Ok, in all seriousness. Tonight has been the first time I've actually seen or listened to "Asteromata" by Klavdia, and I've heard all sorts of endless discussions and casual venom, about the staging, the dress, her glasses, her silhouette, the song, the music, how the kind of the song doesn't suit Eurovision and....it's all been kinda bull, tbh?
Like, there have been all sorts of songs to Eurovision through the years, including ballads and folksy and operatic ones, so what is the type of song that is "for Eurovision?" Only one you jump up and down and wear scant pop-chic clothes? Isn't that sorta....reductive? Her appearance is perfectly serviceable, neither the dress or the glasses (seriously people? In 2025?) or anything else detracts from the song, and sorry, but the graphics weren't even that bad? Like, if so much virtual ink hadn't been spilled to rage about them, I wouldn't even have noticed? And the song is very beautiful. I actually didn't expect it to be that good. As for her voice....I don't think anything needs to be said. Her voice alone just bursts out of transmission and hits you, that's how strong, melodic and confident it is. All in all, a very good appearance, and meritocratically, it should be recognized (but I have no faith in an institution such as Eurovision, so Idk what happens). In any case, Marisa Koch (did you know she sang with a sniper in the room in her Eurovision appearance? Yeah, "some" people didn't like the subject of her song, about the Attila Turkish Invasion and widespread massacres in Cyprus) and Nana Mousxouri approved, so I think that counts for more than any commitee.
Oh, and if some people got salty about the song being inspired by the Pontic Genocide (the memory of which is celebrated in the 19th of May, so you know) and the musical tradition of Pontus, then well, as we say down here.....
Vinegar.