Is Greece’s song a disguised farewell to the Euro? Is Georgia preparing for war? This year’s Song Contest entries might be the most political collection ever – and the underlying ideas are pretty worryingLet’s start by making one thing clear; the Eurovision Song Contest was created as a “light entertainment programme”, bringing countries together, and has a strict policy against political content.“No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted … No messages promoting any organisation, institution, political cause or other, company, brand, products or services shall be allowed ... A breach of this rule may result in disqualification.” - 1.2.2.h, Public Rules of 60th Eurovision Song Contest (pdf). Continue reading...
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