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Romania ROMANIA 2019 - Ester Peony - On a Sunday

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RainyWoods

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Unless there's photographic evidence of Ester Peony handing over sacks of money to the jurors, they just can't disqualify her. It would be a abhorrently deplorable move. I heard about a minute of the studio version of On a Sunday before the final and turned it off as I thought it wasn't for me. Meanwhile I was captivated by Ester when watching her perform the winners reprise of the song. Opinions change. For sure jurors have the capability of being dodgy but we haven't invented mind reading machines yet. TVR have no one to blame for this outcome but themselves. Don't rob a girl of her dreams cause YOU fudged it up.
 

Mrm

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Unless there's photographic evidence of Ester Peony handing over sacks of money to the jurors, they just can't disqualify her. It would be a abhorrently deplorable move. I heard about a minute of the studio version of On a Sunday before the final and turned it off as I thought it wasn't for me. Meanwhile I was captivated by Ester when watching her perform the winners reprise of the song. Opinions change. For sure jurors have the capability of being dodgy but we haven't invented mind reading machines yet. TVR have no one to blame for this outcome but themselves. Don't rob a girl of her dreams cause YOU fudged it up.

Exactly, they wanted the game with WiWi, why they have started that game at all.. :?
 

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Honestly this mob mentality that results in BULLYING contestants for *daring* to be liked by jurors is D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G and an affront to human nature. Those are the rules of the National Finals and while questionable, they are what they are. Complain beforehand if you must, but don't go around launching smear campaigns afterwards because you didn't fucking get your way, like a toddler whose been denied candy. The Cyberbully mobs already forced Petruska out of A Dal with flimsy plagiarism claims, they almost destroyed Mahmood as well (with an unpleasant tinge of xenophobia in the mix, although Mahmood was born in Milan, has an Italian first name and is probably fucking Christian anyway???) and I swear if they try to do the same thing to Ester...

Cowardly and vile human behavour, that's what it is! Sore losers, the lot of them! For fucking SHAME.
 

MyHeartIsYours

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This song is really quite dreadful - when it first starts it sounds quite promising, by the last chorus you're like please end! 1 point for Romania.
 

lavieenrose

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Honestly this mob mentality that results in BULLYING contestants for *daring* to be liked by jurors is D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G and an affront to human nature. Those are the rules of the National Finals and while questionable, they are what they are. Complain beforehand if you must, but don't go around launching smear campaigns afterwards because you didn't fucking get your way, like a toddler whose been denied candy. The Cyberbully mobs already forced Petruska out of A Dal with flimsy plagiarism claims, they almost destroyed Mahmood as well (with an unpleasant tinge of xenophobia in the mix, although Mahmood was born in Milan, has an Italian first name and is probably fucking Christian anyway???) and I swear if they try to do the same thing to Ester...

Cowardly and vile human behavour, that's what it is! Sore losers, the lot of them! For fucking SHAME.

Co-fucking-sign with the concurrence that it is possible to be caustic, VERY caustic even, without doing the kinds of things that make contestants afraid to show themselves on TV. What the actual hell.
 

Leydan

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I am by no means thrilled with the winner choice, but the fact she is getting bullied online to a point where she wont even appear on tv is disgusting, idk about in other countries but here online bullying is illegal. Not saying we should all be calling the police rn, but it's a very serious thing to do and those people should think carefully about what they say - it's easy to act brave behind the comfort of a keyboard. Even more so, TVR should absolutely not disqualify Ester simply for winning a contest under their trash rule system they put in themselves to have more control over who wins. It may have backfired from what they want, but they've made their bed so they better lay in it. Ester hasn't broken any rules, even if the points on jury questionability stand she should be going to Tel Aviv. She is ultimately the biggest victim in all of this. Some people act as if 'Euphoria' lost the NF to 'Still in love with you' by Electro Velvet (and actually on that point, they got so much hate online back in 2015 that after ESC Bianca Nicholls quit singing).
 

Alaska49

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also like... how did they not have their desired result with A JURY-HEAVY FORMAT lmao. what kind of incompetence? even montenegro was able to submit us to the downright lie that lea sirk would ever pick that fucking abomination as her favourite song. i don't believe for a second they are actually investigating shit. they wanted the format to pick whoever they wanted, they chose ester and didn't think it would raise this big of a stink. that's that on that. it is pretty insidious to let it fall on william and deban only.
 

lavieenrose

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also like... how did they not have their desired result with A JURY-HEAVY FORMAT lmao. what kind of incompetence? even montenegro was able to submit us to the downright lie that lea sirk would ever pick that fucking abomination as her favourite song. i don't believe for a second they are actually investigating shit. they wanted the format to pick whoever they wanted, they chose ester and didn't think it would raise this big of a stink. that's that on that. it is pretty insidious to let it fall on william and deban only.

But Alaskaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Some random man on the internet who probably doesn't know William or Deban thanked them for tanking a performer with homophobic statements in her past by *checks notes* putting her midfield (as no shortage of people on THIS VERY FORUM did)! OBVIOUSLY they ruined everything by being Homophobic-Phobic!

EDIT: *checks notes* is just an objectively funny thing to say. I rectified my missed opportunity.
 

Alaska49

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But Alaskaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Some random man on the internet who probably doesn't know William or Deban thanked them for tanking a performer with homophobic statements in her past by *checks notes* putting her midfield (as no shortage of people on THIS VERY FORUM did)! OBVIOUSLY they ruined everything by being Homophobic-Phobic!

EDIT: *checks notes* is just an objectively funny thing to say. I rectified my missed opportunity.
your notes were incomplete though! it's Midfield. with random capitalization. unless it is used in its longer form, Table-midfield (hyphen optional). you did get the capitalization exactly right on Homophobic-Phobic though, so props.
 

LontraCanadensis

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Also, I think it should be said that it's pretty...telling that only William and Deban are being attacked for the jury result despite there being two others who gave Ester 12s and put Laura in the middle of their ranking : )
 

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Noone hates William and Deban for their 12s to Ester per se.
But for their Sudden 180 Degree Mindchange about Laura and their intentionally Downvoting because of Reasons which have nothing to do (deep inside we all know that this is true.) with Musics.
 

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It seems to have been removed

Its about this:

https://www.instagram.com/stories/linda_siu_official/

Linda questions the 2 Points from William and think it was a political Judgement since hes from England and shes from Germany. But she admitted she wasnt the best, but 2 Points is ridiculous.
Also she Questions that Guys who have nothing to with Music were allowed Judged.
Also she complains that the Televoting didnt work at the beginning.
She will never participate again in Romania.
 

Mrm

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[MENTION=14007]lavieenrose[/MENTION]

Have you watched their reaction on Laura Bretan's entry?
She was their winner of the whole season! ;)

 

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Not to forget that Ester Song "Wasnt too bad", but "a bit boring" and "the Song needs too long to build up" plus they didnt listen it to the end and almost fell asleep ;)
 

Preuss

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Okay damn after the last days drama I must say that Laura’s song is amazing...
This will probably be a contender with Electric Fields for the best song left behind
 

Vondenburg

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Not to forget that Ester Song "Wasnt too bad", but "a bit boring" and "the Song needs too long to build up" plus they didnt listen it to the end and almost fell asleep ;)
To be frank: I am not William or Deban or anyone of wiwibloggs, but the studioversion of Esters Song is meh. The version of the semi, too. The final presentation lifted the song for me high. (Something similiar has happened for me with the Australian entry)
On the other side: I was a little bit disapointed by the presentation of "Dear Father". It was just too much kitch for me.I liked the studioversion and the semipresentation, but the final presentation was just too much kitch.
 
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