There's no aurora activity where I am, as far as I can tell.

That's probably fine, because I saw how Night of the Comet (1984) started

If any of y'all start getting real thirsty after watching the lights, be sure to moisturize

Finally got around to watching Gentlemen Broncos and holy crap it's so dumb yet also extremely my kind of bullshit

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Okay, wild: can’t see much with my plain eyeballs but apparently night mode on my phone is picking up shenanigans

Pretty dang cool, even if it’s not as well defined or bright as elsewhere

eurovision; israel

Huh, weird choice doing a pop act in front of an active stargate

Dang, beefy dudes flashing ass and doing drop splits is a vibe for Spain. I'm also a sucker for a keytar

One of these acts is not like the others

(yeah sorry my tv has subtitles on)

@astronomerritt Yeah, I hadn't even heard of Bambie Thug til I heard the song and now they're pretty much my favorite. Love the song, the visuals, everything

Lionel Ritchie danced on the ceiling in the 80s so hot UK boxers could pinball off the walls in 2024

Italy's entry sounds like the song choice for a whimsical chase through a city in tiny cars like in Argyle or something

Serbia reminds me that I think I just don't like ballads much in general, not even from goth girls in ring mail

OH HECK YEAH IT'S WINDOWS95MAN

WINDOWS95MAN: simultaneously SO MUCH DENIM yet so little pants

Seriously, you can't follow that much denim with a ballad :sadcowblob:​

Alright, Armenia is fun & boppy as heck

Cyprus seems like Inception Britney Spears? BWOMMMMMP

I have to say I'm a sucker for tight timing between choreography and visuals, though

Nemo for Switzerland is really acing this with a great song and amazing parkour stagework 👍

Baby Lasagna from Croatia, a pirate who's a big boy now. Digging it.

Does the drummer for Croatia have doilies on the cymbals?

I want to see a fight scene in The Witcher or something with Georgia's backup dancers

Failed to prevent Catsby from getting a mouthful of my lunch, which had pepper relish from Jojo's here in .

Their pepper relish is... challenging. He just sneezed and started running through the house 😓

Another ballad, time to freshen my drink

Austria sounds to me like an Amiga mod from the 90s.

Like, I'm totally going to open Austria's entry in OctaMod and see all the greetz in the sample names

I can't imagine Estonia is going to win, but they're going on my heavy rotation playlist this summer

I would totally go see Bambie Thug and Gåte together on tour

I''m indecisive... Mainly Ireland and then Finland, Croatia, Switzerland, Norway but also Estonia & Armenia

Wait... computer-generated ABBA? weiiird uncanny valley no me gusta

The only good thing that could come out of CGI ABBA is maybe some limited edition Fortnite skins

Just imagine running around in Fortnite as Björn Ulvaeus with a rocket launcher

Loreen looks how I'd picture an Ultranaut from Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space books.

This is probably too weird a reference, but this is how I'd picture the bridge of a Lighthugger to look

revelationspace.fandom.com/wik

the results of the grand final result from the department of redundancy department

Absolutely Fabulous choice to deliver results from the UK

@rolle I literally WTF'd out loud

I don't know what chaos is going on with Malta but I don't hate it?

I gotta say I don't hate how overjoyed Nemo of Switzerland looks

eurovision; israel

awwwwwkward boos

KEYTAR FROM AUSTRALIA

Is there a 10-second delay on so they can catch anyone saying anything untoward?

oh shit it almost got political for a second there with austria

did she just say Nemo stinks?

oh, Norway :sadness:​

zero points for UK, holy crap

holy shit, where did those 300 points come from for stargate pop

337 points to the big boy pirate of Croatia, that rules

not discounting the 307 to ukraine, but I liked their past years' entries way better

anticip--

--pation, 200+ (uninteligible) points to Nemo of Switzerland! Woo!

I still would have much preferred to in Ireland, but Nemo really performed their adorable little heart out on that stage for Switzerland

Pretty great to see Bambie Thug hyping Nemo up from the stands, though

Guess they don't build them prizes to last like a crown

@astronomerritt best of luck and, uh, no spewing

@valendia yesssss

Welp, went for a 15 mile bike ride in the sun and got back in time to watch most of Eurovision, pretty good for a Saturday so far. Now time to see about dinner.

@Aaronvegh (eurovision)

2024/05/12