Eurovision 2022, the Russian media contest the victory of the Kalush Orchestra: “Teatrino”, “cowardly provocation”, “political contest”

The victory ofUkraine all’Eurovision 2022? “A little theater”. The appeal of the leader of the Kalush Orchestra per Azovstal? “A cowardly provocation”. The Eurovision Song Contest? “A political contest, not a musical competition “. According to the Russian media, Mosca does not seem to have appreciated the victory at Eurovision by the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra. Gazeta.ru, for example, in the past few hours he has published several articles with comments from some prominent personalities in Russia opposed to the victory of the band and Eurovision in general. The online newspaper reports the statements of the Russian singer Youddip, who had taken part in Eurovision in 1994, according to which “the winning piece is not a masterpiece, it has influenced politics”. Opinion also shared by the Russian music producer Iosif Prigozhin who called Ukraine’s victory “a little theater”. And she explained that according to him: “The competition has long been purely political. Only for this the Ukrainian group won and not for the exhibition ”.

But among the various reactions to the contrary, that of the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry stands out, Maria Zakharova, who sarcastically commented on the performance of the Kalush Orchestra: “Without Ukraine’s victory at Eurovision, the picture of what happened with this country would not have been complete. National costumes and national musical instruments, two Babe Jaghe (the typical witch of fairy tales in Eastern countries, ndr) on the strings, the break dance e yells at Azovstal. All this with Europe cheering on its feet. Let the curtain fall “. Also Yelena Drapekoformer actress who now sits in Duma, considers the Ukrainian one a political victory. “For me, Eurovision has long ceased to be a singing competition, it’s all a political action in which the artists’ performance is not relevant to the victory”, she told Gazeta.ru.

Several media are already looking to 2023 wondering what could happen if Ukraine were unable to host the Eurovision Song Contest due to “the special operation”, to always use Russian terms. Gazeta.ru e Ria News they write about the possibility that the competition will take place in United Kingdom, as runner-up. For Ria Newsin particular, it is Great Britain itself that “hopes” to be able to host Eurovision 2023. The news agency in fact headlines: “In Great Britain they hope that Ukraine will not be able to host the Eurovision of 2023 ”, citing a long article in the Guardian which basically talks about the possibility that the competition will be broadcast in English next year Bbcconsidering “the situation in Ukraine and the second place assigned to Great Britain”.

Ria News, then, he also published another article entitled: “The British are opposed to Ukraine’s victory at Eurovision: ‘Give Zelensky an Oscar'”. The source is some comments caught on social media in the article of Daily Mail speaking of Eurovision. In the piece of Ria News the words of some users are quoted: “Eurovision is one political farceeven a blind man understands it ”,“ They have been polishing for some time the Oscar for Zelensky”.

Also Lenta.ru looks to 2023 and assumes a Eurovision license plate Spain. The online newspaper elaborates this possibility on the basis of the words of the director of the Spanish TV Rtve which said it was ready to “welcome the next Eurovision if necessary”.

In addition to the Ukrainian victory, the appeal of the leader of the Kalush Orchestra for his country of origin caused a stir in the Russian newspapers. According to various media outlets, Ukraine deserved it expulsion from the competition. “In place of the disqualification to Ukraine they gave up the victory”, reports the channel 78. The Russian newspaper Izvestia writes: “Ukraine has put in place a provocation and violated the Eurovision rules ”. And he explains: “The participants of the singing contest used the stage to promote political slogans. The Kalush Orchestra frontman at the end of the performance addressed the spectators with an appeal to help the nationalists stuck in Azovstal“. Izvestija then reports other examples of solidarity with Ukraine shown by artists from other countries, such as the German singer Malik Harris who at the end of his performance turned the guitar, on which the Ukrainian flag with the word peace was drawn. “This is behavior contrary to the regulation as political messages are forbidden on stage”, writes Izvestija.

She didn’t go lightly Komsomolskaya Pravda who accused the Ukrainians of “cowardly provocation”. The Russian newspaper wrote: “Eurovision scandal. Ukraine violates the main rules. The singer of the Ukrainian group carried out a cowardly provocation: he started shouting political slogans from the stage ”.

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