After the victory of Jamala in Stockholm, it was clear to many that the "Eurovision 2017" could become the most scandalous in the history of this contest. And it happened. Before the event begins another month and a half, and the passions and intrigues surrounding the "Eurovision 2017" in Kiev are already tense to the limit.
Celebrities stand for boycotting Russia's "Eurovision 2017"
Every year more and more becomes those who are bewildered by today's Eurovision. From a beautiful bright spectacle, the competition turned into a demonstration of imaginary tolerance and political preferences.I firmly believe that Russia should refuse to participate in the contest until all the persons responsible for this decision announce their own professional unfitness, they will not resign, and the Eurovision Song Contest will not start to follow the goal for which it was created.
Who instead of Julia Samoilova will perform in Kiev at the Eurovision 2017?
The Russian organizers of the contest faced a difficult choice: to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 in Kiev, or to offer a new participant who will host the Ukrainian authorities and who will go to Eurovision 2017 instead of Yuliya Samoilova.I do not know about the decision of our organizers, but, as far as I understand, there is no such option as a replacement
The European Broadcasting Union invited Julia Samoilova to speak at the Eurovision in Kiev remotely: the reaction of the Russian side
The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest had to find a way out of the current situation in a hurry. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) published its decision on the official page of the competition. For the first time in 60 years since the founding of "Eurovision", its organizers proposed to back away from the rules and broadcast the speech of Yulia Samoilova via satellite. Thus, Julia Samoilova can take part in the "Eurovision-2017". Not waiting for the decision of the First Channel, which was asked to provide such a broadcast, the representatives of Kiev hastened to declare their disagreement. In Twitter, Vice-Premier of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kirilenko, the following entry appeared:The translation of Samoilova's speech by Ukrainian television channels is a violation of Ukrainian laws, as well as her entry to Ukraine. [European Broadcasting Union] EBU should take this into accountHowever, the First Channel has already officially announced that it refuses the EBU proposal, suggesting that the organizers act exclusively within the rules established by the competition:
... Yulia Samoilova's refusal to enter the territory of Ukraine violates the rules of the competition. We consider the offer of distance participation strange and refuse it, as it certainly contradicts the very meaning of the event, the strict rule of which is the live performance on the stage of Eurovision. We believe that the European Broadcasting Union should not invent new rules for the Russian participant in 2017 and is able to hold a competition in accordance with its own rules.