Random: Pikachu Makes A Surprise Cameo For Israel At This Year’s Eurovision

Pikachu Bubblegum song ?

I had a quiet country once, by the sea, very peaceful...

... then we won Eurovision last year and now everyone is going mental over here with stuff like this.

Also I believe some UK citizens took offence on Herman José's caricature of Sir David Attenborough. Know this: That character is part of my childhood and the reason it exists is because we all love Sir David over here. No disrespect meant at all!

Cease & Desist incoming in 3..2..1..

Speaking about Pikachu, there is another song that oftenly peoples misheard the word as a "Pikachu" instead of "We Got You".

Eurovision is awful. Only time in my life it was cool when Lordi came out of the blue and won it with their pop-metal song and silly costumes, casting shade on all the stupid pop songs everyone else was singing.

@SmaggTheSmug
...because "Hard Rock Hallelujah" is an amazingly intelligent song?
I'd say that it is nearly impossible to win Eurovision with something intelligent anyway. But it has its entertaining moments, I got to admit. Usually there are crazy performances. And Lordi definitely were a surprising sight between all usual suspects.

@Tiefseemiez It's stupid and cheesy, but it was stupid and cheesy in an unusual way (for Eurovision).
Everything else was just brain-melting standard pop songs from no name performers. Maybe something changed, but I remember my own country being represented by people no one heard of even here.

This post is a gays-only event, I don't want to read ANY Eurovision slander.

PS vote Fuego tomorrow night.

Since my girlfriend loves Eurovision, I'm shackled every year and forced to watch it. I like little cameos like this, but other than that it doesn't hold much interest tbh.
That, and people have insanely bad taste when it comes to winning countries. It drives me insane.
Portugal winning 2017 and Ukraine 2016... Those songs were just plain awful winners. They're probably good songs and stuff, and there are a lot of bad ones amongst them, but how those songs managed to win I'll never understand. Heck, how any song not sung in or with a great deal of English can win is a mystery to me. Personally I feel like the winner should resonate with the people both when it comes to the melody, and the lyrics. If you can't understand jack of what he/she is singing, you're not really clear on what the heck the song is even about.

But who am I kidding, people just vote for memes or fun nowadays, which is part of why it's a waste of time to watch "bad winner" songs win every year.

I still don't understand how this song is one of the favourites, it's horrible. (Before anyone says it's because eurovision songs are horrible... nah they're mostly very generic but every year there are a bunch that are actually good).

Oh and the Pikachu reference is nice I guess.

@Alber-san It's pretty simple. People have HORRIBLE music taste It horrifies me every year how some songs are so popular when it is utter garbage.

@bratzdoll And why is this a gays-only event? I'm gay and I certainly don't watch it. Joking or not, comments like that are really quite unjustified.

@Equinox Free palestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

@Richard_Atkinson i know right. Imagine someone labelled a post a straight-only event 😅 the uproar.

@Blizzia i think your comment is very obtuse.
The majority of the audience that watch eurovision don't hold english as their first language.
Also some music can transcend the barriers of language. You don't need to understand the lyrics to hear the emotional intent behind a song

Trolololol: According to people this is the ultimate favorite. In my opinion its awful...AWFUL!!

@Sidon_ZoraPrince The majority of the audience that watch Eurovision understand English. That's the point. There's a reason it's the main language in the show as well.

I'm not saying songs in other languages cannot or should not win, I'm saying that the more English you include in a song, the broader an audience you appeal to (in Eurovision).

That, and the songs that won in 2016 and 2017 were awful in a Eurovision context for different reasons.

Ukraine's in 2016 for breaking the #1 rule (no politics) and still not being disqualified

Portugal's in 2017 for being absolutely detached from what you'd expect from a Eurovision winner. Oh, and he also had the audacity to label all his competitors fast-food musicians. Clearly a lot of people loved the song. That's great. It was probably a great song if you like that kind of music. I still think it was a bad winner within a Eurovision context. Not that it was a bad song.

Well... Portugals song last year was really good and that wasn't in English. No wonder it won as it was the least Euro-visiony song there and it seems everyones getting bored of tedious Euro-vision style songs. Oh about the 'I'm taking my Pikachu home' reference in this song, I bet she was talking about Pokemon Go (not a real PKMN game).

@Kit Probably the only reason he won. The people I know were outraged by it because his song was awful in a Eurovision context (the song itself wasn't bad). Which it was. But what can you do, most people seem to only vote for the memes nowadays. So many joke winners.

