Eurovision Rants

Why is it so hated by some people?

(Woo, still consistent at 0 so far, yay. Anyway, this is more of a personal view so take it with a tiny pinch of salt. By the way, enjoy this classic.)

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So, let's say Eurovision in Europe's point of view is seen like.... 50/50? Many seem to adore so much this contest because of very many reasons, there's others which don't know or don't care and there's the haters.

Alright so, if you're new around and pretty much don't understand a lot of things, some of you might ask (probably the ones which ain't European/ Australian or does have a clue about Eurovision as a whole):

"Why Eurovision gained such a bad reputation in the last years when it's such a fun music contest? It doesn't harm anybody after all!"

To answer this, you have to understand a few "beautiful" point of views regarding why some people seem to hate this contest, based on your good old Youtube comments.

Let's begin, shall we?

Exhibition #1: The nationalistic comments.

"OMG, my country never wins Eurovision even if we sent the best song this year!1!!1" or "OMG, your taste in music sucks, my country should be in top 3!!11!!"

Now, some europals might be nice enough to actually respect your point of view and all, but there's always someone which  basically acts lke this. The thing is that they're literally everywhere.

Like, alright, be free to support your country and all but there's a thing called opinion. Not all Eurovision stans have to unanimously love or stan the act from your country every single time.

Probably the worst example still going on in the fandom is some Spanish nationalists basically not knowing the definition of opinion or point of view.

Now, Spain, I love you as a country and all, but can you calm down some of your europal nationalists which act like their candy's been stolen by the fandom? Honestly, I understand and respect the fact that you're loving your country and want to see them doing well, but not everyone will see it as such. Please, understand the fact that not everything HAS to go so well.

Though I love the fact that, despite this whole entire thing, Spain agreed unanimously about last year's entry being shit. That was probably the funniest plot-twist we've had in a while, not going to lie.

Exhibition #2: The political voting.

"Why do you even like this overly-politic piece of trash. Eurovision started degrading so much after 1990's when everything was fair and square and the winners were deserved. Now it's all just political bullshit!"

Alright, let's begin with this one.

As much as I sort-of agree that back then everything was more fair made (but also there were a few countries so it made a bit more sense) but first of all, Eurovision isn't always based on political voting.

Yes, it's true sometimes neighbour love is very much present but even so, the winner usually ends up as a plot-twist and yet again some europals feel like the game was made for the respective country to win.

Example: Last year, Portugal won with quite a big margin against the runner-up, Kristian Kostov from Bulgaria. Yet people start trashing around because "omg, political voting, Bulgaria should've won" and basically blamed the singer for "acting his illness" just to get sympathy votes.

First of all, what the fuck?
Second of all, why the fuck?

This kind of people made me ashamed to share the same fandom with them. Why in the hell would you tell somebody that he faked his illness just to get sympathy votes?!

2016 was even worse, don't worry. Also another year which is coming up on the upcoming category.

The conclusion here is that no matter what would win or anything, there's going to be people shitting around claiming that song didn't deserve to win and that his favorite should've won. End of story.

Exhibition #3: The LGBT+ inclusion.

"omg, this winner is so trash because he/she is [insert LGBT+ category]11!1!! Why would you let all these specimens in the first place in Eurovision?! No wonder it sucks11!1!!!"

Eurovision evolved throughout the years so much, it became a lot more open and way more inclusive - and most europal know that and pretty much love it. So LGBT+ contestants became way more prevalent after 1998 and Eurovision winners which are under the LGBT+ umbrella became more prevalent.

Probably the biggest feud over this topic was in 2014, when Austria won.

Yes, Conchita Wurst herself. The uncrowned queen of Europe. And also the queen of controversy in the recent Eurovision years.

Why is this song so hated you may ask?

Because of Conchita herself.

Conchita Wurst is a drag queen which took Europe by storm when she won, unleashing a series of hatred over the fact that, according to people "it's a girl with a beard, the beard made Conchita won and only the overall appearance contributed to her win".

"Rise Like A Phoenix" basically sounds for me like a winning song, and Conchita's vocal range is no joke. She can sing amazingly well - and vocals also matter big time if you actually want to win Eurovision. Bashing people's songs just because they have a certain sexual orientation ain't really the nicest thing or the most valid reason to actually hate a song.

Plus, people stan the hell out of "Euphoria", but some don't even know that even Loreen is part of the Eurovision LGBT+ participants considering she said twice that she's bisexual. So yeah, there's cases the songs are usually very stanned in the Eurovision community, despite this little thing.

If you stan a person which is part of the LGBT+ community, you'd only want them to grow healthy and happy with their beloved, ain't it? It's not this hard to support someone in this manner.

God, do I love those homophobes which think the world is theirs... (of course it ain't, they can move on with life after all. jeez).

These 3 are probably the most prevalent, but there's way more reasons (more or less relevant/irrelevant or plain ridiculous) which caused Eurovision to be hated in some people's eyes.

Needless to say, I simply tend to ignore them.

After all, I listen to what I want, ain't like they'll put me to guilottine if I say that I dislike a song. And so should you, to be honest.

Maintain your point of view and simply listen or stan whoever you like. It's this simple. They don't rule your life or musical taste.

~Kebab