He can’t keep getting away with it!

For sure!

I’m a dude because I have always had to be something, but I don’t think the distinctions are necessary, really. What’s even the point?

I’m a dude and I don’t care what I am, so I guess I happen to have been assigned correctly.

I heard someone call my name when I was alone in the house falling asleep while listening to a podcast. Freaked me right the heck out!

I went to a job interview at a financial services company as a young man. There was no interview, just a sales pitch and I was asked to provide the contact info and career (income estimates) of ten people before I could be hired. I think they were selling mortgage refinancing or something. I just got up and left.

My goodness. They gave it more attention than I would have, were I in their place!

No…li

I caught one show second hand where the detective said “the suspect had already retained a lawyer before we talked to him, which I considered very suspicious”.

Aw man, my first thought was “I gotta tag Bones; they would like this!”

It’s not written at 45° or in red. Invalid!

Why is it important to you, eat cake. Like your fat sister.

One would think, but the video is in Chinese.

She’s got a nice tail.

Look! See! I can do three!

I’m pretty sure Tommy is Estonian. He’s got a bonkers video with Käärijä, too.

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.

La la la lava!

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.

Cuy!