Mediatips: Eurovision Song Contest, ‘Andor’ and ‘Doom’

Saunapret or the high CIS

Singer Claude represents the Netherlands in the final of The Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland With the song ‘C’est la vie’. He has to compete against the favorites Sweden and Austria. Sweden has a corny song about Finnish saunas from the Kaj group: ‘Bara Bada Bastu’. Austria has a dramatic love song: ‘Wasted Love’. The classically trained countertenor JJ can sing amazingly high. Cancer, refugees and female resilience are the recurring themes this year. For example, the French singer Louane sings in ‘Maman’ about her deceased mother. The performance of Israel is controversial due to the genocide in Gaza. Singer Yuval Raphael, survivor of the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, is looking for hope and resilience in ‘New Day Rise’.

Andor looks fascism in the mouth

In the second Siezoen of the Star Wars series Andor Want to commit the empire « genocide » on a planet to mines mines. Star Wars is used to showing evil as one bad guy. Andor Radically breaks with this approach and shows everyone – from soldier to bureaucrat – as a completely complicit. The greatest power of Emperor Palpatin is the willingness of his subjects, not that he can shoot lightning from his fingertips. This decomposition of tyranny is so fascinating because the series makes all the characters human without talking well. No, the genocide in the series is not a reference to Gaza, says the serial maker. Fascism is of all times and this series shows sublime what can happen if everyone is more concerned with what to mention than standing against it.

Doom is full of stupid action

Many classic game series have returned in the last ten years: often adapted and deepened for the modern gaming enthusiast, who expects more entertaining games. Doom made little effort at the reboot in 2016 to be something different than it ever was, a shooting gallery full of demons that nicely pump up the adrenaline. After Doom Eternal (2020) the series returns once in this form. This time the emphasis is less on shooting, and more on a combination of fists and shield use. Unfortunately that gets the speed a bit Doom: The Dark Ages. But those who look for a power fantasy without frills can attract little better boots than those of the Doom Slayer, the quiet protagonist who is feared by friend and foe for his impossible capacity for violence.

The best song festival songs

Bart Arens presents from 5 pm, as a warm -up for the grand finale, the Songfestival Top 50. Last year he was canceled due to the disqualification of our participant Joost Klein, when the fun was gone. Listeners have been allowed to vote for the list and insiders report that the chance that ‘Waterloo’ from ABBA is again at number 1 is life -size. Because what ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is for the Top 2000 is ‘Waterloo’ for the Eurovision Top 50. Furthermore, you can expect songs like ‘Ding-a-Dong’ from Teach-In, ‘Arcade’ from Duncan Laurence, and of course ‘What’s Another Year’ from Johnny Logan. At 9 p.m. the grand finale follows, directly from Basel. Carolien Borgers and Kees Tol make a live report for Radio 2. A must for anyone who wants to hear what remains without an image of a song festival song.

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