To be fair, Eurovision is the only instance where I feel European on top of my own nationality. Because we share it culturally. If we're going to build a common European identity then we need more events like this that we can share as Europeans.

the Sanremo festival in Italy costs around 17 million euros every year and earns 60 million euros from advertising revenues

@stateofdreaming

Ай бұрын

It's ridiculous that public broadcaster like RAI (funded by the government and taxes) can earn from advertising. It's one of the few in Europe that still has adverts.

@antoinecadalen8355

Ай бұрын

@@stateofdreaming They need it to stay relevent, because the States don't fund their broadasters enough

@yespeace2000

Ай бұрын

@@stateofdreaming Croatian public broadcaster HRT has both levy of 10€ per household and advertizing. They have about 2700 employees!

Watching Eurovision without commercials truly is something to be thankful of.

@RebekkaDJ

Ай бұрын

It’s good to be danish in that way

I'm from Turkiye. It's a shame we've succumbed to islamists mono-culture dark green color only. Music, dance, theater, sculpture isn't supported, all they care is mosques and prayer. After Erdogan in 4 years, this shall change to the way it was, a culturally diverse Turkiye back again.

@ustadsami

Ай бұрын

Türkiye will join in Eurovision again and crush the competition. We still have many great young artists 🎨🎷🪗🎸🎹🎺🎻🪕🥁🪘🪇🪈🎼🎵🎶🎙🎚🎛🎤🎧📻

@user-xs8vr5yr4z

Ай бұрын

bir Fransız yada Avrupalı hiç bir zaman gelib türklere kendi ülkesini kötülemez. Avupali olmak bu demek.....

@akosivis

Ай бұрын

I am really rooting for your country to come back! Too bad I started following Eurovision when Turkiye already withdrew, but I really enjoyed your country's past entries when I searched them online. Hoping to hear another Turkish ethnic bop again in Eurovision very soon

@ustadsami

Ай бұрын

@akosivis thank you for your support... Yes, we will return to Eurovision. The worst is almost past behind us. Erdogan will wreck the country for another 4 years, ruining everything he is associated with, including the medieval religion called Islamism.

@gaborrajnai6213

Ай бұрын

No great artist takes part in the Eurovision, like ever...

I cannot stress this enough. I FUKCING LOVE EUROVISION.

"Meow, cat, please meow back!"

@netopir3804

Ай бұрын

I was soooo looking forward to Split 2025… greetings from Switzerland.

@lordwafflesthegreat

27 күн бұрын

@@netopir3804 Zagreb, the capital. Split would not host, it does not have the infrastructure.

If isr*el was banned, there was no need this much wastefulness on security. Everything would be perfect and everyone would enjoy this beautiful show but them. It's such a pity that authorities didn't consider that and put double standarts on isr*el so they could compete..

I hope you all have fun with the Swiss contribution, it's great!

@ayoCC

Ай бұрын

Switzerland also pays into the european cohesion fund, so it's actually like a member of the EU in terms of contributing money And early on it was in the council as well, so a lot of bilateral agreements are precursors.

@NoctLightCloud

22 күн бұрын

​@@ayoCCEU? this is about a song contest in all of Europe

I was there in person in the arena and it was a real disappointment to not have any of them turn up for one. Secondly, we already knew alcazar was performing as it had been leaked, so it felt tacky to keep teasing abba. Thirdly, the finale trio singing Waterloo felt cheap. I definitly expected better from Swedish TV and could have been a much bigger tribute to abba and this felt cheap, tacky and insulting to fans.

Wait a second, Rob Watts is Rob Words!? 😮

@BagdagulMirzali

Ай бұрын

I am in schock too!

@name_it

Ай бұрын

Robwords is his private channel. But he is an exceptional journalist working for one of the most famous news media DW.

@pazelpazel1926

Ай бұрын

Whaaaaat

I thought I was in RobWords until I realised this is DW

@niamhomahony7794

Ай бұрын

ikr I'm soooo shocked, great video

Rim Tim tagi dim 🤘🏽🇭🇷. And The Witch from Ireland 🇮🇪

@luisfilipe9272

Ай бұрын

Only Croatia...

@juliamroz5087

Ай бұрын

Nemo!!! And Baby Lasagna ❤

Do I get college credit for having watched this to the end?

I mean it probably costs a bit more for Germany as a member of the Big 5 but it is still cheaper than producing 3 2-4 hours shows themselves. So no wonder we continue participating despite very, very mixed results. I guess the same goes for the UK and Spain (France and Italy have faired rather good in comparison). Economically it just makes sense to take part instead of skipping on it.

@ayoCC

Ай бұрын

In a small country i would actually very much consider the amounts of talent you can actually draw upon. When your population is only around 1 million, it suddenly becomes kind of hard i think. I do think though that all countries should be incentivized to participate, it's a great venue to project the european dream in a sustainable way.

