I just got a YouTube ad asking me to vote for a Eurovision contestant, no country mentioned. I looked it up. It’s Israel. They’re running paid ads to win votes while hiding who they are. You can’t whitewash genocide with a song. Especially when the song is trash 🗑️ - ThreadSky

miriamboosh.bsky.social • 5 days ago

I just got a YouTube ad asking me to vote for a Eurovision contestant, no country mentioned. I looked it up. It’s Israel. They’re running paid ads to win votes while hiding who they are. You can’t whitewash genocide with a song. Especially when the song is trash 🗑️

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monsoonrains.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•5 days ago

@miriamboosh.bsky.social Trash. Well, I mean, it is a Eurovision song. Basically implied? 😅

That's still pretty vomit worthy though. Not only the genocide, but also now they've reminded me Eurovision is a thing. Ergh.

busygranof6.bsky.social•5 days ago

Shouldn’t be in it at all.

lisaharald.com•5 days ago

I'm honestly still baffled that paid ad campaigns to vote for a specific entry isn't against the rules, when it's so blatantly against the supposed spirit of the competition. It's unsuprising that Israel has no shame about exploiting it.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah it feels so wrong. Apparently they did it last year as well. But if they won’t disqualify them for genocide I doubt they’ll disqualify them for paid ads

why-not-zoidberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

The rules used to be so much stricter, but after Reality TV became a thing, it all became a game show instead of a cultural melting pot / show case as it was supposed to be.

Also known as Yay, Capitalism.

rozengermain.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm surprised that isn't more than enough cause for disqualification! Like... many Europeans hate Israel among the general population, they are desperate for EU people's approval aren't they?

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

ithildancer.com•5 days ago

Also, the biggest sponsor of Eurovision is Moroccanoil, which is israeli owned.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

Ah, ok, well that is not surprising at all

tintelinus.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think it would be possible to find another sponsor if it was just that.

A bigger issue iirc is Germany has said they will leave if Israel is kicked. Germany pay far more than MorrocanOil does.

renatevanstigt.bsky.social•5 days ago

De hoofdsponsor is Marocconoil uit Israël.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

The fact that a tonne of money was probably pumped into a think tank and this is the PR strategy they came up with says everything about how vapid, shallow and selfish we are in the West. We let Qatar sportswash literal slave labour and anyone still watching Eurovision is helping whitewash genocide

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

I still can’t believe Israel are in the EUROvision. I literally can’t stomach watching it know they are allowing a rogue genocidal nation compete, and one that’s not even IN EUROPE.

why-not-zoidberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

1. I agree. Israel, Russia, Turkey and a few others should not be allowed to compete by virtue of being genocidal and / or dictatorships.

2. However, for other people wondering: It is actually not the continent, it's the European Broadcasting Union:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest

nameless-weevil.bsky.social•5 days ago

There's been a decades long effort in the West (driven by Atlantacists and the right) to whitewash and normalize Israeli war crimes, essentially a conspiracy to normalize racism and colonialism (and now genocide). Eurovision membership for Israel was one part of that but phenomenon is much bigger.

nameless-weevil.bsky.social•5 days ago

The EU establishment looks at Israeli apartheid and its murderous policy towards its neighbours and sees the future. Every year we ourselves try to drown migrants in the Mediterranean as a deterrent and trap them in refugee camps where conditions are made punitively inhumane.
We're in a bad place.

username246.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think the song is beautiful. She gets my vote.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

manofbeerd.bsky.social•5 days ago

That account appears to be a bot, but I could be wrong

why-not-zoidberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, it smells like a bot, looks like a bot... Blocked now.

michaelc123.bsky.social•5 days ago

A Brit support colonial genocide, not surprising at all. 🙄

sidewalkslam.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's absolutely shit. Just a slow plodding beat with uninspired vocals artificially crescendoing to.... nothing. and the music video really gives "tomorrow belongs to me" vibes.

scorchtheground.bsky.social•5 days ago

Oh wow...that's shameless af of them. Not shocked, but it's definitely shameless.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

So shameless like actually appalling but what else would we expect

catgirlfingies.quest•3 days ago

And they still lost lmao

miriamboosh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Loool not enough money in the world

batoukitay.bsky.social•5 days ago

Mind you there are not even qualified for the final yet.

macoud12.live•5 days ago

@avrotros.bsky.social, kaart dit even aan bij de EBU.

paarsec.com•5 days ago

It happened last year too, I got a ton of ads. Fucking disgraceful

seriousanddeep.bsky.social•5 days ago

The I*****i entry is always the time for a piss break, IMO.

ohgodwhatdoiput.bsky.social•5 days ago

Lad at work is a Eurovision fan, he was telling me about the thousands of votes they get because they ask people to buy foreign sim cards by the dozen to vote.

So lame.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

Pathetic

blyons.bsky.social•4 days ago

They’re obviously trying not to finish in last place. They may get some (bought) telephone votes, but I can’t imagine any juries voting for them, except maybe Hungary or someone. I hope every last shekel they spent on this is wasted.

elmcitytree.bsky.social•5 days ago

This seems like a good place for this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGs4MCeI_VX/?igsh=MTMyZDV3MmU5NjRsag==

krabbatt.bsky.social•5 days ago

Not surprised at all

kariim.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is so pathetic

chickyholic.bsky.social•3 days ago

😮 That is appalling😡. Surely that sort of begging for votes isn't legit? If it is it should be banned on so many grounds.

aquedita.bsky.social•5 days ago

yes, I noticed their song has been popping up in my YT ads with the tiniest of flags in the corner of the screen. utterly shameful. they ought to be disqualified.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

They should have never been in it in the first place but once they started bombing children they definitely should have been disqualified

beritrekve.bsky.social•5 days ago

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carlmarxman.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sigh

Of course.

waynetalbot.bsky.social•5 days ago

They did this the last time as well which is how the managed to place at all. Targeting all social media platforms. They essentially paid members of the public to vote for their entry.

lisagrimm.com•5 days ago

Hoping it gets fewer votes than last year's entry, which, though it still shouldn't have been there, was at least a better song. This one has real 'written by AI' vibes on top of all the rest.

miriamboosh.bsky.social•5 days ago

It would be so on brand if it was written by ai. Soulless

starlightpl.bsky.social•5 days ago

I like how her hands look bloody in the screenshot.

samaaraa.bsky.social•5 days ago

With fucking Israel in it, the show can not become any more political. For them it is a powerplay, they pay millions to cheat and win and then pretend to be loved and accepted!

Don’t forget how last year the crowd was censored in favor of the genocider!

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