Radio Renaissance - Jared Taylor - Eurovision: A Festival of Degeneracy Aired: 2024-05-16 Duration: 09:29 === Olympics of Song (02:15) === [00:00:03] Hello, I'm Jared Taylor with American Renaissance. [00:00:07] The Eurovision Song Contest is the most watched non-sporting event in the world. [00:00:13] It started in 1956 as a way for European countries to come together with music to help heal the wounds of the Second World War. [00:00:22] It has since become a full-blown festival of degeneracy. [00:00:26] This group, Nebulosa, was one of this year's competitors. [00:00:32] Popular music has had revolting acts for a long time, but Eurovision is different. [00:00:37] It is the Olympics of song. [00:00:40] Every group is chosen by the national broadcaster. [00:00:43] That would be the BBC in the case of Britain. [00:00:45] And this is supposed to be the face of the nation. [00:00:49] At one point in the contest, the participants come up on stage with national flags, just like the Olympics. [00:00:56] There is a strange whimsy about the countries that participate. [00:01:00] This year's 37 contestants included Australia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cyprus, and Israel, though they aren't in Europe. [00:01:10] Morocco participated one year. [00:01:12] China tried to join in 2015 but wasn't let in. [00:01:17] Israel has competed 45 times and won the contest four times, and this is probably why Turkey is the only regular Muslim participant. [00:01:27] The stage has the words United by Music projected on it, but Eurovision is drenched in politics. [00:01:35] This year, there were thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators demanding that the Israeli contestant get the boot. [00:01:43] Greta Thunberg, hollering for Hamas, was arrested for failing to disperse. [00:01:49] Watching the winners over the years is sobering. [00:01:53] This Act I in 1956. [00:01:55] This Act I in 1956. === I'm a Song of a Stormy Day (02:54) === [00:02:08] By 1965, the songs were more up-tempo. [00:02:13] Si je meilleur, si je vis recul pour le salon [00:02:19] In 1974, ABBA was the winner. [00:02:28] Wabaloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to. [00:02:33] Wabaloo, knowing my fate is to be with you. [00:02:39] Celine Dion pretty much closed out the 1980s. [00:02:43] I'm going through my heart, let me follow you. [00:02:48] Who will free others, let me live. [00:02:55] By the 1990s, there was dancing that would have astonished earlier winners. [00:03:01] I'm a song of a stormy, fast today. [00:03:05] Nothing can help me when it's in my head. [00:03:11] I'm a song of a stormy, night and day. [00:03:15] I'm a song of a stormy, fast today. [00:03:18] 2006 might have been the first year of the deliberately repulsive winner. [00:03:24] The winners were so big, oh, dear old angels, with that heart, rock, hallelujah. [00:03:31] The winners and angels, only one have a word. [00:03:34] In 2009, backup dancers were doing push-ups. [00:03:47] In 2010, it was still possible to win without being outright freakish. [00:03:52] Love, oh love, I gotta tell ya how I feel about you Cause I, oh I, can go a minute without you alone [00:04:01] Not so in 2014. [00:04:04] Out of the ashes seeking love and avengence Retribution you were warned Once I'm transformed [00:04:16] The man in the dress is an Austrian who goes by the name Conchita Wurst. [00:04:22] Conchita is Spanish slang for the vagina, and Wurst is German slang for the penis. [00:04:30] 2022 was shamelessly political. [00:04:33] Russia was kicked out because of war with Ukraine. [00:04:37] And guess who won? [00:04:38] The Ukrainians, of course. [00:04:40] And they didn't even have to be grotesque. === Aggressively Weird Winners (04:45) === [00:04:43] *Muchas singing* [00:04:53] But last year's winner was aggressively weird. [00:04:56] I'm a brightest people move. [00:04:58] You stop coming and I get the people move. [00:05:02] No, I don't care about the pain. [00:05:05] I want the fire to burn. [00:05:08] You might imagine that this year's acts from Eastern Europe would be more traditional than the decadent West. [00:05:15] You'd be wrong. [00:05:17] Here are the Serbians. [00:05:33] The Estonians look like they're trying to be black gang members. [00:05:40] And this Irish creature called Bambi Thug seems to be a Satanist. [00:05:56] *outro music* [00:06:09] I expected an orgy of BIPOCs, but was spared. [00:06:13] This practically pornographic Austrian entry lets just a few non-white faces flash by. [00:06:35] go [00:06:38] The one out-and-out African contestant, representing Denmark of all places, dressed relatively modestly and performed without acrobats. [00:06:47] I can feel you slipping through my hands Yes, we build a castle out of sand [00:06:59] But, needless to say, the winner, crowned just last weekend, was a non-binary something from Switzerland. [00:07:08] The story is my truth. [00:07:15] I, I went to hell and night. [00:07:19] This brings me to how the contest is scored. [00:07:22] Half of the votes are cast by professional music business judges, and half are cast by viewers who do it by internet. [00:07:29] The winning Swiss creature got a lot more votes from judges than from viewers. [00:07:35] Which leaves you suspecting a thumb on the scales. [00:07:38] The Israeli girl, who got boos from the floor, came in fifth, but with a lot more viewer votes than judges' votes. [00:07:46] With huge crowds roaring anti-Israel slogans outside the hall, I imagine the judges were worried that if she won, there would be riots. [00:07:56] But even worse than the politics is the degeneracy, along with a strong dose of salaciousness. [00:08:03] Remember, this isn't a private enterprise race to the bottom. [00:08:07] National broadcasters choose these acts to represent their countries. [00:08:12] The goal of many groups seems to be outrage and even perversion, if we're still allowed to use that word. [00:08:19] An old-style song, no matter how beautifully performed, would never make it through the national competition, much less win. [00:08:27] And this is an internal sickness we can't blame on the Great Replacement. [00:08:33] Much of Eurovision is frankly nihilist. [00:08:36] It says there's no such thing as beauty, good health, or purity of heart. [00:08:41] The contestants carry national flags, but you wonder why. [00:08:45] What does nation mean to these people? [00:08:48] Increasingly, wherever they come from, they sing in English. [00:08:52] Laugh all you like at this North Korean girl band. [00:08:56] We'll be right back. [00:09:20] But which is better, Eurovision or these ladies singing, Study Now! 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