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Hi from Basel!
The Eurovision ended, not without controversy.
I’ll still be reflecting on this popular televised festival of music, just because I find it a fascinating window into the world of today. Hopefully, you can bear with this focus before I return to the usual unusual travel content.
Until then, just a short newsletter presenting you with a few YouTube shorts (check out the Pipeaway channel for more videos)… I filmed these while attending the largest public viewing of the song contest at the Arena Plus, with 35,999 other ESC fans.
Here’s what you missed if you were not one of these:
– opening with the alphorn players
– Luca Hänni, Swiss Eurovision act 2019 – “She Got Me” finished fourth
– Kate Ryan, Belgian Eurovision act 2006 – performing her cover hit “Ella, elle l’a”
– Baby Lasagna, Croatian Eurovision act 2024 – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” finished second
– audience reactions to ESC 2025 representatives of Finland, Malta, Israel, and Switzerland (beautiful song that somehow managed to finish with zero televotes)
– audience sing-along – ABBA‘s “Waterloo”
– Marc Sway, Swiss-Brazilian musician – performing “Colorblind” with the Sunnsite Yodelers
Enjoy the sounds!
Have a united-by-music week!
Ivan Kralj
Pipeaway.com
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