The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence's doleful piano ballad"Arcade" crowned champion of Europe's annual music extravaganza.
Some 200 million people around the world were believed to have watched the annual campy contest with 26 nations battling in the Grand Final of the 64th Eurovision. The Eurovision debuted in the wake of World War II to heal a divided continent. Over the years, the earnest show of European unity has ballooned into an over-the-top, gay-friendly spectacle that brings together acts from across the continent, including those with little or no connection to Europe, such as Australia.
A small protest took place outside Tel Aviv's Expo Center before the show, following another one from musicians in Gaza earlier in the week. A recent round of rocket fire toward Israel from there also failed to temper excitement. For Israel, the mega event offered a much-anticipated opportunity to put its good face forward and project an image of normalcy to the world. Israel-themed promotional clips featuring each of the participants dancing in various scenic locations across the country streamed before each performance to a TV audience expected to be larger than that of the Super Bowl.
Delete lol
Wow, I have been wondering about that
🤪🤣😂👏🏻👏🏻🤪🤣😂. This is the Swiss candidate !!
Y'all could've at least given enough of a fuck to use the correct picture. I know America isn't big on ESC, but come on.
OK but Norway and Spain were great and I'm sad they didn't place higher.
Not the right guy on the picture. This is the Swiss candidate...
rhythmic dance - Dalcroze - Jan Theuninck, 2018
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