Tag: Eurovision Song Contest

Did you watch Eurovision 2019 this past weekend? If you live in North America, the answer is most likely “no.” The world’s largest music event (last count was 180 million viewers worldwide) is not broadcast here. The only possibility would have involved finding a TV station somewhere on Earth that live-streamed the show on their Web site, and then using a VPN to sign on and watch it. Although who would do such a thing? That’s illegal. For the uninitiated,...

At yesterday’s Eurovision Song Contest Grand final in Tel Aviv, Israel, Madonna surprised viewers with a brief call for unity between Isreal and Palestine during the climax of her new song, “Future” — a call for unity which caught contest organizers and broadcasters by surprise. The Guardian says that as she and her guest star Quavo sang, “Not everyone is coming to the future / Not everyone is learning from the past,” two of her dancers – one wearing a costume...