Recent content by Lance Esgard

Wishing him all the luck but unless and until it happens, it feels like it is too good to be(come) true.

You can hear it in recent performances. His performance at The Voice Belgium here has better sound quality than the pre-party performances.

I agree that it was the right approach not to say directly that we have dismissed entire jury votes that are rigged. I disagree that saying nothing was the perfect approach instead of some delicate wording perhaps along the lines of 'there was an issue that come up but it has been addressed and...

The EBU being condescending is nothing new. There was that time that Osterdahl declared on air that everything was fine and then the voting process had 'technical difficulties' that saw Osterdahl have to announce the jury votes himself. As it turned out, it was not because of a failure to...

In a way, his ghost is already present in the staging. It haunts those light tubes, which was after all the entirety of Ingrosso's staging.

I am for now having less negative feelings about the potential of a future Tiktok ban by certain nations.

The Irish selection process and the typical audience thereof is precisely why this song may not be as divisive as it may appear to be from within the Eurovision bubble.

Personally I find the national final performing a bit depressing because it reminds of how Microsoft used to have a proper logo that was distinctive and aesthetically appealing instead of the blandest of logos it has today.

The Guinness at least isn't too hard to imagine sometimes, given the shitposting.

I suspect there is one height Hera won't need to be scared of: reaching a high position in the Eurovision leaderboard.

Oh, it isn't!?! I had assumed it was some kind of metaphor. What is the real lyric there?

For Croatia, I just worked out that 'and I assault my cow' may really have been 'and I sold my cow' all along. If this is misheard, then both Matt and Roy also misheard this.

This is also a big reason why there is a segment of fans, myself included who find this to be a particularly weak year, despite in some ways having increased musical diversity.

Would they consider anything to do with the fan media to be a big change though? Such changes in the past don't seem to have been treated as big announcements. I hope it isn't the announcement of another sponsor, which as we have seen recently with that cruise ship thing is considered by them...

I stand corrected. Not being particularly familiar with Portuguese music, I conflated Portuguese folk music in general with Fado in general. Thanks for adding to my knowledge.