ΣΕΡΑΦΕΙΜ ΚΟΤΡΩΤΣΟΣ Μπορεί να είναι ένας απλός, έως και αστείος, μουσικός διαγωνισμός, η φετινή διοργάνωση της Eurovision, ωστόσο, αποκτά ιδιαίτερη σημασία καθώς πολλοί αναμένουν να μεταφερθεί εκεί ο “πόλεμος της Κριμαίας”. Όπως γράφει το TheAtlantic.com Ρωσία και Ουκρανία αναμένεται όχι μόνο να πάψουν να είναι “euro-σύμμαχοι” και να ανταλάσσουν τα “12’αρια” στη βαθμολογία, αλλά να εμπλακούν σε μια ιδιότυπη διαμάχη.
Οι δύο χώρες θα βρεθούν στα ημιτελικά σχεδόν δίπλα δίπλα αφού στη σειρά των ημιτελικών παρεμβάλλεται μόνο το Αζερμπαϊτζάν.
Διαβάστε το ρεπορτάζ του γνωστού ιστοτόπου:
Ukraine, which has seen several of its past contestants use the Eurovision platform to warble thinly veiled anti-Russian slogans, appears to be playing it safe this year. Its performer, 21-year-old Maria Yaremchuk, is performing an upbeat love song, “Tick Tock,” that appears entirely devoid of political intent:
Still, Yaremchuk—whose late father, Nazariy Yaremchuk, was a popular Ukrainian folk singer—says she’s been deeply distressed by ongoing events in Ukraine, particularly the May 2 deaths of more than 40 pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian protesters in the southern port city of Odessa.
“Naturally, we’re worried, the whole team,” Yaremchuk said one day after the clashes. “Of course it’s hard sometimes to concentrate completely on rehearsals when we’re at work, since our souls are thinking of home, especially after the terrible events yesterday. But that’s not going to stand in our way, by any means. To the contrary, it forces you to be stronger.”
Russia, for its part, has put forward doe-eyed twins Anastasia and Maria Tolmachevy, who first came to prominence as winners of Junior Eurovision in 2006. Now 17, the smiling blond sisters have taken on the considerable task of softening Russia’s image abroad, even if their otherwise cottony ballad, “Shine,” may strike some Ukraine-watchers as cutting a little too close to the bone with lyrics like: “living on the edge, closer to the crime, cross the line a step at a time.”
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