Europe is Magical

Eurovision is peak European culture. Dedicated to the wonders of the show and the bits and pieces of happiness brought to us by its contestants. May contain bits of European wonders and scattered pieces of actual magic.

[no-goodbyes-no-regrets]

So Douwe Bob (Dutch singer you might know from his Eurovision performance in 2016) refused to perform at a Jewish football club party on Sunday because apparently there were zionist posters at the event, and he didn't agree with that/ it wasn't part of the deal.

From what I've seen and heard he just said sorry I'm not performing and left.

That should have been an issue between him and the people who booked him to perform there, but not the whole country is getting involved.

And because there are elections in October, Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the party who screwed over the country for the past 15 years or so (and an immigrant who hates immigrants and lies about immigration numbers) took to Twitter (of course) and shared footage of the performance that never was and said "this is how normal it's become to hate Jews" and then refused to apologise, but invited him to sit down with her and have a cup of coffee.

He refused ("I don't want coffee, I want an apology" ) and now he's had to flee the country with his family (the police adviced him to) because he was being threatened and his management said they had received serious threats and had had to call 112 (Dutch 911)

And still fucking yesilgoz says she didn't add fuel to the fire by calling him a jew hater on twitter.

God I hate that woman.

[magicaleurovision]

I left tumblr for years and returned to share this.

[magicaleurovision]

Can I vote for the Käärijä / Baby Lasagna combo?!?

[magicaleurovision]

I came back on tumblr just to complain how shocked and disappointed I am that Belgium didn’t qualify.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[magicaleurovision]

Look, I really miss Ivan, and I’m still bitter that this song didn’t qualify for the big final.

I still listen to it, after all this time.

I want him back dammit xD

[magicaleurovision]

The year is 2023.

Belarus has gone into the pit of darkness and it is questionable when will be the next time the nation comes back to humanity, when the madness stops… and then, they’ll be able to participate again.

In the meantime, this song was still so underrated, everything about him was so… weird, in a good way, somehow…

I have no idea what he’s doing now tho; nor about his positions about the current situation of his countries…

[eurovision-flashbacks]

he has an instagram account! (sasha_ivanov_music)

from what I can gather he seems to be doing fine, has a wife and kids, was the Caterpillar in the Russian version of the Masked Singer (Russian version)

[magicaleurovision]

THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW I CAN REST IN PEACE (not… in the dying way, just in… peace of mind way! This sounded better in my head…)

I think I had an unresolved and unadmitted crush on him back then (that I couldn’t admit because dude was elected “most likely to be a furry” that year by the popular tumblr vote 😂), but I loved that song so much that years and years later, I’d listen to it, and it would always make me feel so free and energised 😊

…but dude has the most common name in the world and either I subconsciously didn’t want to find what he was doing or… idk, but I couldn’t find his other music FOR YEARS 😅

So… you did SUCH a good deed!!! Thank you!!

[raapija]

DONE!! I translated this, it's from 01.02.2023

[magicaleurovision]

OKAY THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HEAR HE’S BROKE.

That he’s out of money.

So I have a loooot of questions, my guys! A lot of them! First, how are artists even financed anymore? And how will the music industry keep working?

Like you know back in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, all the way till the early 2010s, you still had big studios financing their own artists and feeding them in the star system. And they were covered with gold and diamonds basically.

Now, we all knew that most of the money still went to the studios and the managers, but the artists were still very wealthy - buuuut at the same time, they were also studio slaves.

All that has changed in the last ten years or so, with the advancement of social media, self-advertising, self-publishing, self-promoting and the such.

And it represents a tremendous amount of work.

But either way… I’m curious if his financial situation is better now? He still won Eurovision came second in Eurovision, I know that the broadcaster paid the whole team a lot. Then there’s also the sheer amount of gigs right now… I don’t know who’s managing him, but I know there must be money there!

