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Who will be the epic flop of Eurovision 2016?

nikolay_BG

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Hating one specific Russian and hating Russia shouldn't be conflated. For example, I still love Bulgaria!

Hating a Russian person because he comes from Russia is xenophobia. Russia and Bulgaria are not the same countries and are not actually close. Even in the Slavic world we are totally different. We have a different language, different culture and cuisine. The only similarity that we have with Russians is that they use our alphabet. Bulgaria is the typical Balkan country while Russia is...well...Russia.

There are a lot of things I disagree with Russia but that doesn't mean that I should hate everything Russian, right? It's not in the spirit of Eurovision.
 

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Hating a Russian person because he comes from Russia is xenophobia. Russia and Bulgaria are not the same countries and are not actually close. Even in the Slavic world we are totally different. We have a different language, different culture and cuisine. The only similarity that we have with Russians is that they use our alphabet. Bulgaria is the typical Balkan country while Russia is...well...Russia.

There are a lot of things I disagree with Russia but that doesn't mean that I should hate everything Russian, right? It's not in the spirit of Eurovision.

I think you missed the point of his message...

Moreover, I still don't quite see, in accordance with the definition of xenophobia you just provided, what exactly Chorizo said that you could call xenophobic!
 

Chorizo

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On an unrelated note, what's the word for someone who is obsessed with the idea that Western Europeans hate everything about Eastern Europe?
 

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On an unrelated note, what's the word for someone who is obsessed with the idea that Western Europeans hate everything about Eastern Europe?

Paranoid delusions? :p
 

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I have a feeling that :bg: and :mt: will flop. They won't qualify or do poorly in the Final.
 

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In semi 1 is many songs who could flop.
Estonia, Czech Republic, Iceland, Malta, Azerbaijan, Greece, Croatia and Bosnia is all songs who could flop either history or after what fans/odds think
 

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Right now I would say

:az: The first rehearsal wasn't good at all.

:es: It might not be that impressive...
 

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I think surprisingly neither :ru: or :fr: will win, but still end up in top 5, which isn't really considered a flop (especially not for :fr: !), but as a battle between those two countries is expected..
 

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It hurts to say this ...but I fear it could be :hr: xcry1
 

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:hr: despite the fact that I don't like the song, I never saw why it's overhyped by many people. It screams a flop for me, but we'll see how it goes.

P.S. It's nothing to do with the dress everybody is taljing about, I haven't even seen it as I try to avoid gossips, reviews and clips of rehearsals.
 

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How would you classify a flop for Estonia this year? A lot of people (including myself) think that they may end up staying in the semis, and at this point I don't see too many people expecting a top 10 or anything. They'd have to score pretty damn low to do significantly worse than their current expectations.
 

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Iceland is the winner here. Also Estonia and Bosnia/greece is flopping this year in the semifinal
 
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