@humphreychannel582

22 күн бұрын

The artist doesn’t have to be of the nationality of the country they represent.

@MissDatherinePierce

21 күн бұрын

@@humphreychannel582 Exactly. I think it was San Marino this year who sent a Spanish band. And well, we all know that Canadian Celine Dion won for Switzerland. Germany also had nominated Ben Dolic, who is Slovenian, for Eurovision 2020. There is also Austrian singer Nathan Trent who applied for the Austrian and German preselection. He was on the shortlist for Germany but was then chosen by Austria to represent them which disqualified him from the German national final. There is also that one Armenian or Albanian singer who did really well a few years ago and she lives in Hamburg. There have been several rumors she might participate in the German national selection for a few years. The only real rule is that you can only represent one country per year but otherwise anyone can represent any country.

I had no idea my beloved RobWords is a journalist! ❤❤

@andewakare2590

Ай бұрын

me too

What a surprise to see Rob Word hosting an interview about the Eurovision! 🙂

@malenaboy

Ай бұрын

I know right, for a second I was like this dude looks so familiar. I also love Eurovision. Basically changed the direction of my life.

Unfortunately Zurich in CH will grab it in 2025, since they are always fixed on money and prestige within Switzerland. That is sad, because other cities such as St. Gallen, Basel, Lausanne etc, may get a chance to be put on the map.

@JBinero

Ай бұрын

Do these cities meet the requirements? Like amount of available hotels? The issue with Eurovision is that because of the size of the event, you can't really use it to put a smaller city on the map.

@noname-ws9nt

Ай бұрын

Im sure it will be Zurich

Very interesting information, thank you.

What about Big 5? How much do they contribute in percentages? They're called Big 5 for a reason

@ft4709

Ай бұрын

Not that much at all, unless they’re hosting. The German numbers are well known to be within the 400.000 to 500.000 euro ball park. So 4% of the total cost at most. Probably much less.

@sollte1239

Ай бұрын

They are the Big 5 because they have the most inhabitans and therefore generate the most spectators

@randuru

Ай бұрын

​@@ft4709According to the professor, those 500k would be roughly a 12th (8.5%) of all participation fees (6mln). So Big 5 pay for almost half the participation fees.

@Vhmvd

Ай бұрын

@@sollte1239 not really it's becuase they contribute the most to the total budget. it was never about population nor viewership, by your logic Russia would've been a big 5 and Iceland for that matter since it gets almost >95% viewership every year.

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

@@sollte1239Then, why hasn’t Russia been a Big one ever?

"Lordi's win a few years back" I'm here to make this journalist feel old, because Lordi's win was 18 years ago now.

Luxembourg is one of the richest countries in the world, so I'm sure they could have foot the bill if they wanted to, just saying. That's not the greatest example. He should have mentioned countries like Romania who legitimately wanted to come but couldn't foot the bill this year.

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

Sure, it’s a task haven.

@halbailman

Ай бұрын

Wealth per capita or total wealth? Perhaps that's the issue that 300,000 EUR is a lot for a population of 600k, and previously they cited costs as a reason not to return. With fewer countries now, perhaps the fee got reduced.

I didn't expect to see RobWords here

I'd love to see an Asiavision or Africavision

@chananya1940

Ай бұрын

First of all do they need to stop hating each other and China or Mainland Chinese need to learn how to be humble otherwise it would be a chaos 😂😂😂

@bryonyrigby2468

Ай бұрын

They were going to set up Eurovision Asia a few years back! ('Asiavision' is a news station, they've taken the name already.) There was also a Latin American version back in the 70s.

@halbailman

Ай бұрын

Eurovision only works in Europe. All efforts to expand the concept have failed.

Does this mention the big 5? Maybe I skipped over it. Was curious how much their contributions mount up.

Music aside, this year was the most toxic eurovision ever.

@Vhmvd

Ай бұрын

I wonder who made it that toxic in the first place ... let me guess the fandom itself; so much for them to wanting a non-political contest when they're the one who brough every political aspect to it from mass voting to actually petitioning to exclude some just because they're not in line with their preferred narratives.

@ayoCC

Ай бұрын

way too much booing

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

The songs level was much higher than on the latest years.

Ok I did not expect to see Rob here

RobWords and Eurovision is the crossover I didn't know I needed.

Cha Cha Cha

6:22 That's just downright vandalism 😡

Sic transit gloria mundi...

@pecare9595

Ай бұрын

The most underrated comment!

The Netherlands got robbed

Baku has spent 100 million dollars on this event ? OMG Are they out of mind? Gosh damn

@MikaBettanin

Ай бұрын

They spent an insanely amount of money when they hosted it in 2012, not on this year's event :-)

@LA90598

Ай бұрын

The had to build an arena especially for Eurovision. The 100m would include that.

