Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Israel EBU re-affirms Israel’s Eurovision 2024 participation…saying Russia ban is imperfect comparison Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024515 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams The EBU’s director general speaks out View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Netherlands AVROTROS says Joost Klein has “never made political statements” with his music…as the “Jackass” Russian song controversy brews Posted on December 12, 2023March 16, 202429 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams The Russian Village Boys have spoken against the war View Post Share
View Post Russia Ukraine Russia puts Jamala on its most wanted list…and Ukraine’s Eurovision winner responds with facepalm Posted on November 20, 2023November 20, 20235 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams She was arrested “in absentia” earlier this month View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Germany Germany withdraws from OGAE Song Contest 2022 amid Russia’s continued participation Posted on September 15, 2022November 24, 202244 commentsbyDavid Smith The move follows a club referendum View Post Share
View Post Russia Ukraine OGAE Ukraine withdraws from OGAE Song Contest and says it’s “deeply saddened” by Russia’s continued participation Posted on September 8, 2022November 24, 202296 commentsbyDavid Smith “We sincerely hope…Eurovision fans will remember what the real evil is.” View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Russia Ukraine OGAE Ukraine calls for OGAE Russia to be banned from fan network as devastating war continues Posted on September 4, 2022November 24, 2022101 commentsbyDavid Smith “Contrary to the principles of OGAE International” View Post Share
View Post Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Ukraine Vidbir 2023: Ukraine opens Eurovision submissions for December national final…and bans songs in Russian language Posted on August 17, 2022August 20, 2022149 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams The public gets to choose the jury View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Russia We’re on the blacklist: Little Big say it’s “impossible” to return to Russia under Putin after condemning war in Ukraine Posted on July 12, 2022July 12, 20224 commentsbyKatie Wilson They open up to the BBC View Post Share
View Post Ukraine “They will never win” — Go_A’s Kateryna Pavlenko addresses Russia’s war in Ukraine during London concert Posted on June 28, 2022July 1, 20228 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams Speaking from the heart View Post Share
View Post New music Russia “Stop war in Ukraine” — Russia’s Little Big release “Generation Cancellation” and leave the country Posted on June 24, 2022June 28, 202273 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams “We completely disagree with the war in Ukraine” View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Interviews Ukraine Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra say their Eurovision participation is a way of being useful to their country during Russia’s war Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 202256 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams “We urge everybody: please help Ukraine” View Post Share
View Post Russia “I think the musical isolation of Russian singers is not fair” – Manizha discusses being an artist in the Russia of 2022 Posted on April 5, 2022April 5, 2022203 commentsbyDavid Smith “There is such a large feeling of helplessness.” View Post Share
View Post Ukraine Ukraine given live-on-tape exemption amid Russian bombing of western regions Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 202261 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams Kalush Orchestra had hoped to film in Lviv View Post Share
View Post Latvia Russia Ukraine Latvia bans Polina Gagarina and Natalya Podolskaya from country over their support of Russia’s war in Ukraine Posted on March 24, 2022March 30, 2022190 commentsbyDavid Smith They’ve been deemed “undesirable persons” View Post Share
View Post Russia EBU suspends representatives of Russian broadcasters from serving on its governing bodies Posted on March 1, 2022March 2, 202238 commentsbyJonathan Vautrey The EBU awaits formal confirmation of their plan to leave View Post Share
View Post Ukraine Jamala arrives safely in Turkey…and thanks Eurovision for banning Russia from the song contest Posted on February 28, 2022June 9, 202271 commentsbyWilliam Lee Adams “It’s the right decision” View Post Share
View Post Estonia Eurovision News Latvia Lithuania Ukraine Ukraine: Alekseev makes emotional appeal to Russia…as Stefan and Citi Zeni perform at anti-war protests Posted on February 28, 2022February 28, 202241 commentsbyDavid Smith Jamala shares that she is in danger View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Russia All Russian public broadcasters announce departure from the European Broadcasting Union Posted on February 26, 2022February 26, 2022229 commentsbyDavid Smith They’re out View Post Share