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Baby Lasagne and Käärijä at Eurovision 2025

THE SHOURTNEY BREAKFAST STORY IM IN SHAMBLESSSSS 😭😭😭

Competition organisers said Eric Saade's keffiyeh 'compromised the event’s non-political nature' while supporters of the pop star underlined

The Eurovision song contest is facing intense scrunity and accusations of discrimination after it rebuked Swedish-Palestinian pop star Eric Saade for wearing a Palestinian scarf in the opening act of the semi-finals. Saade, whose father is of Palestinian origin, kicked off the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden on Tuesday evening with a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian and Arab male headdress, wrapped around his wrist. [...] In response, the organisers of the contest, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) released a statement saying it "regretted" that Saade wore the scarf. "The Eurovision Song Contest is a live TV show. All performers are made aware of the rules of the contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event," it said. [...] Eurovision later posted clips of the performances of the other two opening acts on its social media pages, but did not share Saade’s, prompting social media users to share the performance on their personal pages to show support for the artist.

Waving Palestinian flags, wearing traditional Palestinian garments, or if we're being honest, just being Palestinian, is now officially "too political" for Eurovision.

Literally, all Saade did was wear a keffiyeh around his wrist—while being Palestinian—and that was enough to get a statement from the EBU, and have his opening performance scrubbed from Youtube.

If you're not already boycotting Eurovision this year, then what the fuck is wrong with you?

Below are two statements from Saade. The first one, giving his reason for participating, was posted a few days ago, and the other was in response to the EBU accusing him of 'compromising the non-political nature' of the Genocide Song Contest:

Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸

daily-spooky

whostaylorswiftanywayew

missegyptiana

if you asked me about any of the tunes to any song or any lyrics i’ve listened to in the past two hours i wouldn’t be able to tell you

kattharose

IM JUST SUPPOSED TO WATCH THE CULINARY CRIMES VIDEO AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED????????

lilac-hecox

Ian telling us the Shourtney wedding is real is like the snake convincing Eve to eat the apple.

goldcleaver

mamma kan vi ha backstreet boys?

nej älskling vi har backstreet boys hemma

backstreet boys hemma:

juuret

Gonna tell my children this was the korean band BTS

maxiemumdamage

Percy Jackson proving he’s a true New Yorker by not knowing how to drive in the slightest and yet still feeling well within rights to lay on the horn and criticize the guy who cuts him off.

all-chickens-are-trans

me, listening to my own top 100: damn ... this guy has great taste in music ...

morninglesss-deactivated2023090

Good luck to everyone not interested in the pop juggernaut that is Eurovision over the next week. You’ll get absolutely no sense from me, especially next Saturday. 🎉🎉🎉