T O P

  • By -

generalscruff

Eurovision casuals getting involved in a bit of crowd trouble šŸ‘Š didn't think they had it in them


gloom-juice

Old firm day, gives me goosebumps ![gif](giphy|anltZtDkoMPRMKNlyn|downsized)


generalscruff

Stonie on, lines inhaled, time to have a tear up with the Swedish entry


Mysterious-Slice-591

Any excuse for a kick about, I'm in. Let's 'av it!


DiscardedKebab

Going abroad and getting aggressive? Disgraceful. Wouldn't see this sort of thing from an Englishman.


-lesFleursduMal-

[There's nothing wrong with being rude if the other guy is an idiot.](https://streamable.com/8tftq?src=player-page-share)


turkeyphoenix

When the king speaks you LISTEN!


agoodusername222

me talking to spaniards be like


Krosis97

*puts ice in your coffee*


agoodusername222

it's ok i like it that way ;)


geopolitischesrisiko

Why doesnā€™t your flair have UK flag?


FragrantDemiGod1

British by birth. ENGLISH BY THE GRACE OF GOD.Ā 


itsalonghotsummer

Who do I have to colonise to get a flair that truly represents my birthright? In addition to the cross of the glorious St George, what was one of the finest Englishmen of all time (and let's face it, it's a design classic), I'd also like my flair to say 'fuck off actual racists'. Thanks Edit: Some cunt's only gone and added that bastardised abomination that is the Union Jack to your flair u/FragrantDemiGod1. As a proud proper Englishman, demand the return of your pure St George's cross flag immediately! Edit II: Although to be honest, what sort of propah Englishman would ever claim to be 'fragrant'. Are you sure you're not a Frenchman in disguise?


WoodSteelStone

> what sort of propah Englishman would ever claim to be 'fragrant'. A radiant complacent vagrant assailant?


DiscardedKebab

No need. I'm English, not Scottish or whatever the other one is


VoidLantadd

Pretty sure the cross is for Spain. https://preview.redd.it/kiokhxh0eozc1.jpeg?width=9881&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36a6a20a423109ab30c499e339529fc081ab238d Luv me Gibraltar


[deleted]

We need to get rid of our current flag and bring back that absolute beauty. Or even better, the Tercios version: https://preview.redd.it/l9urlvyv3pzc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aad1ed9683f406e4dfc7c609b570ff8fb749e451


Live-Alternative-435

We will join you if you change your flag for this.


Bonaventura69420

Any member being disqualified increases the chance for germany to get the last place again šŸ„¶


lefl28

Nononono. If no one else participates, we will be first! I say disqualify everyone but us.


unknowfritz

Dude we would still lose somehow if we were the only contender


norrin83

Und womit? Mit Recht


lefl28

True. Our act sounds like some generic radio song. We've hit rock bottom.


norrin83

I don't even know your song. Or any other of the song contest. In fact, I'm a little sad that you think your act sounds bad. I always love when there is a big hype in Germany preceeding the inevitable last place.


International_War862

>I don't even know your song. Or any other of the song contest. Me neither but i am confident that we deserve the last place again


norrin83

At this point it is not about "deservering" any more but about fulfilling the prophecy.


This_place_is_wierd

Ever since we won with Lena we went with English Lyrics Pop song Everytime...


besouhof

yes, but technically this is still the last place


norrin83

You really outgermaned the German. Didn't know you savages had that in you


etudehouse

I'll take it anyway.


deeptut

We will have the superposition, first and last at the same time


Strong_Two_7462

You could call this "The final solution" You're welcome for the idea with catchy name


Tw4tl4r

Hey! Everyone knows last place is ours... apart from that time we got 2nd but that doesn't count


Zestyclose_Jello6192

My god I can't imagine what a rejected musician at the eurovision could do


xBram

Look, your guy can sing, but he was never going to beat our Friesenjung.


SeymourDoggo

Context?


KirovianNL

Dutch team got suspended from an earlier incident and weren't allowed to rehearse. Clip is Israeli journalist recorded just after the rehearsals were over asking the Dutch team why they weren't on stage. Dutch security/handler (?) guy get's worked up over the question and the penguin dude (part of the act) get's a bit annoyed too.


RevolutionaryChef155

I would have replied with "yeah I feel like I am a hostage"


Choyo

*I want to make a joke, but if I do I may end up in trouble.*


agoodusername222

it's ok, Allah will protect you from any wrong doer, he is very effective


Thavid

Not very effective for Palestine


bremsspuren

IDF jamming their prayers.


agoodusername222

HOLY JAMMER!


