In case you are not aware of the Eurovision drama currently taking place, here is an update. Ukraine will be represented at the 2016 Eurovision by the singer Jamala who’ll perform a song about the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars. The entire 250,000 population of Crimean Tatars was deported by Stalin in an act of ethnic cleansing that led to the deaths of over 100,000 of the Tatars. Jamala’s song is about this genocide perpetrated by Stalin.
As you can imagine, Russians are outraged by the song. Even though it doesn’t mention Stalin, the idea that any form of criticism of their idol will be made in public makes Russians very angry. They tried to get the song banned on the grounds that it constitutes political speech. The European Broadcasting Union, however, demured and let the song stay in the contest. The singer’s family had been among the deported, and preventing Jamala from singing about her family’s tragic experience to please Russians would be too bizarre.
Well, at least this Eurovision scandal is more meaningful than the one with the bearded woman.
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According to the published “Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest,” the proposed song appears to be be in violation of the paragraph prohibiting political content:
“The lyrics and/or performance of the songs shall not bring the Shows, the Eurovision Song Contest as such or the EBU into disrepute. No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted during the Eurovision Song Contest. No swearing or other unacceptable language shall be allowed in the lyrics or in the performances of the songs. No messages promoting any organisation, institution, political cause or other, company, brand, products or services shall be allowed in the Shows and within any official Eurovision Song Contest premises (i.e. at the venue, the Eurovision village, the Press Centre, etc.). A breach of this rule may result in disqualification.” (Quote from http://www.eurovision.tv/page/about/rules)
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The deportation happened in 1944 in a country that no longer even exists. What’s political in signing a song about that? Is “in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue” political?
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Well at least it might make Eurovision slightly less of a joke than it usually is…
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Yes, after the bearded lady, everything is an improvement.
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