Posted on 05/12/2023 6:54:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
It would not be appropriate for the Ukrainian President to make an address on the Eurovision Song Contest final because the programme is apolitical, organisers have said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskly wanted to address the hundreds of millions of people worldwide expected to watch the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, but has been blocked from doing so by the European Broadcast Union (EBU).
The appearance may have been intended to be like Zelensky’s video appearance at the 2022 Grammy Awards and the 2023 Berlin Film Festival and U.S. Golden Globes ceremony, where he asked for support and asked cultural figures to take a side in the conflict.
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Just have him do that g@y dance he did a few years ago
WEF made him ask...
Since he’s an actor I suspect he thought he’d get a pass.
Even the Europeans have had enough of Z.
Besides, the Eurovision Song Contest has been around a long time. It’s all about the fun, with politics only rarely effecting the show. Sometimes Israel has been discriminated against.
[Eurovision]
I guess Abba could do Money, Money, Money
grifters gotta grift
Bull puckey Eurovision’s not political! If it were truly apolitical, the UK might occasionally WIN for starters (except in those years they had undeniably crappy songs), and secondly, the progressive left wouldn’t absolutely lose its collective s**t every time a contestant from Israel does well, or G-d Forbid, actually WINS.
Or award the top prize to a bearded guy in a dress.
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