Eurovision 2021

[Josquius]

I checked Italy song.
Its weird. Doesn't match how they look.
But seems alright.
Its notable when a country does something proper and non eurovisionny they win. Yet they keep sending europop crap.
Iceland should have won though. Apparently they couldn't take part so had to send a recording?

[Legbiter]

Apparently they couldn't take part so had to send a recording?

Yeah they just got out of quarantine after one contestant got covid. ESC used a recording from their second rehearsal.

[Sheilbh]

Bit of online goss:

An audit has been opened into how Malta spent its €650,000 Eurovision publicity budget. There's mounting suspicion that a significant chunk of it was used to place big bets on their own entry in order to improve its odds.

[Josephus]

Malta is becoming one of the most corrupt countries in the world 

There's nothing they do anymore that doesn't smell of something odd.

[celedhring]

Bit of online goss:

An audit has been opened into how Malta spent its €650,000 Eurovision publicity budget. There's mounting suspicion that a significant chunk of it was used to place big bets on their own entry in order to improve its odds.

It's an awful employment of public moneys, but it's probably an effective move when you think about it coldly  They successfully generated a narrative that Malta was one of the frontrunners.