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ESC 2024 in a nutshell:
๐จ๐ญ The Swiss finally found Nemo, who is non-binary and won by breaking the code and riding a Tagada
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland performed a demon summoning and was awarded 6th by the jury, 6th by the audience and ended up in 6th - 666 intensifies
๐ณ๐ฑ The Dutch dude was disqualified for allegedly being an asshole
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel did not decapitate Netanyahu on stage and still finished high up in the ranks, sending pro-palestine Twitter users into rage
๐ช๐ช We saw Estonian VSauce
They desperately tried to bait the audience with Abba just to show us the worst deep fake in human history and letting some previous ESC winners (including Conchita Wurst) perform Waterloo on stage.
(Did I miss anything?)
This is the first time Joost got to do such a big event, and then he got filmed without his consent, indicating such multiple times. This happened while he was under time pressure, so he made a "threatening movement" towards the woman holding the camera. I feel like a punishment other than disqualification would've been better, this felt disproportionate.
They made it sound like he assaulted someone ar first but it does seem to have been just a (offensive) gesture after repeatedly requesting they leave him alone.
Disproportionate is an understatement especially considering the already tense climate.
Song would have gotten good points for sure aswell.
The assault part was complete speculation from a news website iirc.