Recent content by crals

Happy that you like it, but this song isn't Fado... it's a power ballad with a bit of a Portuguese folk touch.

You must be from Lisbon :P Of course regional voting is a thing

It wasn't a boycott. RTP withdrew in 2013 due to financial issues and in 2016 because they wanted to take a break to rethink and revamp the national selection format. It's a coincidence that Sweden was the host both times. In 2018 SVT helped RTP with their ESC hosting even.

Latvia is not Belarus, the broadcaster wouldn't cancel a NF winner because they don't like the song. And obviously the band would not agree to sell out for ESC, and if they did the result would not have been good. Anyway, this was a beautiful little song. Reaching the final seemed like a long...

"He" is a band, hard rock isn't their music genre and the broadcaster couldn't and shouldn't do anything about it.

She was not the jury favorite in the semi either. They just happened to like other songs more. It happens.

This is one of the strangest fanfictions I've ever read. None of this is even close to reality.

Why would a brutal dictatorship get a special invitation? My guess is 39, same countries as 2022 but either Azerbaijan getting kicked out or Armenia withdrawing.

Imagine being this delusional

It's only been 2 years since Telemóveis...

I always find it ironic how the ESC fans who complain about pretentiousness and elitism come across as pretentious and elitist in their gatekeeping and condescendence towards the fandom they are themselves part of. Anyway I believe LIOMS will qualify, though reaching the same heights as APD is...