The Eurovision Contest

Ditto. I don't know which singer Portugal used but it should have been Luisa Sobral whom is like an indie singer, not very well known but extremely talented. Luisa's music sounds like butter on bread, that damn good.

She also sings in French and English, if I recall correctly.

And if Canada (French side) were to get into this contest, Pirate de Coeur would be perfect. I'd watch just for these two musicians.

Almost left this one one. America? Ellie Goulding.

This last one I became a fan of after hearing it on Encore Radio (Texas). It took me sometime to find out who sang it as I didn't know.

Well, these are my picks. ^_^

Oh yeah, Spexy, I don't know how that annoying song won the content. It was absolutely horrible, repetitive and dull but somehow "different." Sigh.

Eurovision Contest should just end. Next year it won't even be in a European country.

Rockman lol it’s only a matter of time before they do one from space

Rockman It won because of the message behind it apparently. The song was about body positivity and the #metoo movement. Not that I got any of that from the song, but that is what I read. The song is horrible, there were much better ones that deserved to win.

This would have kinda made sense as a joke viral song on YouTube but for an actual contest? What the hell. Quality music gets replaced with garbage like this.

Anyway, imo, most radio stations are also pretty crappy which is why I stick to just Encore Radio (US) and Cadena Dial (Spain). Dunno about a good UK station but they just play American music either way.

Rockman Kerrang Radio https://planetradio.co.uk/kerrang/player/

Sure, but the way folks described the winning song just didn't do a precise job at it. It's a messy, incoherent song but.. uh, you know, it's different.

Rockman It might have been different, but it was not a winning song! It is supposed to be a song about empowerment, that message did not get across. What I remember most about it is the chicken dance and the weird sounds she made. I certainly didn't hear any message within it.

It is about women equality issues, powerful women, so hot topic nowadays,that is what people say.

All of the other songs were better XD

AgnesFaludi I agree it is a hot topic, but not sure that the song got that message across. The other songs were much better.

MrsCraig it honestly sounded a bunch of gibberish to me with toy cats in the background. How it won.. that's a mystery.

AgnesFaludi Ellie Goulding, Coeur de Pirate and/or Luisa Sobral would have done a much better job at that. Than, uh, this 'talented' singer.

Rockman Ellie can not sing....uggggggggggggggghhhhh.....she has so many effects on her voice, that anyone could do that.

Any ways, seems like the level of the show went down so we need to send Honey G if we want to win anything there XD..

AgnesFaludi agree to disagree there but at least Ellie's lyrics are clear, precise and straightforward.

Since you brought up the women equality thing, I've seen a ton of cafe bars (Iberian Europe) that specifically ask for female employees than male. Women already have equality in the West but people in US, CA, FR and UK keep protesting it like they don't.

I can't blame these cafe owners to prefer female employees to male ones as it makes the place a little bit nicer in a way. Tbh, I can't remember too many cafes with male cashiers, oh well.

Same goes for supermarket stores, too. And etc.

Life is good in the West. Enjoy it.