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Eurovision Countdown 24 – Israel according to Mo

I feel compelled to address the calls for boycotting the contest over Israel’s participation. The suffering inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli government is a...

Eurovision Babylon 2019 – We are family

Time for your occasional slice of gossip. We lift the Eurovision log and see what crawls out. Oh, father! You can choose your friends, but not...
Kobi

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 21 – Israel

Netta’s 'Toy' tapped into the zeitgeist of global feminist politics of 2018, hot on the back of #MeToo, and seemed a timely winner. The...

Making up the numbers.

I can't win whatever I write - so am writing nothing.  It's entered, it's here - you choose what you do with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYn09tuPw4&pp=ygUWSXNyYWVsIEV1cm92aXNpb24gMjAyNA%3D%3D

20 September – The darkness is sharp as a razor

For some, Eurovision is just a sideshow. These performers are already massive stars, and they take the Golden Ticket to burnish their credentials as...

Israel – Hmmmm

The stage seems too big for her at the start of the song and it continues to swallow her throughout the opening 45 seconds...

Not so good. Not so good.

Embed from Getty Images Only saw a couple of run-throughs of Israel, and he seems to be trying a bit harder and it's not helping....

Is Israel still the hot favourite?

Israel – the hot favourite! Ooh yes! The staging is a treat! Netta is flanked by a couple of shelving units featuring an array...
Michael Ben David

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 20 – Israel

Michael Ben David - I.M I've seen lads fucking under towpaths on Manchester's Canal Street and that was less gay than Michael Ben David's Israeli...

Those crazy Israeli’s have chosen… on a Monday!

Despite everything being weird in Israel, clearly they are no respecter of Eurovision norms by having what (sort of) passes for their 'National Final'...