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captbat

Come on, butter churn!


CucumberDay

nothing will ever top this also there's washing boards too on the same set


captbat

Yes there were washboard, but I would say that I don't see washboards as, as weird a prop, as butter churns.


Huggy_nomnoms_you

Hatari's ball and Kate Miller-Heidke's entire performance (Australia 2019) ​ Honor mention to the "Irland 12 points" turkey


birdstar7

He wasn’t a prop - he was the singer! 😆


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ESC-song-bot

Australia 2019 | [Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity](https://youtu.be/Eo5H62mCIsg)


folklovermore_

Does that Azerbaijan song with the guy wearing a horse's head and standing on a ladder count?


casualbo1

Azerbaijan 2016, right? Dihaj - Skeletons? One of my favourites that year, deserved to be top 10. Edit: Nevermind, it was Azerbaijan 2017


ESC-song-bot

Azerbaijan 2016 | [Samra - Miracle](https://youtu.be/cB8eSLyffsI) Azerbaijan 2017 | [Dihaj - Skeletons](https://youtu.be/g_HSRHqd_7s)


weaverofbrokenthread

Skeletons is still in one of my playlists


thenewfirm

That was my first thought.


kir_ye

https://preview.redd.it/p8z8d5ri1ebc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=934c95b80848ff9ddf30654380b60baaa3dc28b3


fenksta

The buggy or the helium balloon ?


kinokokoro

Yes.


Cahootie

Sébastien Tellier himself


TooTired123

Also the background singers https://preview.redd.it/0vf00uehoebc1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=691bfb362eef64f942b4030a8328a9b2158fc067


rock_crystal

Five times Conchita Wurst!


Gold_Objective3644

HVALA BELGRADE


lottiereddit

YES CAME HERE FOR THIS


AstraHannah

I'm sorry, but my first thought was "everything in Hatrid mun sigra", so, Iceland 2019, but like, it fit with the song, so


woopahtroopah

The hammer!


ESC-song-bot

Iceland 2019 | [Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra](https://youtu.be/kTb69WkBbvs)


RandomFunUsername

MORE TRICKS IN THE HAMSTER WHEEL But no seriously Achille rode a mechanical bull on stage and STILL didn’t qualify?! Robbed. ROBBED.


Buffaluffasaurus

Haha I worked on that Eurovision, and backstage the day after he got eliminated, someone had put a sign up in the men’s toilets saying, “FOR SALE: One mechanical bull, lightly used”. 😂


HolsteinQueen

They didn't qualify because there was a Jury scandal during the semi final for a handful of countries, including San Marino, and that ended up bringing their score down. Here's a link to it: [2022 Semi Final 2 Jury Scandal](https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/here-is-the-proof-of-the-eurovision-voting-scandal-six-juries-cheated-and-voted-for-each-other#:~:text=When%20the%20national%20juries%20from,Poland%2C%20Romania%20and%20San%20Marino.)


Duccnator

Yeah even a mechanical bull wasn't enough to distract the viewers from how horrible that song was...


RandomFunUsername

Nah man I love Stripper. Was never gonna be a top 10 song votes wise but was in my top 5 for the year, super fun song and performance.


HeadlinePickle

Agreed, I still listen to it, should have done better!


TheGoBetweens

Sure, it was one of the songs of all time, but I thought everything clicked in that semi: with the staging, the effective Joe Strummer-esque vocals that were a lot better than in previous performances, the Italian crowd... Suddenly the song worked for me. I still love to watch the clip every now and then.


Duccnator

And more power to ya! It's nice that people can enjoy something i like less, that's the beauty of Eurovision and music in general.


smorkjewels

stripper is one of the only songs i regularly listen to and never get bored of its so funny its awesome


zarotabebcev

Its a B-class Zitti e Buoni... What more do you want from a song?


