By News Room
The Eurovision final will take place tonight, although Iceland will be far from having fun after not making it out of the semi-finals, but it’s not the fault of our Diljá, but Europe had to having bananas in your ears on Thursday, and that’s it. TO DO.
However, such a setback has not stopped the nation from watching the competition as it is a certain annual festival of glitz and windmills and a perfect opportunity to make a difference. Iceland will still be able to vote tonight and thus participate in choosing the winner, and our Dadi and the amount of data will also serve as entertainment, which means that we still have a representative in the competition.
To shorten the wait until tonight, we’ll take a look back at some memorable events, even scandals, from this beloved competition over the years.
Krista Siegfried and the kiss – 2013
Krista Siegfried, a contestant from Finland, has decided to use the Eurovision platform to protest Finland’s ban on same-sex marriage. She did this by kissing one of the dancers who was with her on stage. Many of the contest’s more conservative members opposed the outing, but Krista had said before going on stage, “It’s live so no one can stop me.”
Verka Serduchka, the Ukrainian drag queen – 2007
No one can call themselves a real Eurovision fan if they don’t know Verka, who is probably the competition’s most famous superstar. Verka’s real name is Andriy Danylko and he is a Ukrainian comedian. He took the stage in drag and used his drag name. Not all of his compatriots were happy with this trick. A radio station in Ukraine launched a campaign against the donation, and even Ukrainian parliamentarians expressed their opinion of Verka, calling it ugly. Verka didn’t let that stop her and finished in second place, much to the chagrin of her opponents.
Silvía Night and the drama –
We now knew what we were getting into when we chose to send Silvía Nótt, a fictional character immortalized by Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, to Eurovision. Europe was not ready, however, and Silvia’s stilts angered the people of Athens, where the contest was taking place, as well as visitors and relatives of the contest.
Spain and an unexpected guest – 2010
When the Spanish candidate took to the stage in 2010, he probably didn’t expect to make it to the list of Eurovision scandals. However, he was not responsible for what happened. A man named Jimmy Jump jumped onstage and attempted to join the stage. Fortunately, fully dressed, because according to the media, this man is known to host such events on Eve clothes alone. Security guards were quick to push him off the stage and Spanish contestant Daniel Diges acted like a hero and acted like nothing had happened.
Iveta Mukuchyan and the flag – 2016
Can’t believe Iceland was the first to riot at Eurovision with a flag? No it is not. In 2016, the Armenian contender was nearly disqualified after waving the Nagorno-Karabakh flag during the qualifiers. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is a disputed territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and was therefore seen as a political statement, contrary to the rules of the competition.
Georgia and Putin – 2009
In 2009, Georgia was disqualified from the contest because the contest organizers considered their contribution to be political propaganda. The song was called “We Don’t Wanna Put In”, but it was thought to sound like “We Don’t Wanna Putin”, a reference to Russian President Putin. But at that time there was a conflict between the two states.
Cliff Richards steals the win – 1968
The great singer Cliff Richards participated in Eurovision in 1968 for Great Britain, but lost narrowly against Spain. I only remember a small level. However, many believe that Cliff was robbed of the victory and that it was at the instigation of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. This seemed to be confirmed in a 1998 documentary which showed that Franco interfered in the scoring to improve Spain’s international image. So he bribed the corrupt executives of European TV stations to prevent old Cliff from doing better in the competition.
Four winners – 1969
In 1969, it was not one country that won the Eurovision Song Contest, but four countries in total, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Great Britain. When this happened, the election was conducted in such a way that each country had a jury of 10 and the judges chose one country each. There were no rules for ties, so when all four countries had a total of 18 points, they all had to be declared co-winners. Countries then had to draw lots to determine where the competition would be held each year. This caused a lot of noise and was strongly criticized. The following year, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Portugal withdrew from the competition.
This led to the introduction of new rules on how ties should be handled to ensure that only one country emerges victorious. After all, it hasn’t happened again since.
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Source: Eurovision’s most memorable scandals and events
