Russia RUSSIA 2022 - not taking part

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[Jonkonfui]

Russia goes for a different strategy. Whenever they expect negative reactions, they send someone you couldn't possibly attack, because that would look cruel.Two young sweet girls, a woman in a wheelchair in pursue of her life-dream. I wonder if they continue with that. What else could they think of? Someone from a minority? A mentally challenged person? Someone with a tragic life-story like a refugee, a victim of persecution? A person with a distorted face?

A Russian homosexual maybe?

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

I know you just made it and all but there is something about petitions with barely any signatures that is just making me laugh


There is a side of him we haven't seen yet in Eurovision

Mama
But he'd never do that, coz he'd be executed the moment he sets foot back in his country

 

[I bims]

Always playing the victim card... I can't at how blatant this broadcaster is tbh... it's parodic.

What they did to Julija was a fucking disgrace.

 

[A-lister]

I know you just made it and all but there is something about petitions with barely any signatures that is just making me laugh

Give the poor guy some cred, he already admitted he doesn't have the proper channels to reach out to the masses, but I think we can all help somehow.

- Twitter?
- Facebook?
- Post it in comment-sections on Eurovision blogs, Eurovision.tv facebook page etc.
- # various EBU affiliated broadcasters, media in Europe?

 

[Sammy]

A Russian homosexual maybe?

You mean attacking an homosexual would look cruel? In the eyes of Uncle Vlad?

 

[A-lister]

A Russian homosexual maybe?

It already happened... 5 times

 

[I bims]

Give the poor guy some cred, he already admitted he doesn't have the proper channels to reach out to the masses, but I think we can all help somehow.

- Twitter?
- Facebook?
- Post it in comment-sections on Eurovision blogs, Eurovision.tv facebook page etc.
- # various EBU affiliated broadcasters, media in Europe?

I didn't want to discredit it or anything, it's just something that makes me laugh without a real reason

 

[A-lister]

I didn't want to discredit it or anything, it's just something that makes me laugh without a real reason

I guess we all have our individual sense of humor

Nah but it's true, a petition means little if no one signs it, but for it to be signed by many it needs to be reaching more people so...

Not that I believe it will do any difference in the end, but at least EBU will know about it and sometimes news like these do reach some proper channels if it goes viral enough and the word-of-mouth is there.

 

[GermanBango]

I didn't want to discredit it or anything, it's just something that makes me laugh without a real reason

Well it is sad funny. Especially considering how much effort Eurovision fans were able to put into a petition to get some band to participate in the German NF. Haha.

 

[Iker]

A Russian homosexual maybe?

Homosexuals do not exist in Russia.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

Its interesting that after Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1976, Greece sent a political song about it, EBU allowed it and Turkey withdrew to protest.
EBU also allowed Jamalas song, although with clear political content.
Seems like EBU takes a side sometimes, but in a very discreet kind of way.

 

[I bims]

Well it is sad funny. Especially considering how much effort Eurovision fans were able to put into a petition to get some band to participate in the German NF. Haha.

Yeah exactly, whenever something has something really depressing about it, I just have to laugh because ... That's how I cope or something I guess?

 

[GermanBango]

Yeah exactly, whenever something has something really depressing about it, I just have to laugh because ... That's how I cope or something I guess?

I mean I always have to laugh if someone is crying in front of me so … I get the struggle.

 

[Miss Antartica]

Homosexuals do not exist in Russia.

Homophobic Russia? Now it is nothing, the next president of Russia after Putin will be the current president of the Chechnya region, he is Putin's dolphin

 

[Iker]

Polina Gagarina with the song Doves confirmed

Hopefully you did not steal my brilliant idea posted on that other (more lame) eurovision related forum! I predicted a song called 'Beautiful Doves'.

 

[FilipFromSweden]

Hopefully you did not steal my brilliant idea posted on that other (more lame) eurovision related forum! I predicted a song called 'Beautiful Doves'.

Well I don't need any praise or claim any originality, I also have no clue which forum that is. You can have the ownership

 

[ESC United Mod Team]

Please stick to the topic of the thread and keep the political discussions out of this section of the forum.

It's obviously a very tense and dire situation in Europe right now, and we understand that you have a need to talk about it. All we ask is that you do it in the appropriate place, in the Politics sub-forum. Thank you.

 

[Miss Antartica]

MAYBE ALINA PASH?

 

[Chorizo]

Actually, Serbia (then officially Yugoslavia) didn't technically break the rules either in the 90's, yet they got banned. I guess EBU had more backbone back then before Eurovision became this big business as now...

Serbia didn't break the rules of the contest, but the EBU is all about money. I'm afraid they might be too greedy to ban Russia. Otherwise, what is Russia doing in this contest? Russia already has a habit of sending phony peace songs, which don't distract from Russia's wars but rather openly mock Europe. If it's not a peace song, it's Kirkorov trash. It very rarely gets any better than that. The EBU even played along with Russia's trolling in 2017, so not much can be expected from them, unless there's political pressure from Western European countries.

I think the other broadcasters should tell the EBU that they will withdraw if Russia doesn't get banned. That would do it.

 

[CaraMia]

Well, I'm failing to see anyone having any kind of success representing Russia this year. Not even Sergey Lazarev would be able calm down the audience. Russia is going to be so booed that even pre-recorded applause tracks will be useless. Personally, I think that it would be better for the country to "gracefully" withdraw (although I don't agree with banning Russia, because they didn't break any ESC rule and, if EBU did that, it would definitely look like they would be taking sides and being political themselves, so if they want Russia to sink, just let the country sink by itself).