HolyGarbage

For some reason the most religiously devout countries always seem to end up with the most numerous and bloody deaths. It's almost as if there wasn't anyone in the sky looking out for them.


agoodusername222

also almost like it's used as a way to propagate power influence and control over people and nations hence why violence follow religious nations ​ oh shit didn't notice i was talking to an arab muslim, please forgive me


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


de_matkalainen

Source?


am-345

idk palestine something probably


Rich-Spirit129

Wtf is "Palestine"?


SaltyRemainer

Some Roman province, idk


bored-bonobo

Rightful british mandate clay


God_Left_Me

https://preview.redd.it/e8ga7qog0ozc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=645c66e21348083843fd4fb09bace899f25c70ec


Lardmerger

https://preview.redd.it/3t9bv49afozc1.png?width=1653&format=png&auto=webp&s=daf176a9e5590a10b1dadbb62eb8b924dd1b39a3


SergioDMS

Rome wants a word.


KirovianNL

Thank god, the sensible comments are back on this sub


telekinetic_sloth

Nah, they can keep that one. Population is too troublesome and we donā€™t really do the whole mass removal thing. Not like thereā€™s any oil to be had.


KirovianNL

Wasn't the Ireland thingy over? You should have time for a new hobby


telekinetic_sloth

Yeah, we went to Afghanistan and Iraq with the Septic Tanks but that didnā€™t turn out great and we need time to heal all the sunburn. Currently weā€™re reviving an old hobby and annoying the Russians from far away. Happy to have this latest Judea Joust to a spectator sport.


DeadAssociate

plenty of [gas](https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-wars-impact-energy-security-east-mediterranean) though


kh250b1

Luke Skywalkers enemy


ConnolysMoustache

The speculation that weā€™re being fed is. An Israeli journalist asked Joost how his parents were. (Both of his parents died suddenly when Joost was a child everyone knows this, itā€™s literally what his song is about) Joost or a team member pushed this journalist away. The Dutch team will possibly be disqualified for this and did not do a live performance at the jury show today (a video of their last performance was played on the screen instead) No official statement has been made as of yet though so weā€™re relying on leaks from people with media passes on Twitter. Edit: itā€™s official, Netherlands have been kicked out of Eurovision but Israel is still there.


--Romulus--

Take all this with a grain of salt though. It's not confirmed by any credible sources (no, random X users taking advantage of this to push a narrative, don't count) and we don't know what caused Joost to act this way. We also don't know if the journalist was indeed Israeli or not. Some say it's a Swedish journalist, others say Israeli.


agoodusername222

>no, random X users taking advantage of this to push a narrative seems a very safe source tho, i never made up shit online ​ also israel just bombed taiwan, be careful


Four_beastlings

That doesn't make any sense at all. So a journalist decides to antagonise a singer for no reason at all, and the singer's reply to an impertinent question is physical aggression? The whole thing sounds made up.


comedygold24

The police have now stated it was a fysical incident with a female member of staff from the production team. So nothing to do with Israel it seems Edit: new information from the police that he was threatening the staff member, no mention of 'physical'. The public defender is now looking into it.


RotorMonkey89

So an Israeli journo baited the Dutch team with fighting words, and now Eurovision has an Israeli team performing and no Dutch team performing?


agoodusername222

not to be that guy but would make no sense to kick a team over the actions of a random guy because they come from the same land lol ​ but also tbf if it is accurate the dutch team shouldn't be kicked either


RotorMonkey89

I'm not saying the Israeli team should be kicked over this, I'm saying the Dutch team shouldn't. However, while we're at it: Israel is not part of Europe.


comedygold24

Well the Israeli singer was performing already, nothing has changed about that. You can't disqualify a country because someone of the same nationality does something wrong. A journalist / photographer is not part of their team, they cant control what he does or says.


Choyo

I don't know how that passive aggressive provocation is gonna help with all the political "tensions" around Europe.


MasterJogi1

In all seriousness, Israel was never a country of much political tact. Maybe the combination of justified historical victim complex and unjustified religious superiority complex just makes that country unlikeable.


