"Hey, look! I am someone who's not bringing any quality whatsoever to ESC, therefore in order to get relevance myself I need to stand out trying every possible way, including ruining my own body with ugly tattoos! This way people will talk about me, since they can't say anything about my song!"
Because "Icebreaker" is totally not distracting the audience what a incoherent mess it is by using a man in an aquarium, flashy light, a hair straightener and a fuckton of make-up.....it's about the quality of her song right?
You can dislike his tattoo's (I personally like them and think they suit his style but whatever), but please don't be as stupid to think this is a weird publicity stunt. People get tattoo's all the time. Just the fact you think it's weird says more about your narrow mindedness. I'm 100% sure Douwe didn't get the tattoo's to get attention, he doesn't need it.