@haykk5375

Ай бұрын

They are an authoritarian oil dictatorship - of course they are trying to white wash their image.

@enriqueali

Ай бұрын

Azerbaijan is awash with petro-dollars. Or at least it was back in 2012

@Vhmvd

Ай бұрын

most of it was to build an arena and it was not only for eurovision it was a long term investment ... literary.

Don't forget Rotterdam 2020/2021 with the covid pandamic

Lol, russian bots are stomping DW news comment section even in this video 😂😂😂

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

Putin is gone nuts.

60 millions only?! Peanuts

100.000.000.€for the Balkans they said in BIH

EBU needs to change up their act or doomed... that's goes for ESC also.

Why is the youtube man talking on DW News? I like it but didn't expect it.

Russia hosted the ESC 2009 in hopes of hosting World War 3 in 2027

We need new sponsor who wont effect ebus decision making.

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

The sponsor doesn't affect the EBU's decision making.

My question: Why are Australia and Israel in Eurovision when neither country is in Europe?

@CZedby

Ай бұрын

Australian broadcaster SBS is an active member in the EBU.

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

​@@CZedbySBS is only an Associate member

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

Israel is in the European Broadcasting Area which is the only geographical criteria for EBU membership and Aus was invited because ESC is a big thing there

@2;45 --- Are we using American spelling now for "centre" ?!?!? FFS 🤦‍♂

Yes but it gets more and more politly oriented if you keep letting countries in war, under attack, attacking, with teritorial disputies and not fully recognized participate. I am fine with Kosovo being a country but then you get into problems do Nagorno Karabah comes separatelly? What about Moldovian Transilavnian Republic? Or you are politicak organization or you are not

300000 Euro invested in producing good song instead of fees would raise the quality of EV. May be these big fees are reason for questionable music performed on the EV's stage.

Robwords???

As a Canadian who wishes to participate in Eurovision activities in 2025, I am happy to visit Switzerland versus Croatia. I feel it would have been difficult with my queer partner to not be noticed in Croatia. Thanks to Nemo and their predecessors, being queer is not a deteriment but in some European countries I feel the heteronormative is more powerful.

@ehmzed

Ай бұрын

If you're worried about that, then Eurovision would obviously be the best occasion to visit the host city in a country that's generally not as open minded as others. Eurovision is the most gay-friendly event, the majority of people visiting the host city for it would be gay as well, and the citizens welcoming and accepting in celebration, at least for the duration of the event. If anything, it would've let you visit Croatia with less to worry about. By the way, I don't know much about Croatia but I'm sure in bigger cities it isn't such a problem to be openly gay. And that goes for most countries in Europe really.

@adamknight5089

Ай бұрын

As Croatia is staunchly Catholic, LGBT is rare but it is completely acceptable, especially in big cities. They are very friendly people and crime is extremely low so you should not worry about that. But as a Canadian you'd probably need to live in your chosen European country for a bit to qualify.

@JBinero

Ай бұрын

Do note that Switzerland is also very conservative compared to other parts of Western Europe.

ROB WORDS??

I guess the soul of a hypocrat would do

Israel didn't host Eurovision in 1980 because the day of the show coincided with the day when Israel commemorates victims of Holocaust

You have to stop this claw gesture with your hand when asking questions, it’s reading as pushing the person away and looks unnatural

Rob words? Is that you?

If Russia is excluded so should Israel be excluded. Russia is more of a European country than Israel. Why is it there anyway? Double standards perhaps?

@santostv.

Ай бұрын

Russia threatened European sovereignty but Israel didn’t.

@T1hitsTheHighestNote

Ай бұрын

Was russia invaded and just retaliated? Even comparing Israel to putler’s Mordor is gravelly antisemitic.

@michaziobro5301

Ай бұрын

Probably russians killed less people in Ukraine then Isreal together with USA in Gasa. Are there official statistics ?

@trildi

Ай бұрын

@@T1hitsTheHighestNote For God's sake, stop calling every opinion ''antisemitic''. Arabs are semites as well.

@Vhmvd

Ай бұрын

enough with this narrative!

The only pan European cultural event

CROATIA IS THE REAL WINNER ❤

15:32 ....THIS STUFF ok you think is nothing to do with you...

Why is DW worried about it? It's not like Germany is hosting anytime soon

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

They aren't. People are just curious about the cost

Its now a joke meme. Countries get a baad image from a bad song

@Vhmvd

Ай бұрын

then don't send a bad song! easy.

🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉

2024[Gregorian] “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

It shortens the life span of the citizens of Europe. Time we'll never get back.

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

It doesn't

Dude, you sit in Germany and still remember ruzzia in year two thousand something . Bizarre

'It came as a surprise to me that Morocco performed'. Really? What about when genocidal colonial states that aren't part of Europe participate, too??