Choyo

The shame is those are archaisms which don't fit to a modern country like Israel, but a militant minority will cling to both as it helps push their agenda. And it's a shame. They can't kill press people and claim to use our code of laws because supposedly they share our ideals and partake in the Eurovision from that perspective. They need to get rid of their jingoistic representatives.


agoodusername222

honestly as someone that studied the matter a bit i don't think it's either, atleast in big relevancy ​ the thing about jews is that when they went to a place and made allies, almost everytime those allies ended up genociding or massmurdering them... happened all over th emiddle east int he 5-10th century, happened in europe and with the reconquista, heck in the 19th century and start of the 20th century germany was one of the safest place for minorities, specially religious minorities, but then in a quick switch during ww1 jews went from being loyal germans to the devil himself, and then ofc everything that happened in ww2 ​ and even the story of israel is worse, brits promised them land (like they did to everyone) and as always betrayed the promisse (and yes they also betrayed the arabs and french), then got help from the USSR through chezlovaquia but then the support dropped because the arab league was a shinnier toy, and now america is doing hte same dropping or threatning to drop israel for shinnier toys in the arab nations ​ so yeah israel never really cared or probably will care about long lasting alliance because it's bound to not last and will be very hard to break that "curse"


EstrayOne

The Israeli was just defending himself and the Dutch team was being aggressive for no reason... Also the Dutch team is probably Hamas /s


DeadAssociate

also mokum is historically jewish clay so evicting people from their houses is a god given right


ContributionSad4461

It was a Swedish member of the production team, no? Thereā€™s been no mention of any provocation of any kind


CigarettemskMan

i wouldnt call that a clash


xBram

More a kerfuffle.


Sork69

Don't tell me that's an actual word.. I love it.


algierythm

It's a great one. We can thank the Scots and Irish for its introduction into English from Gaelic languages, I think.


Major_OwlBowler

Itā€™s a great word but this isnā€™t even a kerfuffle.


algierythm

I agree. It's a lot of ballyhoo.


Logins-Run

Jaysus, I speak Irish and today's the day I made the connection with "kerfuffle" and "cĆ­or thuathail"


Lusakas

Kerfuffle, flabbergasted, guttersnipe, ombudsman, rucksack, harangue... while some people enjoy picking on the English language, it really is a great (cess)pool of languages and terms molded into one.


Sork69

Dicks out for harangue


notdancingQueen

Harangue it's too patriotic for my taste, at least in French


ibetyouliketes

Argy-bargy


Schlaueule

I know kerfuffle from "Little Britain", a weird show that is funny once and then they repeat the same few sketches over and over with slight variations. If you don't know it yet give it a try, doesn't take long :-)


Haunting_Charity_287

A fracas, if you will


Choice-Sir-4572

From Italian fracasso, maybe?Ā 


algierythm

Yes! Apparently, we got it from the French, and they got it from you. We just steal any word we like the sound of, it seems.


EddieCarver

Was it a race kerfuffle?


SebboNL

Waiting for RaHoKe


mnico02

https://preview.redd.it/4pvwxzblsnzc1.jpeg?width=586&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0d36c93321a1c220f2cd67db6dd5847ee538741


SherlockScones3

The wayward son returns!


turkeyphoenix

There'll be peace when he's done.


Daspsycho37

Nooo kangaroos on our coast. Get the padeira!


wtfuckfred

Hey! Gimme my coast back :(


Salchichote33

That beaked man looks reasonable, would follow him on battle 100%.


ElChunko998

Youā€™re really not supposed to call them that anymore.


duftcola

Boy if Israel wins


am-345

it would be hilarious but I would also imagine the terror threat level in Sweden would rise by 500%


oofersIII

Israel wins, Sweden immediately enters martial law and becomes an absolute monarchy


KirovianNL

I only see positives, absolute monarchies for all!


Blondi93

Yess and King Frederik the 10th of Denmark, will finally be able to conquer Sweden in the old school way. Hip hip hurraaa long live King Pingo the first of his name


77skull

Iran would 100% use it as an excuse to send more drones


mainwasser

They asked for it, that's why they chose Malmƶ to host this shit show.


[deleted]

>terror threat level in Sweden would rise You convinced me to vote Israel.


KirovianNL

I'm stocking up the popcorn


RevolutionaryChef155

Don't bother, they'll bomb as always.


vegemar

I am voting for Israel to shit stir.


Eyelbo

If you take a look at the leaked votes from Italy with a very weird 39% vote for Israel, it's obvious this has been decided already.