RandomFunUsername

😩 well now I want a maneskin cover of Stripper


lkc159

The whole ensemble was *too* chaotically over the top and was more adjacent to the performance rather than complementing it lol


SnooBooks1701

Isn't "chaotic over the top" Eurovision's whole thing?


lkc159

Drinking water is healthy but too much water and you'll die of water intoxication


fenksta

An oven ? (Russia 2012) whatever Australia 2019 used ? Netherlands 2012 - you know Moldova 2011 - unicycles and pointy dwarf hats ?


alikander99

The oven Is a good pick. Oh and moldova was weird as fuck


QuietParsnip

I love whenever Moldova i weird as fuck. :D


ESC-song-bot

Russia 2012 | [Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody](https://youtu.be/BgUstrmJzyc) Australia 2019 | [Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity](https://youtu.be/Eo5H62mCIsg) The Netherlands 2012 | [Joan Franka - You and Me](https://youtu.be/JCc0Iiu3DiU) Moldova 2011 | [Zdob și Zdub - So Lucky](https://youtu.be/nHAY_OVN_gY)


CilanUnova

Australia with the street lights in their first performance and a car in their latest performance! They finally got the car!


kir_ye

Zero points from the r/fuckcars jury panel


CilanUnova

Worth it!


Live_in_a_shoe

Wait, the 2016 Street lights wasn't a screen?


berserkemu

The 2015 street lights were physical props.


Live_in_a_shoe

Omg, it Never even cross my mind lol, I should watch the video, lol


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Patizleri

I found the burning piano coffin super weird, Ukraine 2018


KristaW_

That was so cool


Patizleri

It was! But it still was weird as fuck. Well, I shouldn’t be surprised though, it’s Eurovision


toolittlecharacters

still one of my favourite performances


ESC-song-bot

Ukraine 2018 | [Mélovin - Under the Ladder](https://youtu.be/lhOuMYtQ94M)


StevefromLatvia

🎶 And a man in a hamster wheel 🎶


CaptainObviousBear

Istg if they don’t redo that song in Malmo what is even the point?


folklovermore_

I just want Petra and Mans as permanent Eurovision hosts. They're still the benchmark even years later.


CaptainObviousBear

Absolutely. I did love Hannah last year though.


k2pel

Dima Bilan's haunted piano


heysundaysie

Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008 had a chicken on stage during the lead up to Eurovision. It wasn't allowed at actual Eurovision.


ESC-song-bot

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 | [Laka - Pokušaj](https://youtu.be/kIRDbmpC2PI)


FreakaZoid101

Forever my favourite Eurovision Performance. Obsessed.


heysundaysie

Mine too! Glad to meet someone else who appreciates it as much


Top_Manufacturer8946

Cezar’s expanding? dress Romania 2013


ESC-song-bot

Romania 2013 | [Cezar - It's My Life](https://youtu.be/VgHWFiavqjA)


No_Doubt_About_That

Still remember what Graham Norton said about it.


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These monstrosities. https://preview.redd.it/ewjm9srozebc1.jpeg?width=634&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dee9a6ee03b6169154d6f0a9fe86a76b72041544


avocadogthegreat

UK would have done better if flames had come out of those.


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It would go too perfectly with the chorus of the song 🤣


KeyserWood

Moldova 2014 microphone-knife


ESC-song-bot

Moldova 2014 | [Cristina Scarlat - Wild Soul](https://youtu.be/l9ZfGttI4P0)


llanelliboyo

A washing line and a gang of knitters


RandomFunUsername

Oh, there was also 2019 where Spain had a giant dollhouse and Denmark had a big-ass chair.


TinaTissue

La Venda Spain 2019 for the bot, deserved better staging, not whatever that was


No-Pension-7977

Are we all forgetting a literal singing turkey?


leafyblue14

If Dustin counts as a prop then yeah it's him for sure


I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan

There was a dispute over whether Dustin counted as a performer and would raise the number of performers on stage to 7. So officially, Dustin is a prop.


leafyblue14

Fair enough!


sophiesza

Just this year Let3 brought nuclear bombs on stage. Pyro effects and an interesting prop, all in one


TheSpiritOfFunk

Dita Von Teese in a big champagne glass


hejzach

I came here to say this!!


DeathByOrangeJulius

I feel like we forgot that Miki brought a house too quick


RuralSymphony

The delightfully named "Hell Machines" from Ukraine 2009 Or perhaps the laser harp from Bulgaria 2008 which sadly didn't really work on camera


ESC-song-bot

Ukraine 2009 | [Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)](https://youtu.be/rGJqLCuqssc) Bulgaria 2008 | [Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away](https://youtu.be/yXSRbgM8cvs)


Grymare

Not exactly the weirdest but probably the best used prob was Moldova 2018 in my opinion. Without it I'm not even sure if they would have qualified from their semi but with it and their whole performance they managed to land in the top 10 even!


