Ukraine may have won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest but they won’t be hosting the event next year. With organisers declaring that staging the competition in the war torn nation would be unfeasible, instead they’ve offered it to this year’s runners-up The United Kingdom. With local broadcaster the BBC agreeing to take up the reins, […]
The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have asked the United Kingdom to host the 2023 edition of the competition after they determined that it would not be possible to hold the event in Ukraine. The decision has angered Ukraine who were hopeful of hosting the event after the band Kalush Orchestra won the event […]
Monika Lui, who was Lithuania’s entrant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has shown her support for the winners Ukraine by releasing an English language cover of their song Stefania. Lui teamed up with the azz and rap singer Daiva Starinskaitė and the musicians of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre have presented their own version […]
Just.Equal Australia has written to Minister for Immigration, Alex Hawke, urging him to accept LGBTIQ+ refugees from Ukraine. The move comes as the US State Department reveals invading Russian forces have a kill list that includes LGBTIQ+ community members. “We have asked the Australian Government to make it clear that Ukrainian LGBTIQ+ refugees are welcome […]
Did Russia invade Ukraine because of western nations showing respect for people who are transgender, people adding their pronouns to the email signatures, or increasing political correctness? That’s certainly a point of view being pushed by several prominent conservative commentators in recent days. Jumping on the bandwagon today is former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, […]
Russia has been thrown out of the Eurovision Song Contest following the country’s invasion of neighbour Ukraine. Initially organisers had indicated that Russia would be allowed to perform at the song competition which is due to be held in May in Turin, Italy. After several countries raised concern the decision was reversed. On Friday Eurovision […]
LGBTIQ+ activists in the Ukraine have displayed a defiant show of Pride this month, flying the rainbow flag atop the nation’s most famous monument. Kyiv’s Motherland statue was filmed holding the Pride flag, attached to her sword by drones flown by LGBTIQ+ activists. Activists were supported in the endeavour by Dronariam Ukraine, who arranged the […]
Slavko Kalezić might win the crown for Eurovision’s campest entry in 2017, and stands a good chance of winning the competition with his amazing tune Space. Late last year Kalezić was chosen to represent Montenegro at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Space, composed by Momčila Zekovića. The video for the song has just been […]
Eurovision 2017 will be held in the Ukranian capital Kyiv. The city fought off strong competition from Odessa and Dnipro to host the Eurovision Song Contest following Jamala’s win in Sweden this year with her song 1944. Announcing the location for next year’s 62nd outing of the competition Eurovision HQ described Kyiv, located in the north-central part of […]
How did Australia fair at our second attempt at Eurovision? There was a definite loud cheer in the auditorium when Dami Im finished performing her song ‘The Sound of Silence’, but did it bring in the votes from the people around the world? This year Eurovision brought in a new methodology for revealing the […]
