Italian had a great presence this year, with their own good song (#5), the unexpectedly fun San Marino (#26) entry, and the fake Italian song from Estonia (#3). I hear Italians were pretty pleased!
I had expected Sweden (#4) or Finland (#11) to win, but my favorites were Albania (#8) and Latvia (#13).
Austria performed really well and I knew the jury would love it, but I only really rooted for him toward the end of voting because the alternative was infuriating.
I appreciate the tips!
You're talking about how a projector throws out a trapezoid instead of a rectangle if it's above or below the screen, right? I didn't know that would impact the picture quality - I understood that you could adjust the shape of the image.
My reading suggests that a DLP projector is probably brighter than an LCD, so I'm thinking I should go with DLP. LASER sounds good but too expensive.
I have a WII, and you're on a good track, that would be fun as heck.
Cowardly reporting. "Death to the IDF" isn't nearly the same as "death to Jews". Bob Vylan wasn't being antisemitic, he was being anti-israel at worst.
La la la lava!
That seems bonkers high. I would tape a klaxon to every cell tower and call it done.
Watching the national finals starts to feel like work. This year there were, I think, three Super Saturdays with several multi-hour shows to watch. Oof.
Benidorm Fest from Spain is usually good. San Remo (Italy) is great, of course, since they're the template on which the ESC was based and because the Italians view THAT as the real show. Ukraine's Vidbir is interesting because you can tell they have no budget and are often bombed during the show. Portugal's Festival de Cançâo has some amazing songs, because they don't care about winning ESC, they're just focused on highlighting the best Portuguese acts.
I have some favorites from 2025 that didn't make it out of the national finals - From Ukraine I loved Future Culture's Waste my Time Vidbir Live - Music Video . From Finland I'm still listening to Goldielocks's Made Of UMK Live - Music Video . Germany sent the wrong song again, they should have gone with Feuerschwanz's Knight Club is super fun. NDR live - Music video .
I found the Eurovangelists podcast, and they're a lot of fun to follow along with. Taking in too much media ABOUT the contest can color your enjoyment of the songs, though.
I listen to the music I liked as a youngin: grunge, 90's alternative, nu-metal, weird Al, and sea shanties.
I also watch and listen to the Eurovision Song Contest every year since I found it a few years ago. That gives me ~40 new artists every year that I might like. I follow a few favorites and see what else they've made. Watching some of the national final competitions gives me dozens more songs.
Eye see.
Have a great vacation, everyone!
Seeing how many people are in a location is very cool. There are way more people playing this than I imagined!
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Clicked on the link in this comment and connect pops up a little "API error" notification at the bottom, and backs out of the post.
It looks like connect is trying to open the link as if it were linked to another community?
I've only bought the pan a week ago and used it three times. Hot dogs, eggs, and steak.
When I'm done I clean it with a scrubby sponge and once with a little bit of detergent, then put it on the stove to dry quickly. Then while it's hot I smear maybe a teaspoon of vegetable oil on it with a paper towel "brush".
In between uses it's wet with oil, as you can see in the picture. How much residual oil should there be? I had the impression that it would be dryer.
Also, how much should I scrub? I am not going to leave crust of beef on there, but I also don't think it's supposed to be scrubbed back to new smoothness.
Maybe you could run a science program at your local library? They tend to be more welcoming.
As an aside, you implied in the OP that you were(are?) a drag queen on the weekends. Do you mind if I ask - I've never been quite sure about the self identity of drag queens.
Is a person a drag queen only when they perform in drag? That is, are you still a queen when you are in regular clothes at the grocery store? Also, is the drag queen the personality of the character you play, or the person doing the performing?