@Blizzia So only musics YOU understand the language should win? What about the thousands/millions of people out there who don't understand english because they studied other languages like french or german or spanish or even... chinese.
And the portuguese song was actually quite good. At least an intelligent song won instead of most of the others whose only good thing (and that only sometimes) are the light effects.
The judges don't go only for the lyrics. It's the feeling the person puts into it, the melody, the voice and so many other aspects that have nothing to do with lyrics. And no one ever mentioned that the kind of song the portuguese singer sang was forbiden or that it was not Eurovision material. Tell me where that is writen.

@renato_racfr You misunderstood my comment, and I urge you to re-read. I didn't state a single thing about a language I understand.

The judges are (in my opinion) both the worst and best thing to happen to Eurovision.

Nobody (including me) said the Portuguese song was forbidden. Go read on some Eurovision forum/reddit if you want to check people's comments on it. It was often commented on that his song wasn't exactly in the spirit of Eurovision. It doesn't make it bad. It makes it different. Good thing? For some.

To me both Ukraine and Portugal were good winners. At least they broke with the Eurovision context (as you say it) but so did Lordi and no one speaks ill of him. Why?
At least you were right about the portuguese singer labelling the other songs as fast food... that was a very bad commment and he suffered in his own country because of it. Just not enough i'm afraid.

@Blizzia
"It's pretty simple. People have HORRIBLE music taste"
Yep that's probably it haha.
I have to disagree on your other posts tho. Eurovision winners tend to be the most innovative songs. That's why Portugal won last year (as in innovative for eurovision), why "Heroes" won in 2015, why Euphoria won in 2012, etc. (I stopped there because I don't remember the others). Countries then tend to copy last years winner, which ironically makes the new innovators win. (Favourites don't usually win and are usually horrible songs).

There are of course songs that have won for other reasons (Conchita Wurst, Ugh) but it's not the norm.

This year I root for Hungary. It's the only song I really liked. Usually there are at least 3 or 4 songs that I like but not this year. I was really happy last year when my country won because I liked the song but not this year, I really hope Italy won't win this time.

@Alber-san Portugal? Omg I was sure Italy won last yer! The fact that I liked the song probably was misleading me

@Blizzia Sorry but you clearly said that you don't understand how a song that doesn't have a lot of english in it can win? If that's not language you are refering to what is it then? I know what people said about it? It's a portuguese guy. Every time Portugal wins something someone comes and say it does't deserve it. Look what happened when Portugal won the European Football/Soccer Championship.
The portuguese in France were forbidden to celebrate it. The police closed the Champs-Elysées (the place used to celebrate this kind of events) to portuguese people that night and the Eiffel Tower (who would display the flag of the country that won a game in a that day) displayed the France flag instead of the Portuguese flag.
Look I do understand what you're saying but you should hava said it some other way. Some people may be offended by the way you gave your opinon (in your first comment). The other comments are ok.
Let's just forget about it and agree taht Eurovision (to us ) is bad and that both of us have to watch it or bear it because of our girfriends.

MY FAVORITE SHOW EVER! Rooting for Moldova and Austria

@Alber-san Neither Portugal in 2017 nor Sweden in 2015 did something innovative though XD they just copied what had already been done in a smart way.

@renato_racfr I'll agree with you on the final bit if people are offended by what I write, that isn't my problem though. And I never said Portugal didn't deserve to win. I would give a long explanation but at this point we have already settled on a point of agreement. Besides, whether a winner deserves to win or not doesn't matter. If they won legitimately, who are we to decide whether it is cause for celebration or not

@bratzdoll LOL @ those attacking you for stating the truth, you’re braver than any U.S. marine

@Blizzia
1- That is what being innovative means. Using existing ideas in new and smart ways.
2- I don't remember a song previous to Sweden's in 2015 that had that type of stage performance.

@Shiryu another tuga here, I can see why some people would be offended by the sketch, but I gotta say I found it hilarious XD

@notnetlink I miss when our country was boring and didn't win anything................ (thanks to our rich History, this has never been the case)

@Shiryu thing is, foreigners don't really know our history so to them the only noteworthy portuguese is Cristiano Ronaldo

Isn’t Israel in Asia?

@Equinox and isn’t that in Asia?

I mean I get the politics, but I was asking about geography.

@renato_racfr The win Portugal pulled in EUFA was a fluke. Portugal played pretty horribly throughout the tournament.
But then I may just be a Pole salty that our team hardly ever wins anything

@Roam85 Yeah it is in Asia. But Eurovision isn't only for European countries anymore. Australia also participates for example.