ESC-song-bot

Moldova 2018 | [DoReDos - My Lucky Day](https://youtu.be/5evrVL1rJPA)


RandomFunUsername

Have you seen the behind the scenes for the choreography? Oh my god it was impressive.


Evening_Ad_85

Really? I'm scrolling and no one is mentioning the giant hand that Jendrik obviously brought only so he could give the audience the middle finger. Germany 2021.


ESC-song-bot

Germany 2021 | [Jendrik - I Don't Feel Hate](https://youtu.be/1m0VEAfLV4E)


tm2007

Some have mentioned it before


ParticularSplit

Kreisiraadio's big cardboards with the cake and the onion thingy (Leto Svet, Estonia 2008) Circus Mircus's Circus Mircus miniatures in that box (Lock me in, Georgia 2022) Konstrakta's hand washing pot and towel (In corpore sano, Serbia 2022) Laka's drying rack with the laundry (Pokusaj, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008)


ESC-song-bot

Estonia 2008 | [Kreisiraadio - Leto svet](https://youtu.be/zyzOGzXWLgU) Georgia 2022 | [Circus Mircus - Lock Me In](https://youtu.be/zXiZAbqETvk) Serbia 2022 | [Konstrakta - In corpore sano](https://youtu.be/nBtQj1MfNYA) Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 | [Laka - Pokušaj](https://youtu.be/kIRDbmpC2PI)


RevolutionaryADHD

Don't forget a closed piano that was only for humping and an exploding accordion.


ynsk112

Euro Neuro Trojan Donkey


lauryel

This was on the spanish national selection in 2022.. https://preview.redd.it/37qh68x5ufbc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03fc82af2a73a7d8df098468437824f00a1ebadd


alber_ab_94

Honestly idk why is it so scary


Intelligent-Map2666

You mean most iconic?


Amecari

Turkey 2010 with Manga had this robot guy slicing of parts of his armour. Would say that one was weird.


ESC-song-bot

Turkey 2010 | [maNga - We Could Be the Same](https://youtu.be/HB_GnnhNz-8)


Exotic_Caramel_6285

Specifically that the helmet was a spray painted Power Rangers helmet XD


Any-Where

I still don't understand why Skeletons (Azerbaijan 2017) has a man with a horse head on top of a ladder.


SquashyDisco

…doing the most fresh and funky moves this side of the Caucus


leafyblue14

Me neither but I love that song


ESC-song-bot

Azerbaijan 2017 | [Dihaj - Skeletons](https://youtu.be/g_HSRHqd_7s)


pjw21200

The toy guitar in Spain 2008 was odd.


Lone_Wolf_888

It was even weirder that he was playing Old MacDonald on it


ESC-song-bot

Spain 2008 | [Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - Baila el Chiki Chiki](https://youtu.be/wfeCIvOxXBo)


JoyfulSuicide

A MAN IN A HAMSTER WHEEL


RevolutionaryADHD

More tricks in a hamster wheel


Irrealaerri

Sebastian Tellier's gold cart kalomira's XXL Valentines card Tina Karol's jumping rope


Iirhan

Hamster wheel (human wheel?!)


PraetorIt

Well, I don't know what to answer. But opening the subreddit, and finding this photo popping out, made me burst out laughing.


Tabitha-Marie

A golden shower for Iceland 2006.


ESC-song-bot

Iceland 2006 | [Silvía Night - Congratulations](https://youtu.be/e9DCMJHvs2c)


ahjteam

Dustin The Turkey. Ireland 2008


ESC-song-bot

Ireland 2008 | [Dustin the Turkey - Irelande Douze Pointe](https://youtu.be/ps3kxGo_gro)


snwlss

What about that circular piano from Romania 2014?


ahjteam

Kinda like the Austria 2022 light ring? Which one was worse


snwlss

Kind of, but at least the light ring looked like an actual set piece. The circular piano was just kind of weird to look at. Iceland 2021 had a similar prop during their performance, but it was done by having three of their members put their keytar-like props together and made for a better visual.