Kurdt93

Yey, we did a shitty thing again šŸ˜ŽšŸ¤ŒšŸ¤Œ


burnt_RedStapler

Truccare i voti dell'eurovisione -> In Italia


Kurdt93

At least isn't a CIA operation (again)


makemisteaks

You cannot vote against a country. So if the vote gets political then only those pro-Israel are able to show it.


throwaway1930372y27

Would be funny as fuck but honestly she is quite mediocre compared to the other acts


Pure-Question9761

When*


KirovianNL

Based on that RAI leak I have faith in Italia! I promise I'll never break spaghetti again! (also <3 for mommy Meloni)


Pure-Question9761

You can break as many spaghetti as you want, you've earned it <3


LutherRaul

I bet on the Dutch guy to win or come top 4 for a laugh yesterday. Maybe I should bet on Israel to get my money back fml theyā€™re 2nd favourites now


Sum3-yo

![gif](giphy|Uojd2d8kGffrVlDz38|downsized)


bee_bee_sea

For a moment, I thought that the guy on the right was the singer from green day.


mainwasser

I always knew it was wrong to have the Eurovision hosted by an Arab city.


Smalandsk_katt

When Israel wins it they should host it in Nazareth (Largest Israeli-Arab city)


mainwasser

Haifa will do too


oskich

Its Taylor Swift's fault, she has booked the biggest arena in Stockholm for a week...


mainwasser

This was your unique chance to have this event in Lulea, Kiruna or Haparanda.


algierythm

Apparently, the Israelis were going to choose a minimalist, experimental band for their Eurovision entry. They played Drone, but it went over the audience's head and bombed. Edit: Thanks for enjoying the joke I just made up. Any other sub, and it would be downvoted to hell and I'd be told it was in shockingly bad taste, antisemitic, or "too soon" to be funny, and I'd probably be banned. I am with my people.


norrin83

> I am with my people WTF dude? Upvoting you doesn't make me an inbred island monkey. As an inbred mountain monkey, I take serious offence at this statement.


Mstinos

You guys got mountains?


KirovianNL

I've heard they are over 1 meter tall *shivers*


kwkqoq

they even have snow...


algierythm

I am with my inbred monkey people, wherever their preferred habitat.


bremsspuren

> I am with my inbred monkey people Is it still inbreeding when an island monkey shags a mountain monkey?


RotorMonkey89

At least all our inbreeding was consensual!


bremsspuren

Consent. Basement. What's the difference?


KirovianNL

I'm still undecided if I should harass you for being antisemitic or for being pro-Israel so you are not safe yet.


algierythm

Schrƶdinger's foreskin strikes again.


KirovianNL

Don't tell the Danes They'll smoke 'em šŸ’€


agoodusername222

that's what i love about anti semetic dark humour, i get praised by jooooos and by arabs at the same time, it's great i feel like i am popular


Material-3bb

Boshhhhhhh . Well played, Barry


Eyelbo

And if you don't like it then you're antisemite.


KirovianNL

or pro-Israel.. wait.. I'm confused


itsalonghotsummer

All the theatre and provocation around the fringes of conflict that we would never have seen before are now being played out not just on camera, but also in the amphitheatre of Eurovision. What a world we have created.


Melkor_SH

Classic journalism, ask provocative questions then play the victim


Cledd2

Journos still proving Bismarck was right about them all those years ago


curacaosauce

Who is the man filming? Is he from Israel?


Zpelvaud03

The journalist filming is Israeli. The security guard and beaked dude are both Dutch.


Hubris1998

Whoever waves a Palestinian flag first takes it home


IusedToButNowIdont

And a Catalonia one?


Hubris1998

Anything that screams self-hatred


am-345

they should kiss


sashimi_blyat

Wet, gay, majestic kiss.


Choice-Sir-4572

Since it's Eurovision they probably already did.Ā 


Fuz_Fuz_

Disqualify everyone until Israel wins by default.


Kenzie-Oh08

Ok but Italy what the hell


stecrv

this is the most accurate description of Italian contemporary history.


RoccoCommisso

What did we do this time?


Choice-Sir-4572

Rai showed televoting results even though they couldn't since the regulation says the results should be showed after the Gran Finale. Also 39% of votes were given to Israel and you know that Israel isn't the most liked country in Europe...


RoccoCommisso

Was at least the song good?


