As the announcements for the contest’s next edition in Vienna are rolling out, the future is not looking good…
0:00 - The make-or-break year?
1:27 - Boycott pressure
6:40 - Muting the audience
9:24 - No critics allowed
14:28 - Audience protests
17:26 - Spanish commentators threatened
21:04 - Israel’s astroturfing campaign
24:27 - Streaming vs. televote success
26:08 - Spoofing the voting app
29:26 - Why vote for Israel?
32:51 - Make-or-break: the answer
Oof. That’s a well-made summary of everything going on with Eurovision for the past years. Really curious to see how the current situation of a whole bunch of countries threatening to pull out will play out.