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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Maybe he is playing on shock tactics, I personally don't really care either way if he is or isn't tbh.

At least we're not sending him out with bare bones staging, like we've done to some of our entries in other years.

Plus we have all been complaining about the Entertainment Industry being overly sanitised/the Mary Whitehouse era/too soft in it's presentation, yet Eurovision this year does have the UK and Ireland (two countries that I never thought that I'd ever say this about) are in different ways trying to bring a bit of an edge to their performances, and we've got some people calling them out for it.

And personally I hope that Slovenia keep avoiding detection from the masses on this front tbh, as imo I am sick to death of what I personally call the CBBC era of the Entertainment Industry.

Personally the UK, Ireland, nor Slovenia are my number 1 choice out of this year's Eurovision songs, but let's celebrate sexuality and Satanic performances again.

I 100% UNSURPRISINGLY agree with every word you've said there.
I said earlier that most of the entries this year was about more who had the wildest and out of the ordinary staging .
Nothing wrong with that at all .
It's how the ESC has evolved from them all just standing there in frontbof a microphone.

Maybe from the moaning of some I've seen in the media, it's more sbout Olly's sexuality.that criticism of him and his staging becomes morev evident.

Thankfully I don't consider myself a prude or a homophobe.
I think we've still some way to go on that, even in the UK.

I like loads of the entries this year.
The wild staging adds to the drama and performance of the songs too.

Ireland could be a surprise actually this year.
It's dark and right in your face with its staging.

There are so many songs of the same beat, rock type this year that it could be one that's way out the ordinary that wins.

I'll.just enjoy the whole thing and not moan about any kind of harmless suggestive content.
Which was in a fair few.
However Olly because it involves all men.
Gets the criticism as you point out.
That begs the question why as to only him and his staging which was devised by the team appointed to Eurovision not just by himself.

Yes though, you've made a really strong post here Mock.
Why people just cannot be more accepting I don't know.
Good luck to Olly and all of them.
Goodness knows what the voting will end up being on the night.

That's always more mystified me as to the voting in Eurovision ,than a few minutes of harmless staging around the entries.