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Belarus BELARUS 2019 - ZENA - Like It

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I cannot believe she brought viktor drobysh to tel aviv. They should be ashamed, but they obviously don't care. Every year there is one homophobic singer. Like Dana International said love is love and knows no boundaries. :cool:
 
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Also liked this better than Cyprus, and this song was probably in my bottom 5 before I saw the live performance... But it just had a special feel, energy, spark, without taking itself too seriously. She's incredibly charismatic and convincing and it's sort of unbelievable for her age, honestly felt like it was her concert, she just owned it without any hint of fear. Honestly the best performance after Australia.
 
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MalagaToledo said:
I cannot believe she brought viktor drobysh to tel aviv. They should be ashamed, but they obviously don't care. Every year there is one homophobic singer. Like Dana International said love is love and knows no boundaries. :cool:
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You know that Eurovision is about music, and he is the producer? What should they do? :lol:

To the topic: I was positively surprised by the performance... still don't think that the song is very impressive, but the stage performance definitely was worth qualifying.
 
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Paddy said:
You know that Eurovision is about music, and he is the producer? What should they do? :lol:

To the topic: I was positively surprised by the performance... still don't think that the song is very impressive, but the stage performance definitely was worth qualifying.
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Regardless of his role unless he is singer or backing singer, he is not obliged to be there. As far as I know producers of AUT 2014 werent also there. But this is more of principles. If they had to hold any high moral standards, they wouldn't even think to bring him there. If he had moral standards, he wouldn't have come to upset ppl. It's like there are 2 people that are in bad relationship like neighbours and that neighbours still crosses your private possession even though u are in bad terms.

Regarding the performance, it was messy, over the top, distracting and repetitive. Are u gonna like it x200. OK we got it. We disliked it. The background was for headache and seizure, her song is early 2000 suitable more for junior esc.
 
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MalagaToledo said:
I cannot believe she brought viktor drobysh to tel aviv. They should be ashamed, but they obviously don't care. Every year there is one homophobic singer. Like Dana International said love is love and knows no boundaries. :cool:
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Oh dear, let it be. Måns said homosexuality is abnormal, and he is an icon for the fans. The power of not being ugly or Eastern European.
 
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MalagaToledo said:
Regarding the performance, it was messy, over the top, distracting and repetitive. Are u gonna like it x200. OK we got it. We disliked it. The background was for headache and seizure, her song is early 2000 suitable more for junior esc.
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Nice that u speak for everyone. It seemed there were people that liked it, otherwise it would't qualify. And for the rest of the story: She is a 16 year old performer and she never said anything homophobic herself. Isn't it Eurovision fans that always say it's about the music and it should unite people?
 
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Oh dear, let it be. Måns said homosexuality is abnormal, and he is an icon for the fans. The power of not being ugly or Eastern European.
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Mans is an icon for the fans? Which fans do u mean, gay fans or straight fans? Because I never changed my opinion abt him, and him blocking me on Instagram also won't change my opinion abt him. Since I first heard abt him in 2015, I hold same opinion abt him. And if there are gays who support him, that tells more about them and I don't want to know abt them.

Ontopic i forgot to mention zena's outfit. Already said what I think abt that performance. The outfit is atrocious. Nevertheless, I will go to YouTube to listen to her grand final perf. After Saturday night to give one big Dislike it button. :cool:
 
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MalagaToledo said:
Mans is an icon for the fans? Which fans do u mean, gay fans or straight fans? Because I never changed my opinion abt him, and him blocking me on Instagram also won't change my opinion abt him. Since I first heard abt him in 2015, I hold same opinion abt him. And if there are gays who support him, that tells more about them and I don't want to know abt them.

Ontopic i forgot to mention zena's outfit. Already said what I think abt that performance. The outfit is atrocious. Nevertheless, I will go to YouTube to listen to her grand final perf. After Saturday night to give one big Dislike it button. :cool:
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I think it's clear you dislike the song and the performance, which is fine, but using that and external factors to attack a 16 year old girl doesn't reflect great on you.
 
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Gabe said:
I think it's clear you dislike the song and the performance, which is fine, but using that and external factors to attack a 16 year old girl doesn't reflect great on you.
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I'm not attacking anyone. I just share my opinion like everyone else. Wt. her age has anything to do with all of this? If she thought she was too young and couldn't handle critics (positive or negative) she shouldn't have applied for esc. She should already learn now that she is famous in her country that not everyone will be on her side in this world. Especially if she holds views that are damaging to entire community. She didn't condemn viktor's views and she brought him to tel aviv. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Have a nice day!
 
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I actually like this and the Cyprus one, they had their own qualities. Cyprus more professional I suppose, this one had a freshness.
 
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MalagaToledo said:
I'm not attacking anyone. I just share my opinion like everyone else. Wt. her age has anything to do with all of this? If she thought she was too young and couldn't handle critics (positive or negative) she shouldn't have applied for esc. She should already learn now that she is famous in her country that not everyone will be on her side in this world. Especially if she holds views that are damaging to entire community. She didn't condemn viktor's views and she brought him to tel aviv. Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Have a nice day!
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I understand your point of view, but I think it's unfair to superimpose Drobysh's views on her, since at 16 you can hardly blame her for them. Plus, it'll be her management company making the big decisions in terms of who is where and when. (I think it's very questionable to hold people her age accountable in any case, when I was 16 I was a complete dumbass :lol:)
 
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Not gonna lie, I thought this was dead on arrival! It was so visually noisy and chaotic (the backing acrobats? seemed to be totally out of sync with each other) but Zena sold the crap out of it. Maybe the juries liked it? I was a huge fan in the run-up and it's fallen off for me a bit unfortunately.

WAY better than Tamta though
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I think I remember reading or hearing somewhere that it's on purpose. The guys are not dancers, they are trickers. The whole staging is supposed to be an impromptu good times shared by friends.
 
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MalagaToledo said:
Mans is an icon for the fans? Which fans do u mean, gay fans or straight fans? Because I never changed my opinion abt him, and him blocking me on Instagram also won't change my opinion abt him. Since I first heard abt him in 2015, I hold same opinion abt him. And if there are gays who support him, that tells more about them and I don't want to know abt them.

Ontopic i forgot to mention zena's outfit. Already said what I think abt that performance. The outfit is atrocious. Nevertheless, I will go to YouTube to listen to her grand final perf. After Saturday night to give one big Dislike it button. :cool:
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IZ HE GAN LIKE IT? Yes. So glad this made it over literally everything else. xheart Let's break ze rules and WIN, ZENA!
 
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This was in my bottom 5 after seeing the NF. But I have to admit that Zena improved tons... and the staging worked; youthful, fresh and contemporary. So I guess it should not be a surprise that it did qualify.
But personally I would rather put this on the NQ list, and give another song a chance in the final.
 
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