Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 16. The delegations of Romania, Azerbaijan and Georgia accused the organizers of the Eurovision international song contest of substituting the scores. The head of the Romanian delegation, Yuliana Marchuk, according to TVR, said that the highest marks given by the jury members from Romania were given to Ukraine instead of Moldova. «The voting result of the Romanian jury was not taken into account when calculating the final rating, the organizers used a different set of marks on behalf of the jury of our country,» she said. As a result of the changes made by the organizers, Moldova did not receive a single point from Romania. According to the 1news.az portal, the contest organizers cited technical problems with the broadcast and announced incorrect scores. As a result, the maximum score from Azerbaijan was received by Great Britain, and not by Ukrainian musicians. The Novosti-Georgia portal also reports that the representatives of the national jury gave the maximum score to Ukraine, but Britain received 12 points in the table.
Eurovision is no longer related to music, said PrigozhinEurovision winner The Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with the composition Stefania won the Eurovision 2022 music contest, which ended on Sunday night in Turin, Italy. According to the total results of the audience voting and the jury, representatives of Ukraine received 631 points, becoming the winners by a wide margin from the nearest pursuer — Great Britain, which received 466 votes. Kalush Orchestra snatched the victory thanks to the votes of the audience of the competition, making a breakthrough from fourth place after the first phase of tabulation. The musical jury gave preference to British musician Sam Ryder. Due to the rules of the contest, according to which political calls from the stage are prohibited, the organizers of Eurovision had to comment on the situation with this statement: the European Broadcasting Union described it as «more of a humanitarian gesture than a political one».
«We are a terrible audience»: the Germans were outraged by Ukraine's victory at Eurovision «Humiliate Europe is in trend» The Eurovision Song Contest showed that humiliating Europe is now in trend, this opinion was expressed by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. If what won wins, I would probably ridicule it, because it is so obvious and so indecent that it seemed to me that the European Broadcasting Corporation and the organizers would not allow them to be humiliated like that,» the diplomat said. on international affairs, Leonid Slutsky, in turn, said that Eurovision is a tool for promoting not cultural values, but double standards, even gross violations of the rules did not prevent Ukraine's victory.
Zakharova commented on Ukraine's victory at Eurovision «It's all about politics» Readers of the Daily Mail called the results of the Eurovision 2022 music contest unfair due to the victory of the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra. Lady willpower suggested. «It's all about politics, we shouldn't waste our time, money and effort on this garbage performance,» NeilRich61 shared his opinion. Readers of the French newspaper Le Figaro, in turn, almost unanimously stated that Ukraine's victory in Eurovision 2022 proved the politicization of the show, where there was no room for real creativity. Commentators agreed that the contest in its current form has almost nothing to do with pop music culture, as it has become increasingly focused on political trends.
In Britain, they hoped that Ukraine would not be able to host Eurovision 2023Eurovision scandalsIn February, the European Broadcasting Union announced that Russia would not be able to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022. The decision, as announced, was made in connection with the organization's «concern» about the «unprecedented crisis in Ukraine.» On February 16, 2022, Ukrainian singer Alina Pash withdrew her candidacy from the Eurovision Song Contest. She noted that she faced hate and threats on social networks. The artist, included in the database of the Ukrainian site «Peacemaker» for visiting Crimea, won the national selection of Ukraine. Contest «Eurovision» Eurovision «Eurovision» — an international music competition, which is held under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). According to the rules of «Eurovision», no more than 44 countries are allowed to participate in the contest, no more than 26 countries participate in the final. Five countries are exempted from the fight in the semi-final — Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and France, as well as the host country of the current competition.
