February 16, 2022

Alina Pash withdraws

Alina Pash decided to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest. That is what she announced today on instagram. She made the decision after it appeared that one of her team members forged the documents about her travel to Crimea. This is Alina’s full statement: I am a citizen of Ukraine,

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Nadir Rüstəmli to represent Azerbaijan

Nadir Rüstəmli will represent Azerbaijan in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. He announced that himself this morning at a tv-show, although he did not know at that moment. He was given a multiple choice question: “Who is going to represent Azerbaijan?”. The fourth option was his own name. That was

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Ukrainian entry suspended

According to BBC News, the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, “Tini zabutykh predkiv” has been suspended. Again, it has something to do with the fact that she visited Crimea. That is legal in Ukraine, as long as one travels via the Ukrainian border. Every contestant who visited Crimea

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