Because of the war in Ukraine, Russia is not welcome at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. It’s not the first time a geopolitical issue has slipped into the popular song contest like this. The political riots cannot be counted on one hand. Chef of Culture Filip Tielens tells you all about it.
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And who will win? Ukraine of course.
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ournalist Filip Tielens | Presentation Lise Bonduelle | Editors Fien Dillen, Lise Bonduelle | Editing Fien Dillen | Audio production Joris Van Damme | Music Brecht Plasschaert | Chef podcast Bart Dobbelaere | Additional sound clips Abba – Waterloo (Official Music Video) (Youtube), We Don’t Wanna Put In – Eurovision Song Contest 2009 (Youtube), Verka Serduchka – Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Ukraine) 2007 Eurovision Song Contest (Youtube), Eurovision Song Contest 2017 – Grand Final – Live (Youtube), Russia boo’d at Eurovision semifinal 2014 (Youtube), The exciting televoting sequence of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest (Youtube), 0 POINTS in Eurovision 2003-2019 (Youtube), EUROVISION 2003 – UK – REACTION – JEMINI – CRY BABY – ZERO PLAY (Youtube), Genealogy – Don’t Deny Eurovision 2015 Armenia (Youtube), Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta sing “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” (Youtube), Conchita Wurst – Rise Like a Phoenix (Austria) 2014 LIVE Eurovision Grand Final (Youtube), Boum Badaboum – Minouche Barelli (Eurovision Song Contest – Monaco 1967) (Youtube), Nicole – Ein Bisschen Frieden (1982) (Youtube), L’amour ça fait Chanter la vie – Jean Vallée (Eurovision Song Contest 1978) (Youtube)
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