…I hope he gets to see some of that money is my point 😅

…and my other point is actually a point of wonder of how artists are financed nowadays…

[raapija]

So, basically he has never really made a living out of music bc he wasn't that popular. He always worked another job as well . Also, he has a crew that he splits the money with and you can imagine a gig at some small pub in the middle of no-where is not a lot of money 😂

He also struggled with the pandemic bc he lost all his gigs and his regular job as well 🥲

And now that he is suddenly a megastar here, he still is getting old-Käärijä money bc all his gigs were set BEFORE eurovision 💀 So he isn't getting paid big bucks yet, so he is not getting rich 😂 and still, he has to split the money with his whole crew

But, he has a couple sponsorships now, so he's getting better💸💸💸

And I don't think the channel here that sent him to Eurovision really paid him that much... Most of the money went to the show, all the people working behind him, the hotels, travel, advertising, social media... Sure, he got something but 🤷

[magicaleurovision]

Thank you for the clarification :)

Now with the Euro tour coming up, hopefully the whole team gets paid good money :) they do deserve it for the amount of joy they’re bringing to us!

[king-krisu]

This fandom also deserves a destiel news moment

[kaarijalovebot-deactivated20240]

I'm gonna be honest... I'm only looking at your titties right now...

[magicaleurovision]

I’ve seen this video on tiktok and one of the best comments there was “this woman must have saved the world in a past life”

I was ROARING 😂😂😂

[jerichoes]

KU MÄ OON KYLILLÄ OTAN MUN PAIDAN POIS JA NE HUUTAA LAITA PAITA PÄÄLLE NIIN KU JO OIS

[starjasmines]

my head just fell off and exploded again if anyone even cares

[ayana-banafrit]

This is fucking hilarious!!!

UNREAL!!!!

[fangirlycupcake]

FUCKING STELLAR

This has the same energy as not showing up to your own birthday party

[magicaleurovision]

Is this true?? Like????? Is this true????

That the whole madness with Abba was just so they wouldn’t even be there like?????

So Sweden won for nothing?? Juries made Sweden win for nothing??

[shadow-of-a-blackbird]

Do you know what, at least Käärijä will be the new Verka Serduchka. But Loreen? She'll be hated by so many people now and most won't even remember that she won.

Does anyone remember who won when Verka performed? No. But everyone remembers Verka.

[envihellbender]

Oh okay so erm… Actually it was Marij Serifovic who performed Molitva, the first year Serbia entered Eurovision as a separate country with a SAPPHIC AF performance

Like you have a point but let’s not erase Eurovision queer history here. This was also extremely important and is very much a memorable performance. She deserved to win, unlike Loreen. Sweden have been crafting the “perfect” pop song and it always comes across as boring and placid, juries cum over that shit and regular people see through it. That was NOT the case with Marij Serifovic.

[magicaleurovision]

Another thing to remember: this was Serbia and this was 2007.

Only six years before that, the parade tried to be held but was interrupted by people who went and beat up all the marchers.

By then, people were openly MURDERED for being gay.

A YEAR before that, the NEW constitution defined marriage as ONLY a union between man and woman.

It was more normal to be homophobic than to be an ally. It was pretty much normal to say how much you’d like to beat gays up.

In 2011 (!!!) the movie “Parada” came out in Serbia, and it showed how banal murdering gay people was in a lot of people’s head. There was zero respect for the LGBT population. In 2008, 70% of people in Serbia still considered homosexuality an illness.

And then Marija arrived. With her incredible voice. And she won.

She actually won.

And people could only respect her and her art.

And with respect towards her, they could see that gay people could also be creative, and good, and actually bring something positive to their country.

So her victory was very culturally significant too! She didn’t become Verka, because she isn’t Verka.

She is Marija Šerifović.

The Serbian Eurovision winner.

[halohamilton]

I'm sorry I'm not European can you please explain why everyone hates England LMAO I'm just curious

Because they're England

[finewalls]

[rimeah-art]

Soarele şi Luna

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I love this act so much!!! I hope it'll inspire more countries to send folklore inspired songs!

[magicaleurovision]

Look, I really miss Ivan, and I’m still bitter that this song didn’t qualify for the big final.

I still listen to it, after all this time.

I want him back dammit xD

[magicaleurovision]

The year is 2023.

Belarus has gone into the pit of darkness and it is questionable when will be the next time the nation comes back to humanity, when the madness stops… and then, they’ll be able to participate again.

In the meantime, this song was still so underrated, everything about him was so… weird, in a good way, somehow…

I have no idea what he’s doing now tho; nor about his positions about the current situation of his countries…

[elevenbathroomsinks]

these are the same picture just on opposite sides of the spectrum

[admiralrainbow]

[demi-eurovision]

Excerpt from a Swedish article with a Käärijä interview. Sorry, I lost the original link! But here's a translation of this part.