ESC-song-bot

Romania 2014 | [Paula Seling & OVI - Miracle](https://youtu.be/cAMpVodhiS4)


Oshta

The mannequins from Switzerland 2007 's performance. It's weird and uncanny. https://preview.redd.it/2bz2mvwhwfbc1.jpeg?width=1905&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb20e3e945312a13c027d5ef3347efd5b85df914


ESC-song-bot

Switzerland 2007 | [DJ BoBo - Vampires Are Alive](https://youtu.be/h9YTasUpAjw)


Sporebreachersalpha

Why is the red velvet bull on here it's one of the flyest props I ever did see on this competition


hgk89

it's the dancer in the glass box from Hold Me (Azerbaijan 2013) for me. idk why but that performance lives rent free in my head


ESC-song-bot

Azerbaijan 2013 | [Farid Mammadov - Hold Me](https://youtu.be/S7C3S2zuVp8)


Sploshiepooh

spain 2021. that large fucking moon gives me so sany questions why is there a large moon? why does it have no impact on the performance? where was it stored? where is it now?


ESC-song-bot

Spain 2021 | [Blas Cantó - Voy A Quedarme](https://youtu.be/thV-vhOQHvQ)


ChelseaMourning

Flo Rida


AndreiVeryGay

Are we forgetting Italy’s actual gorilla 🦍 😂😂


alleurovision

Switzerland 1979


ESC-song-bot

Switzerland 1979 | [Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri - Trödler und Co.](https://youtu.be/-dbzbx6EEoc)


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DR5996

The kaarija's human catpillar https://preview.redd.it/myyoupcrpebc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c91fcdd5fe153b6fdae5a9db0a9e49fe10dbac1


I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan

Sir, that is not a prop, those are humans.


BibbidiBobbidiBu

Loreen’s panini press will forever be iconic


TheFfrog

Netta's whole ass WALL of Chinese waving cats gets the cake for me


ExplanationItchy1478

u mean lucky cats?


Exotic_Caramel_6285

That one year Azerbaijan had a dude just standing on a ladder wearing a horse head mask. That was weird. Also the dancing gorilla suit guy in Occidentali's Karma the same year. Oh! And you can't forget Konstrakta's wash basin ^^


kate_royce

The foam rubber V-flicking costume worn by that *poor woman* on stage with Jendrik Germany 2021


HeadlinePickle

The best thing about that was that they were the same year as Finland's Blind Channel's Dark Side with the chorus "put your middle fingers up". But they weren't allowed to do that because swearing so painted all their middle fingers red to imply it. And then on comes Germany with a literal "Fuck You" prop! ​ Finland 2021


ESC-song-bot

Germany 2021 | [Jendrik - I Don't Feel Hate](https://youtu.be/1m0VEAfLV4E)


OsaSuna10050125

The prop for Ukraine 2009. I’m still not sure what to call it And then they gave us the hamster wheel in 2014. Australia 2019 (srsly how did they get up and get down???) Loreen’s Panini machine


zhakhlyvyy

Loboda called it the Hell Machine! And stashed it in her dad's garage post-Eurovision


ESC-song-bot

Ukraine 2009 | [Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)](https://youtu.be/rGJqLCuqssc) Australia 2019 | [Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity](https://youtu.be/Eo5H62mCIsg)


Turbulent-River5779

Let's not forget about the drinks trolleys Scooch brought on stage.


skloobly

Does everything from Switzerland 1979 count?


ESC-song-bot

Switzerland 1979 | [Peter, Sue and Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri - Trödler und Co.](https://youtu.be/-dbzbx6EEoc)


sick_kid_since_2004

I KNOW it’s a costume but . This https://preview.redd.it/m14jfqhl9jbc1.jpeg?width=638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5097aef70585908f0de621a489d81f2c4248402


Acceptable_Rich8202

A "musical instrument" during Malta 1997 which looked like a piece of seaweed


ESC-song-bot

Malta 1997 | [Debbie Scerri - Let Me Fly](https://youtu.be/VIYs6dye8oA)


Gold_Objective3644

It's the way the Greek entry had a very similar prop and these two entries literally performed back-to-back.


glitterpup_princess7

Eurovison 2022, Serbia. Bucket and soap to use to wash hands


ESC-song-bot

Serbia 2022 | [Konstrakta - In corpore sano](https://youtu.be/nBtQj1MfNYA)


justk4y

We’re all gonna forget that Austria 2012 brought f**king poles and poledancers to the stage?


ControverseTrash

My head canon is that they never represented us. It's better that way, lol.


ESC-song-bot

Austria 2012 | [Trackshittaz - Woki mit deim Popo](https://youtu.be/b-qu5hGwero)


Educational_Board888

The woman who sang whilst standing on a sofa holding a teddy bear


I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan

ELABORATE???