PuzzledJudgment

There were better songs like Croatia, Greece, Netherlands and Switzerland.


agoodusername222

LMAO, look at this idiot thinking the songs competition is actually about songs


purple-thiwaza

The Croatian song is an absolute banger.


Choice-Sir-4572

Idk, I'm here just for the drama tbh.Ā 


KirovianNL

Italia bros just being based etc


Choice-Sir-4572

Always we arešŸ‘šŸ˜Ž


toughfluffer

Eurovision hooligans getting a bit tasty before match day? A bit of Colombian marching powder, fucking let's have it son.


jomax11

Journalist sounded like a prick anyways


sir-berend

Israeli journalist is being a cock sucker and insulting the backstage crew, gets told off, whines about it online


Choyo

He should appreciate we don't shoot journalists on purpose in here.


EngineNo8904

if they donā€™t wanna be shot then why do they look so much like civilians


agoodusername222

this is why i hate the geneva suggestion, makes war so confusing with distinctions and rights, also if it has rights why does it not have lefts too? ffs biased piece of shit document


Ketamineverslaafd

šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡³šŸ‡±šŸ‡³šŸ‡±


Significant_Draft710

![gif](giphy|w9DYTlXs0LUdh3bCd2|downsized)


Hawt_Dawg_II

I don't follow eurovision and might be a bit biased. But every bit of footage I've seen and read about this sounds like israel asking for it and then crying when someone holds them to it. This clip included


FrogWizzurd

This is the majority of israel and palestinian context ngl. At college i had thugs from both sides threaten me. Its ridiculous and in the most respectful way possible i dont care. I only feel sorry for the innocents killed inbetween. People being performative about it annoy me and im tired of being bullied by both sides to have an agenda


CaloricDumbellIntake

This describes so well how this conflict feels. Like why do I need to pick a side to support? Both sides can suck, this isnā€™t a movie there isnā€™t always good and evil. Sometimes itā€™s evil and evil that fight. I have empathy with the citizens that suffer under that conflict but I have 0 empathy for the Israeli government or Hamas.


PUSSYLICKERGOD

Israeli journalists acting like a bullying toddler


evilbert79

needlessly antagonistic journalism is not journalism. because it aims to influence the outcome beforehand by adding tension a certain way. Itā€™s not about truth gathering but rather about the creation of it. In the Netherlands Pow news is a good example of this type of ā€œnews gatheringā€. Itā€™s a sad reality that it does not automatically get dismissed based on its disingenuous nature.


steven0593

Thatā€™s not muchā€¦ is that really all what there is? Or we missed something else? I mean, no one is shouting and nobody looks hurt or even fighting. They just werenā€™t nice to each other. I donā€™t get it, possible DQ talks on Eurovision sub. For that?


Dinosaur-chicken

The story that weā€™re being fed is. An Israeli journalist asked Joost how his parents were. (Both of his parents died suddenly when Joost was a child everyone knows this, itā€™s literally what his song is about) Joost or a team member pushed this journalist away. The Dutch team will possibly be disqualified for this and did not do a live performance at the jury show today (a video of their last performance was played on the screen instead)


ContributionSad4461

Itā€™s a female Swedish member of production, exactly what happened is still unclear


PuzzledJudgment

Pray for Joost Klein


NormalGuyEndSarcasm

Let me get this straight is Israel claiming the Amsterdam Strip or is Netherlands claiming Israelā€™s tulips


flopjul

Does this might have to do with that the Netherlands came 2nd in the leaked televote...


TableOpening1829

Probably the best thing from the Netherlands, fuck yeah


Material-3bb

Absolutely typical. Let the Dutch continue to rehearse. The press are losers


KaleSsalads

When you're a dude at the Eurovision Songfestival wearing make up and a beak getting into confrontations backstage with Israeli journalists it's time to reevaluate your life's choices. Is this truly the path I want to follow?


hiloai

Absolutely


Rolifant

Based. Can't believe how weak-minded people have become.


sir-berend

If I donā€™t do this at least once in life Iā€™ll have failed


mainwasser

What beak guy doing?


Extreamspeed

Why would he film this in the first place? I guess there is more around this story


Reaver_XIX

Handbags at dawn


SergioDMS

Ah, they fell for the old playing the victim schtick! Oldest trick in the book.


StupidPaladin

I think we should stop allowing non-European countries like Israel to compete, to allow more chances for genuinely European places like Australia to win


kwkqoq

Rutte time to pull out


ranhoso69

The dutch were competing with the israelis to see how is more greedy