Today you're wearing nail polish and earrings, your style is quite queer? - I want to go out on a limb and do some crazy stuff. Really I wanted to wear yellow, but The Rasmus who competed for Finland last year went with that so then the stylist went with green and I like it. I wear what I like and I don't care about others.

What do people in Finland think about your style? - I guess some people think who the hell is he? But I want to do what I feel like. I think it's a bit of a new wave in Finland and younger people don't care. It is more open to go your own way.

Are you straight? - Haha, yes, there's only girls here (laughing). But I love the gay fans and I was surprised there were so many gays at all the concerts leading up to Eurovision. I love gays, they're so funny and I've got several close gay friends in Finland. And I think it's important that everyone should be who they are and love who they want.

Do you feel any body image pressure since you're half naked all the time? - No, I don't care about that. I've been taking my shirt off ever since I started with music. I want everyone to be able to get undressed no matter what you look like. You don't need a six pack to do it, everyone is beautiful in their own way.

[magicaleurovision]

Ummm can I be honest here?

What the hell.

That’s it. What the hell. They were pushing him to talk about how queer this is and how queer that is, literally trying to paint his style as queer.

And I dislike it because it’s absolutely counter-productive. And absolutely regressive. First of all, I think that it’s absolutely dehumanising to describe people as “queer-coded”. That’s not normal. That’s not okay. We are human beings. We are not to be “coded”, and besides, gay is not a fashion statement. It is a reality within your heart - it’s literally about who your heart is attracted to.

And I’m tired, I’m very tired of it being reduced to an aesthetic. It’s extremely regressive, both to the gay and to the straight people.

It’s harmful for gay people because it dehumanises them. It reduces them to a performance. A dress. A code of fashion or behaviour. Leading to “oh you’re gay? But you don’t LOOK or ACT gay! You should be [insert some horrendous stereotype here]”. Queerness is not a dress. And no matter how much companies try to advertise it as such because it makes money, I think that we should all take a step back and have some actual respect. And acting like we’re open-minded while simultaneously calling a fashion style “gay” is… it’s literally homophobia from the 90s. Rebranding homophobia doesn’t make it less homophobic. Enough already.

The other people this is harmful towards are straight people too. Especially straight guys - because it limits them in their self-expression. As I said, queerness is not a dress. And guys, straight or gay, should be allowed to dress however they want, without others immediately asking them whether it betrays something about their sexuality. This shouldn’t even be a question. Straight guys should be able to express themselves and wear stuff they like without people going “lol that’s gay”. When you speak like a 90s bully, no matter if you disguise it in progressive talk, you’re still a homophobe.

I’m trying to not get too far in this because there’s a lot to be said, but I really despise the way homophobia is presenting itself nowadays — it has been reduced to a fashion statement or a virtue signalling, or rather SELLING point to PRETEND to be an ally by applauding “gay fashion” and even pretending that you’re queer because you love “gay fashion”. And then look around yourself to try to “spot” gay fashion on people and ask them if they’re gay because you assume that whoever dresses like “the gays” dress in your mind is gay.

Guys!!! Guys!!!!! This is not okay! This is not okay at all!

[raapija]

DONE!! I translated this, it's from 01.02.2023

[magicaleurovision]

OKAY THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HEAR HE’S BROKE.

That he’s out of money.

So I have a loooot of questions, my guys! A lot of them! First, how are artists even financed anymore? And how will the music industry keep working?

Like you know back in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, all the way till the early 2010s, you still had big studios financing their own artists and feeding them in the star system. And they were covered with gold and diamonds basically.

Now, we all knew that most of the money still went to the studios and the managers, but the artists were still very wealthy - buuuut at the same time, they were also studio slaves.

All that has changed in the last ten years or so, with the advancement of social media, self-advertising, self-publishing, self-promoting and the such.

And it represents a tremendous amount of work.

But either way… I’m curious if his financial situation is better now? He still won Eurovision came second in Eurovision, I know that the broadcaster paid the whole team a lot. Then there’s also the sheer amount of gigs right now… I don’t know who’s managing him, but I know there must be money there!

…I hope he gets to see some of that money is my point 😅

…and my other point is actually a point of wonder of how artists are financed nowadays…