In the run-up to the Eurovision finals set to take place in Azerbaijanթ§Չ-Չ§s capital Baku this Saturday, CNN has prepared a footage highlighting the political background of the contest.
Addressing Azerbaijanթ§Չ-Չ§s hostile policies towards Armenia, the US-based channel emphasizes that Armenia pulled out of the contest after its soldier was shot dead on the border in March.
It then compares Spain with the Aliyev-led Azerbaijan, noting that Austria refused to compete in Madrid in 1968 as a sign of protest against the regimeթ§Չ-Չ§s vote-buying campaign that paved way to hosting Eurovision.
թ§Չ-ժMore recently, Lebanon pulled out of its scheduled Eurovision debut in 2005 in a spat over its refusal to broadcast the Israeli performance. Lebanese TV channel, Tele Liban, told the European Broadcasting Union, which broadcasts Eurovision, that Lebanon’s legislation made it almost impossible to broadcast Israeli content, putting Tele-liban in breach of contest rules,թ§Չ-Թ says the footage.
Characterizing Eurovision a frothy, kitsch spectacle, CNN says in the meantime that the contest has long been a forum for heated geopolitical grandstanding, թ§Չ-ժwith allegations of bloc voting and political skulduggery dogging the contest for yearsթ§Չ-Թ.
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The full footage is below.
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