Sponsored

Eden, or Nemo

The presenter has a disgusted face when he is listening, so weird to watch.

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

He doesn't

MOROCCAN OIL 🛢 YOU CAN SEE IN EVERY EUROVISION IN PAST YEARS

Israeli contestant advances to Eurovision Song Contest finals. More than 10,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in Sweden

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

Great!!!

Wow you could've spent 5 minutes on explaining this. Cut it down. KZread you know

I can't stand this show until someone showed me Croatian cute song. May there be peace in Malmo. Don't let the beasts out. Never enough security in Sweden nowadays. So sad.

Who pays Ukraine? So when Sweden sung they love Esc so much. They just aay...we arw too rich. Wow. What a big Tourismus Show.

The question is : people vote for those who really sing excellently or vote for the singer from their own country 😂

@leondroidgeeks

Ай бұрын

You're not able to vote for your own country

Eden Golan performance was one of the best

Waist of money

Its huge and it's can be sent to the Great Ukraine 😢

To think that art once meant Michelangelo in Europe...

What a waste of money

Amazing that junk can still draw audiences. 🤔

@byJannik

Ай бұрын

And the audience share is even increasing from year to year

@luciatheron1621

Ай бұрын

Why are you watching then?

@TurinStark5

Ай бұрын

Lol, you obviously don't listen to Eurovision. You surely are of the highest standard when it comes to music...

@MikaBettanin

Ай бұрын

one man's trash is another man's treasure

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

Unrespectfull.

Wondering if this is gonna be the last year of Eurovision with the terrible decision of allowing Israel in.

@evolv.e

Ай бұрын

You’d like that, wouldn’t you? It’s a song contest. Not a political preference contest.

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

It’s not about political preference. It’s called genocide.

@evolv.e

Ай бұрын

@@64214Jose how is what you said not political? That has nothing to do with Eden Golan or Eurovision Song Contest. You’re trying to make the ESC political. I remind you once again, it’s a song contest. The singers and artists are not politicians, nor do they have anything to do with politics. This shouldn’t be difficult to understand.

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

@@evolv.e I believe it’s clear enough and I repeat what I wrote: it’s called genocide. It’s not only me who thinks so.

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

Sometimes politics, as you call it, go beyond any other thing.

Is there any need to hold eurovision again in a world where people are dying of hunger and wars ?

@andreae.

Ай бұрын

Yes, more than ever. People have always been dying of hunger and wars; maybe you're now noticing them more because they're closer to you? Also... if anyone should complain, that would be Ukraine. And yet, they're as enthusiastic as ever. Probably the war made Eurovision even more needed for them, not less. People need to find happiness in something, otherwise they'll just get depressed and give up.

EBU Sucks! Joost Klein 12 points!

Hopefully, they'll be peaceful cheers for Israel... without jeers of performance!

It is a total waste of money as the standard is going down hill. This year was the worst ever. It is turning into a burlesque show if Finland is anything to go by. As I live in another part of Sweden you fell the Israel impact as all police where sent to Malmö.

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

The standard definately isn't decreasing

@swedishdissident3406

Ай бұрын

@@Gfynbcyiokbg8710 Everybody I know has lost interest. Only a few years ago every body was glued to the Song Festival.

Of course my beautiful Eden gonna win this year 🇮🇱🇦🇿❤ She is our daughter

the Olympic Games do bring europeans and not only together for hundred of years now. but Eurovision definitely brings gay people together, like you two guys.

@64214Jose

Ай бұрын

So what?

Haven't watched that s*tshow for years, and seeing here the fragments of the participant songs, I know I've made the right choice. Let me know when music like ABBA will be back, then I'll start watching again.

@LeafHuntress

Ай бұрын

Go to Slimane's channel & watch his performance. If that's too slow for you, you might want to look up the Georgian entry Nutsa with Firefighter. If you particularly like disco, then you're out of luck. Denmark tried to enter with a disco song last year or the year before, but didn't get out of the semis. But then again, there are so many new genres in the world since the early 70s, so many more things for people to enjoy. Parents weren't happy when people like jazz, then they weren't happy when that newfangled rock came around & the rock & roll youth hated it when their kids danced to disco. So it's quite normal to dislike new things as you age, though i would urge you to keep an open mind, it's healthier.

Btw half of Germany belongs to ussr so it is pure historically russian land

@Gfynbcyiokbg8710

Ай бұрын

Nope

Вон из Литвы НАТО!!!@

@Vhmvd

Ай бұрын

says the ruzzian bot

There were so many amazing artists this year, but Ukrainian song is the only one that made it into my playlist. 👌 It’s so so good!

No, Moroccan oil 🛢 is a sponsorship from Israel company 🇮🇱 eurovision,

Nice now we know how jury vote and which country winner , now I understand who pay more who is rich country they are safe small country with less money are out🥲