Normally I wouldn’t touch the Eurovision Song Contest with a ten-foot pole. As far as I’m concerned, the whole enterprise is Satanic — the demonic caterwauling of the contestants, the infernal iconography associated with it, and the hellish behavior of the fans. If people want to descend into that sort of cultural sewer, that’s fine; but leave me out of it.
Unfortunately, this year’s instantiation of Eurovision is taking place in Malmö, and the overwhelming emphasis is on the fact that an Israeli singer is participating in the event. Everyone else involved wants the young lady gone, and tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the venue to protest the Jewish presence and express their support for Hamas.
So I have to cover it.
[The breaking news is that the Swiss contestant has won the final. Which is fortunate; if the Israeli contestant had won, the mob outside would have had to burn the building down.]
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from Expressen:
Ireland missed dress rehearsal in Eurovision
May 11, 2024
Ireland, Switzerland, and Greece were absent from the artist presentation before the dress rehearsal in Eurovision on Saturday afternoon.
Now the Irish performer Bambi Thug explains that it was a protest and attempt to get EBU’s attention.
In an interview with Irish RTE, she says she wants Israel excluded. According to NRK, EBU is holding a crisis meeting about what occurred.
by Johan Bratell
Neither Ireland, Switzerland, Greece, nor the disqualified Netherlands were seen when the Eurovision artists were presented at the dress rehearsal before the evening’s final in Malmö Arena.
Now the fan favorite, Ireland’s Bambi Thug, talks about the decision not to show up.
“A situation arose while we were waiting to go onstage before the dress rehearsal, which I felt I needed to bring to the attention of EBU. EBU has taken this seriously, and we have had a discussion on what needs to be done. This means that I am missing the dress rehearsal. I am sorry for all the fans who have come to see me. I hope to see you from the stage tonight,” Bambi Thug writes in a statement via social media.
Norwegian NRK writes that EBU is holding a crisis meeting about what occurred.
Demand that Israel be removed
Later in the afternoon Bambi Thug left the hotel dressed in a Palestinian shawl.
Bambi Thug tells Irish RTE that she wants Israel excluded, and she is critical of what the country’s commentator said during a broadcast on Tuesday.
“There will be a lot of spells, black magic, Satanist symbols, and voodoo dolls,” the commentator said then, according to RTE.
During the rehearsal before the semi-final, Bambi Thug had written the words, “Cease fire” and “freedom for Palestine” on her body in the late Middle Ages written language, Ogham, Aftonbladet reported.