@SmaggTheSmug When portugal won it reminded me of when Greece won the EUFA 2004 that took place in Portugal. They also played horribly, yet they won and no one complained about it. So why was Portugal winning the EUFA 2016 such a big deal? And they only played bad during the group fase. After that they played good. Not the best team but not bad.
So it was not throughout the entire tournament.

@Blizzia Ok. I'll have to agree with everything you said on your last post but I didn't say that it was you who said Portugal didn't deserve to win. I just said it's actually a general feeling. I have to agree with Shiryu on that one. Hope to see you around some more.

@DrkBndr oh but keep the North Americans out?

Canada deserves their shot.

And unlike the World Cup... the US might actually be able to win this once.

@Equinox yes, but I’m not from those countries. So it’s Israel to me. And you’ve overcomplicated a simple question of geography.

@notnetlink Pretty much that.

I didn’t know Pikachu supported war criminals.

I'm surprised she didn't put on yellow face and make slanted eyes with her fingers while singing ching ching chong.

@Equinox and I don’t approve of the country’s actions and would prefer a two state solution.

But when faced with that surrounding refusing to even admit your own national sovereignty, I could understand how they don’t want to add to that list.

@bratzdoll3 Gimme a break with your "gay only event". It's true that many gay people are fan of the Eurovision contest but it is not a gay ONLY event.

@bratzdoll Gays (umbrella term) only? Did my invite get lost in the mail?

When is the hetero only event? Gotta tell my folks...

@bratzdoll good.as.you so eat it up

@Cosats it's a simpleton. You can't reason with those

@gloom I see you I hear you, LGBTQI! Got the "Why Don't We Have Straight Pride" locals UPSET nnn

@bratzdoll Mhmm as expected. They don’t understand gay humor... even WITH a better prescription they still couldn’t see it.

Oh Jeez this thread. We’ve got gay stereotypes and Israel/Palestine in one glorious place. This is the calibre of comments you usually get on most YouTube videos ...

As someone who is from Israel, I am offended because the only Pokemon game they know is Pokemon GO.

@Ooyah @Cosats @Alucard83 @Sidon_ZoraPrince No straights allowed at Eurovision. @bratzdoll is right, this is a GAYS only event

Honestly, it's a really good dance song and she is phenomenal. Go Israel!

@Equinox you do realise that the top two songs in this year’s contest (the bookies favourites) are Israel and Cyprus. NEITHER are in Europe.

Also Armenia and Australia are also in the contest. Again, both not in europe.

You hate Israel, we get it. But don’t let that stop you using your brain.

@Equinox @Roam85 The only thing Palestine needs freeing from is Hamas and the other terrorist groups who are holding them back from peace.

Reject hate. Embrace peace. Simple.

@Kienda Cyrpus is in Europe.
Reject hate. Embrace peace. This is my moto too .
btw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE
Best song ever to hit Eurovision. For me at least

@arpaktiko No. Cyprus is in the Middle East. Wikipedia says so and it is always 100% accurate! Regardless, I want Cyprus to win this year, their song is my favourite so far. Israel second for now (but haven't heard all)

That song you linked is literally my favourite song of Eurovision EVER. I was so happy to see them make a return last year when Ukraine was hosting it.

@Equinox Your brain has something to do with it because you are singling out Israel and saying it shouldn't be in Eurovision when there are 3/4 (Cyprus is being disputed) other countries outside Europe competing in it. You said they were only in there because of "sympathy". What you are saying isn't accurate and therefore you are letting your dislike of a country get in the way of logic and reason.

Also it doesn't matter if you recognise it or not. Israel is a country. Regardless of its past, it exists today. We can't revert all lands back to their previous owners or names, that isn't how it works. And fortunately for the rest of the world you don't decide which countries do and don't exist.

@Untempered-Link You are hallucinating. Eurovision may be a gay favourite event but it is not a gay only event.

@Kienda Cyprus is in Europe. You got your geography mixed up.

@Kienda The wikipedia you read that says that Cyprus is in the middle east is only the wikipedia in your mind. Go back to school and talk to your geography teacher.

