Audio Analysis: Eurovision Broadcaster Muted Sounds of Crowd Booing and Shouting “Free Palestine!”
Audio Analysis: Eurovision Broadcaster Muted Sounds of Crowd Booing and Shouting “Free Palestine!”
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Audio Analysis: Eurovision Broadcaster Muted Sounds of Crowd Booing and Shouting “Free Palestine!”
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29820217
This is the first year I’m not watching or listening to EuroVision at all.
As an American, what's a Eurovision?
It's like a European Musical Olympics. Each year every country sends 1 performer and they all compete, all of Europe votes on who was the best act.
It's mostly the cheesiest pop music you'll ever hear, but its winners are everything from ABBA to Lordi.
We (Australia) also compete, and controversially so is Israel. Last year Zionists influenced it to stop acts from winning and manufacturing incidents//assaults on performers to get artists disqualified. This year EuroVision themselves have gone extra hard to protect Israel and stop anything negative being said about Israels ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity.
Also worth pointing out that something like 200 million people are watching live. It's a huge show.
These were this year's songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmWYEDTNOGUJG7RV2ARlG2OCpq8oNwz2s
My personal favorites were Albania and Sweden.
You can watch the show (semi final 1 and 2, grand final) on Peacock or use a VPN and watch on a European national broadcaster.