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I think I must have at least one on the Absolute Relaxed compilation CDs that I got from thrift stores in Stockholm during Covid. Great stuff ❤️

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Sunday’s referendum on RTVSLO funding could be crucial for our future in ESC btw. The disgrace that is the current govt wants to abolish TV licence fee under the pretext of “not having to pay for things that the society doesn’t use”, but in reality, they want to influence free speech.

Honestly, Enya is lowkey living the dream life. She lives in a castle somewhere in 🇮🇪, she sold boatloads of albums and made millions and doesn’t give a fuck about fame whatsoever. Sis understood the assignment.

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

90s was a fascinating time. Oprah started with spiritual self help books in her show. Yoga, meditation and pilates classes were all the rage and it also reflected in fashion (mid-90s hippie style) and music. These take me back to childhood. ❤️ Bangers, all 4 of them…

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If the ESC on tour didn’t flop, I’m curious which ones of the Vienna 2026 lineup would have been included. I guess Dara, Linda & Pete, Delta, Søren, Akylas, Leleka, Satoshi, Alexandra, LMNC and Felicia?

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We’re having 4 referendums on Sunday. Gonna vote No on all counts. Want to get rid of the embarrassment that is the current govt asap. Also RTVSLO funding is at stake as the govt wants to pull a 🇨🇿 on it…

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

William Vaesen, Camille Dhont’s manager has some interesting follows on Insta. Do we have our first artist for Burgas? #Eurovision 🇧🇪👀

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hear’Say are reuniting. That’s the 2027 🇬🇧 ESC act sorted 😎

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Suomi-fication almost complete… ❤️🇫🇮😎

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ho ho ho, it’s the Aftonbladet/Expressen Melfest 2027 leaks time! 🎄 According to Expressen, E.M.D. are back to Melfest after 18 years. They took part as a group in 2009 and as the interval act in the final in 2026. But all 3 have taken part as soloists as well.

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Looking at the pics and videos of Anna Vissi’s OAKA concert. How the heck does she manage to look younger now than in 2006?! Some of her outfits… slay. 👑 Hope it’ll be broadcasted on ERT for Xmas/NYE or something, I’d love to see a TV version of it.

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No niin, mitä tapahtuu? 👀

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Total bop ❤️ it’s 2012 in a nutshell

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

POV: you did one stone cold banger in the 2010s and disappeared quickly afterwards…

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I legit think that 🇹🇷 could have done back to back win had they sent Sertab with “Here I Am” in 2004. That song and the whole “No Boundaries” album is bangers only ❤️ youtu.be/8atJYRVFWmc?...

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Goated show getting ready ❤️😇🇫🇮🫶

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Damn, Dutch/Flemish cartoonists have had a field day since Wednesday, haven’t they?

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

All those plus Alicia Keys discography until Girl On Fire

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

POV: 2000s albums that both us, millennials and our parents liked

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

jESC is a funny competition. You have 16-ish countries competing and in the end 🇫🇷 wins.

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Who is gonna put their entire career at stake for this, I wonder. Even sending Sam Gooris for the lolz is not worth it…

Oh VRT are getting roasted on Insta. “Spine borrowed from Ed Sheeran?” ☠️💀

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The Office: Michael Scott's Reaction

The fact that EBU has overcome the boycott and that we’re set to maybe get 40 countries for 2027, they really are like cats and have nine lives… #Eurovision

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ALT: The Office: Michael Scott's Reaction

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I guess the artist pool for 🇧🇪 gets very limited as basically everyone who’s someone in the industry (with veeery few exceptions) is outspoken about Gaza, also past entrants, like Laura Tesoro, Luka, Geike, Gustaph, Red Seb, also past Eurosong finalists like Cherine. #Eurovision

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I know that ideally that State should be removed from it all, but since that's not realistic, that's the battle those willing to fight for it have to take.

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Not only this year a part of their rigging was neutralized and more measures against it have been taken, but also their international reputation are in an all-time low and not even casual vieweres believe that they take part in complete good faith.