The real question is why is Australia in it? 😂

@Equinox Whether or not you "recognise" Israel, it's a matter of historical fact that the Jews have been living in Israel for as long as the Palestinians. For over 3000 years, there has never been a time when Jews did not live there. Despite being conquered by the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Rashidun, the Ummayads, the Abbasids, the Fatimids, the Seljuks, the Crusaders, the Ayyubid Dynasty, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Empire and the British, the Jews came from that country and have never entirely left it or stopped referring to it as their homeland. There is literally not a single reputable historian or archaeologist in the world who disputes this.

The Palestinians have an equal claim to the land, as they also came from there and have been living there for the exact same time. I am not one to dispute their claim. They have been done wrong by many people, including the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations, the United Nations and the modern Israeli government and people. But their right to live there does not have any kind of precedence over the Jews' right to live there. Your statement that "it's all Palestinian territory" is factually incorrect and flies in the face of known history and international law. The fact is, Israelis and Palestinians BOTH have the same rights to the land.

Now if you want to get down to accusations regarding specific territories, war crimes and acts of terror by the Jews, the Palestinians and all of the neighboring Arab countries, as well as proxy warfare by the US and the USSR, this could be a very long debate. There is approximately three millennia of history that we need to hash out, I doubt that we're going to settle it in one Internet bull session.

(Full disclosure, I'm an Israeli citizen and IDF veteran, and no, I have never killed any babies or taken an active part in the occupation of Palestine. And if you must know, this is all part of why I no longer live in Israel. Nonetheless, I still identify as an Israeli and will never stop defending our right to exist.)

@bratzdoll @gloom the majority of the people criticising your lust for attention and segregation of the gay community are gay, not why dont we have straight pride people.
You are segregating the community by saying an event is only for gay people. The entire ethos of the lgbtqi community is inclusiveness. So saying something is a gay only event goes against the community.
The point is you dont have to be gay to watch eurovision, and you dont have to like eurovision if you're gay.
Your narrowminded conventions achieve nothing but an archaic stereotype.

@Cosats calm down. I didn’t make up where I thought Cyprus was located. I just got it wrong based on the two sources I used.

Here is a list of Eurovision entrants from all the years. They list Cyprus as Western Asia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest

And If you type “Cyprus” into a Google search that also lists Cyprus as “A country in The Middle East”. This is on the main Google page. I can send you a screenshot if you don’t believe me.

Yes, I got it wrong. But not because I made it up. However, I know now they joined the Eurozone in 2008 and are a member of the EU since 2004.

So yeah, they weren’t in Europe or the EU when I did Geography at school. Sorry.

@Shiryu Hi there, I'm from the UK and hadn't heard of the story and thought I'd look it up. The first results for me (despite being in the UK) were all Portuguese articles written about how they'd offended us...
I enjoyed the sketch even if some jokes probably worked better if you were Portuguese. The only people I could see being offended are the professionally offended.

@Jammy01 @Shiryu yeah, I agree. I’m British and I watched the sketches with my family and we weren’t offended at all. Don’t worry, we love Portugal.

Well Eurovision music contest isn't gay only but its definitely gay friendly and many gay people in Europe watch it on tv with friends making fun of participants etc. Nothing wrong with that. Now i don't want to turn the post into a political debate. I support a peaceful solution in Israel and Palestine

@ottospooky These comment sections have an event horizon, and this one passed it a looong time ago.

Turkey(you know what I mean), Georgia and Azerbaijan aren't European countries either. Eurovision Song Contest is a contest for the members of European Broadcast Union (+Australia) which happens to have a few non-European members (just like UEFA)

@Kienda middle east is in europe (cyprus and turkey), asia and africa.

@Roam85 They still have to be part of the European Broadcasting Union though, which Israel is, but the US and Canada aren't. Also, most countries vote for their neighbors, so I wouldnt be so sure that the US could win this

Congrats on the win ^^.

Really fun that this song won in the end as Pikachu is in it, and sort of have an extra meaning for us who are in the gaming/Nintendo fandom :+).

@Richard_Atkinson Well said. That sort of comment just perpetrates hackneyed stereotypes and only serves to wind people up. Nice one!

@Samwise7 air high-fives why, thankyou!

The Eurovision this year was so utterly boring, in my opinion. I don't remember how one single song from it sounded like, except the Swedish one because it's from my country and this one because it annoyed me so much.

@Equinox Free Palestine!!!

@JasmineDragon I'm glad to see somebody from the region who doesn't let their bias interfere. It's quite sad that the UN let things happen the way they did. I hope there will be peace someday for both Israelis and Palestinians.

Came here for the video game debate, stayed for the... well, whatever just happened!

@Richard_Atkinson
I am sorry my dear, but you are up for elimination