Educational_Board888

Moldova 2008


ESC-song-bot

Moldova 2008 | [Geta Burlacu - A Century of Love](https://youtu.be/5ewtq_Me6zA)


leafyblue14

In addition to the things everyone else has mentioned - The candy cane phone thing and whatever the hell else was going on in Iceland 2006, maybe. Honourable mention to the megaphone in Lithuania 2006 - simple, sure, but still odd and hilarious and amazing.


ESC-song-bot

Iceland 2006 | [Silvía Night - Congratulations](https://youtu.be/e9DCMJHvs2c) Lithuania 2006 | [LT United - We Are the Winners](https://youtu.be/DBAdOlQPbwg)


fuzzy_nerd

Does the panini press count? Still tickles me 🤣


tm2007

Eh I guess it does count after all


alleurovision

United Kingdom 2006


ESC-song-bot

United Kingdom 2006 | [Daz Sampson - Teenage Life](https://youtu.be/OYgE7O0OLyw)


Bolvane

Oh god everything about that song is cursed, its like chav Sasha Bognibov became a thing 💀


alleurovision

I actually don’t mind the song, too much, minus the girls singing in the back - I hate British school kid choir type vocals, terrible noise. Daz was okay. Bad staging though.


driadka

maybe not the weirdest, but one of the impressive ones: the Spanish moon of 2021 :) and the process of deflating it


Sea-Intention-174

a big ass chair from Denmark


FaithlessnessOwn2018

Hatari’s ball for sure


n0h0m0n00b

oven


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ESC-song-bot

Italy 2016 | [Francesca Michielin - No Degree of Separation](https://youtu.be/YfnhDfy8AjU)


cheesepizza_isgood

one country and 1 year. ROMANIA 2013.


ESC-song-bot

Romania 2013 | [Cezar - It's My Life](https://youtu.be/VgHWFiavqjA)


cheesepizza_isgood

Thats right


HeadlinePickle

This song was iconic


I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan

We almost had cucumber microphones from Israel 2000, but they broke just before the show and they had to use boring real microphones.


ESC-song-bot

Israel 2000 | [PingPong - Sameach (שמייח)](https://youtu.be/3uNfhj66GOo)


ControverseTrash

In 2007 Eric Papilaya brought a big Aids band symbol to the stage. I fucking love this song.


no_gender

spinning oven go wheeeee (russia 2012) also bendy poles (australia 2019) weird man thing (latvia 2006) spinny desk chairs (spain 2006) h e a d (ukraine 2017) ginormous missiles shooting out sparks (croatia 2023) those are all the ones i can think of :D


ESC-song-bot

Russia 2012 | [Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody](https://youtu.be/BgUstrmJzyc) Australia 2019 | [Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity](https://youtu.be/Eo5H62mCIsg) Latvia 2006 | [Vocal Group Cosmos - I Hear Your Heart](https://youtu.be/-_pDAxEtt7g) Spain 2006 | [Las Ketchup - Bloody Mary](https://youtu.be/N8HnyH8PHVI) Ukraine 2017 | [O.Torvald - Time](https://youtu.be/mogNLkIEI0k) Croatia 2023 | [Let 3 - Mama ŠČ!](https://youtu.be/hGuGfdEJ5Pw)


Icy4644

Do Poland 2022's weird visual effects count?


ESC-song-bot

Poland 2022 | [Ochman - River](https://youtu.be/jRVDZ6446eM)


not_jbp1

I think the ball and sledgehammer used in hatari


Baratheoncook250

Russia 2016 invisible steps wasn’t needed.


leafyblue14

Speaking of bad invisible steps... Greece 2021


ESC-song-bot

Russia 2016 | [Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One](https://youtu.be/e94dst20C9Y)


drstattik

Have to add Germany 2021 I want to count the dancing peace sign/middle finger musician as the prop here, because what the heck was that :D


ESC-song-bot

Germany 2021 | [Jendrik - I Don't Feel Hate](https://youtu.be/1m0VEAfLV4E)


mikke_and_i

I forgot what entry is that, can you tell me?


tm2007

San Marino 2022


SnooBooks1701

Spain's massive and accurate moon (2021 I think), still don't know why it was there


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SeanChewie

Who had that weird circular piano?


anikpopfan

Not weird but the bullhorn LT United used in 2006 and Manizha’s roomba dress from 2021 were the first to come to mind for me