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The other is that only by staying involved, that we as fans can fight to have that state's rigging and obnoxious attitudes neutralized as much as possible, and there are already a few visible changes, not as much as it should, but there are some.

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At this point, there are basically just two things that still keep me going about Eurovision. One is the need to protect it from being co-opted by the far right, since it still stands one of the few inclusive and liberal cultural events in Europe, despite the recent turmoils.

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The way I’m more looking forward to UMK, Melfest and NFs in general than ESC once again is so sad tbh. That godforsaken country and their supporters are making something I love from the bottom of my heart a living hell and it’s so weird navigating it all…

It would be a major Ijbol moment if the parliamentary inquiry on 🇬🇧 ESC results ended up with all the MPs going like “We should totally send Steps!” Because that’s totally what the boomer/older gen X MPs who last watched ESC when Bucks Fizz won would say 🤣

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Definitely. The voting was so exciting and there were several great songs. I loved “La promesse” by Emmanuel Moire too ❤️

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Wonder if this was meant for UMK in 2024…

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Back when I still used to buy music on iTunes. This totally should have won DE 2019. ❤️🇫🇷 #Eurovision

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This took me a while to compile, but I managed in the end. Will be filling in with more older songs from time to time. Torille ❤️😇🇫🇮 open.spotify.com/playlist/7iT...

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Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan! 🇫🇮

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Lion Ceccah, are you for real?! 🤦‍♀️😬

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Tess Gaerthe - Stupid (Videoclip)

🇳🇱 is my fav country in jESC as they get the balance of taking it seriously and still being child friendly while sending stone cold bangers in the meantime. This should have won in 2005 and is now an anthem of a generation in there. Great song. ❤️ youtu.be/vFdPFPzG4NI?...

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Watched episode 1 of this masterpiece again. This was released in 🇸🇪 almost a decade prior to It’s A Sin in 🇬🇧 and it’s 3 episodes of total heartbreak. 💔 It launched the careers of the two main actors and was based on real life story of Jonas Gardell (author and director) in 80s Stockholm..

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The Celine Dion comeback is remarkable. The illness that she has has no cure. Hope that whatever treatment she’s been receiving becomes widely available as it seems to have worked wonders for her.

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

13 Going On 30 was set in 1987 and then 2004 as the present time. If a sequel was released now or in 2027, we would go back to 2009-2010 lmao 🤣

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Nicke 🇸🇪🇺🇦🍉 @hejinternet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Stop this trumpification of Europe and Sweden. This is a dangerous road we shouldn't walk, so please stfu. Fuck SD.

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Props to RTE for having a spine and for sticking to their principles. But they will be missed regardless. I started watching the contest as a local millennial kid in the 90s and they were the authority back then. All the zionists celebrating - keep out of our fandom. 🇮🇪☘️

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Welp, the way Ed Sheeran lost all the street cred, the backing band and all the opening acts in a week is remarkable. There seems to be a cultural shift, where aligning with zionism is no longer tolerated and that’s a good thing, it’s just crazy how it all unraveled so fast.

Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yeah Macklemore is absolutely right and Ed Sheeran is a a spineless coward, but all this is a distraction at the end of the day. Cost of living crisis, climate change crisis, oil prices about to go up, the risk of AI going out of control, Epstein files, you name it.

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The new Fröken Snusk singing for Swedish far right and Rasmus Gozzi complaining about how Felicia could express her political beliefs without consequences… I need the Felicia autobiography like NOW. God knows how much we don’t know about Gozzi yet…

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One could argue that innocent teenagers getting deported based on literal technicalities was the dealbreaker for many people who previously voted Tidö parties. Better late than never if that’s the case. Bye Jimmie. 👋

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Welp, 🇸🇪 election night. Getting ready for the worst, but hope for the best.

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Katja @schlagerkaty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Election in 🇸🇪 today. I hope Rödgröna win, but I guess it’ll be close. The thought of SD having ministers in the cabinet makes me shudder.