UK hosts Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine
1 year, 7 months ago

UK hosts Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine

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Last week, Britain crowned a king. “ a way to measure the zeitgeist in Europe.” Eurovision was long associated with fluffy 3-minute pop songs—previous winners include the likes of “La, La, La” and “Boom Bang-a-Bang.” But Vuletic says it’s no longer “the contest with silly songs, innocuous lyrics that it perhaps used to be.” He says a third of this year’s entries deal lyrically with “toxic relationships, anxiety” and other mental-health issues. Austrian duo Teya & Salena offer an offbeat tribute to Edgar Allen Poe, “Who the Hell is Edgar?” while Croatia’s Let 3 belts out antiwar rock opera “Mama ŠČ!” Eurovision’s complex voting system, which awards points from juries of music industry professionals as well as viewers across Europe, makes winners notoriously hard to predict. Singer La Zarra, competing for France, is also highly ranked for her Edith Piaf-esque chanson “Évidemment.” The U.K. stepped in to host the contest for Ukraine after last year's British entry, Sam Ryder, finished second. Ryder’s strong showing last year with “Spaceman” helped transform Eurovision’s image in the U.K. Long viewed as a guilty pleasure—amid perennial grumbling over the country’s poor results—it now a source of pride and celebration.

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