: 🇦🇹 Rapid Wien
2016: 🇸🇪 Brommapojkarna
2017: 🇺🇦 Obolon Kyiv
2018: 🇵🇹 Sporting Clube de Portugal
2019: 🇮🇱 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2020/21: 🇳🇱 Feyenoord
2022: 🇮🇹 Juventus
2023: 🇬🇧 Liverpool
(cont)

1999: 🇮🇱 Nordia Jerusalem
2000: 🇸🇪 AIK
2001: 🇩🇰 FC Copenhagen (they literally play in the stadium that year's contest was hosted in)
2002: 🇪🇪 Flora Tallinn
2003: 🇱🇻 FK RFS
2004: 🇹🇷 Galatasaray
2005: 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
2006: 🇬🇷 AEK Athens
2007: 🇫🇮 HJK
2008: 🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda
2009: 🇷🇺 Spartak Moscow
(cont)

1987: 🇧🇪 Royal Union Saint-Gilloise
1988: 🇮🇪 Shelbourne
1989: 🇨🇭 FC Lausanne-Sport
1990: 🇭🇷 Dinamo Zagreb
1991: 🇮🇹 Roma
1992: 🇸🇪 Malmö
1993: 🇮🇪 Cork City (close enough)
1994: 🇮🇪 Bohemians
1995: 🇮🇪 UCD Dublin
1996: 🇳🇴 Våleranga
1997: 🇮🇪 Shelbourne
1998: 🇬🇧 Aston Villa
(cont)

1975: 🇸🇪 Hammarby
1976: 🇳🇱 ADO Den Haag
1977: 🇬🇧 West Ham United
1978: 🇫🇷 Paris Saint-Germain
1979: 🇮🇱 Hapoel Jerusalem
1980: 🇳🇱 SVV Scheveningen
1981: 🇮🇪 St. Patricks Athletic
1982: 🇬🇧 Harrogate Town
1983: 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich
1984: 🇱🇺 Swift Hesperange
1985: 🇸🇪 Göteborg
1986: 🇳🇴 SK Brann
(cont)

1965: 🇮🇹 Napoli
1966: 🇱🇺 Racing Luxembourg
1967: 🇦🇹 Austria Wien
1968: 🇬🇧 Arsenal
1969: 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
1970: 🇳🇱 Ajax
1971: 🇮🇪 St. James Gate FC
1972: 🇬🇧 Hibernians
1973: 🇱🇺 Differdange 03 (different city but I'm short on options here)
1974: 🇬🇧 Brighton & Hove Albion
(cont)

1956: 🇨🇭 FC Lugano
1957: 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt
1958: 🇳🇱 FC Hilversum
1959: 🇫🇷 AS Cannes
1960: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Queens Park Rangers
1961: 🇫🇷 OGC Nice (this one was also in Cannes but close enough)
1962: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg City FC
1963: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea (had to)
1964: 🇩🇰 Lyngby (saving the obvious one)
(cont.)

And now, a Champions League-type thing of just clubs from cities that have hosted Eurovision. I tried to include multiple clubs from the same city if it hosted more than once.

Continued below:

Serhat - Say Na Na Na (LIVE) | San Marino 🇸🇲 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2019 YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

Y'all...the ENTIRE 2019 final is available to watch worldwide.

You know what that means, right?

I CAN WATCH "SAY NA NA NA" WHENEVER I WANT!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_iE...

Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On (LIVE) | Sweden 🇸🇪 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2017 YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

I keep randomly discovering post-2015 performances that aren't geo-blocked for whatever reason. "Discoteque," "Tick-Tock," "Viszlát nyár," now "I Can't Go On." And there might be more! Stay ever-vigilant, fellow non-Europeans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqSV...

An Autistic American's #ESC250 (aka the World's Weirdest Eurovision List) EPILEPSY WARNING: Some of these entries feature bright flashing lights! If you have epilepsy or are light-sensitive in general, proceed with caution! Don't…

Use this link instead actually: vimeo.com/1116659528?f...

An Autistic American's #ESC250 (aka the World's Weirdest Eurovision List) YouTube video by Joe N-G's Jamboree

Presented for the approval of the #Eurovision BlueSky fan community (and @escgabe.com cuz I feel like he'd get a kick out of it): my #ESC250, in all of its bizarro, hyperfixated glory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL2T...

See, the trouble with Slovenia being the one to try and stand up against Israel participating is that they are tiny and not particularly successful, so their threatening to walk doesn't carry much clout. Now, if a GROUP of broadcasters threatened to walk, like in 2022, then maybe we'd have something

🇨🇭 Eurovision 2025: Céline Dion Was Due to Perform at Eurovision 2025 - Eurovoix Reports from French media reveal that Céline Dion was due to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.

Jesus, that explains it!
eurovoix.com/2025/09/05/e...

(OK, apparently they subsequently said no, not yet, still figuring shit out but THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME STOP THE CAP)

For comparison, here's the last time every country received 12 overall, from either a televote or jury, in either a SF or a final:
25: 🇦🇱🇦🇲🇦🇹🇧🇪🇭🇷🇨🇾🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇸🇮🇱🇮🇹🇱🇻🇱🇹🇲🇪🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇱🇸🇲🇷🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇺🇦🇬🇧
24: 🇮🇪🇱🇺🇵🇹
23: 🇦🇺🇨🇿🇬🇪🇲🇩🇸🇮
22: 🇦🇿🇧🇬🇲🇰🇷🇴🇪🇸
21: 🇩🇰🇲🇹🇷🇺
19: 🇧🇾🇭🇺
16: 🇧🇦
12: 🇹🇷
11: 🇸🇰
08: 🇦🇩
78: 🇲🇨

For funsies, here's an updated list of the last time every country had a top score announced in the final (from 2016 onwards, that only means the jury vote):
25: 🇦🇱🇦🇲🇦🇹🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇱🇮🇹🇱🇻🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧
24: 🇭🇷🇮🇪🇱🇺🇵🇹🇺🇦
23: 🇦🇺🇧🇪🇨🇿🇪🇪🇸🇮
22: 🇦🇿🇳🇱🇷🇸🇪🇸
21: 🇧🇬🇨🇾🇮🇸🇱🇹🇲🇹🇲🇩🇷🇺🇸🇲
19: 🇩🇰🇲🇰
18: 🇳🇴
17: 🇧🇾🇭🇺🇷🇴
15: 🇲🇪
12: 🇹🇷
11: 🇧🇦
03: 🇵🇱
94: 🇸🇰
78: 🇲🇨

I was in a math class with Julia Garner. She showed a trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene to the class. Even back then, I was like, "Imagine if she winds up becoming a famous actress and I can say I was in a class with her." Two Emmys later...