In an interview, a journalist from ESC United asked [Ziferblat ](https://www.instagram.com/ziferblat_band?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==) whether the war gave Ukrainian contestants an advantage.
ESC United later removed the video and apologized for the incident.
Ziferblat, Ukraine’s entry for Eurovision 2025, will perform their song “Bird of Pray” as number 5 in the first semi-final on May 13.
JustSvamp on
Without beating around the bush: Is the war going to result in a lot of votes from people sympathetic to the ukrainian cause (because of the war)? Absolutely. Many ESC contestants have won/finished high over the years because of tragedies in their native countries making international news.
Is the war an advantage for them in any other way? Absolutely not. I’m pretty sure they’d prefer not to be in this situation.
TheAverageObject on
“do not make it about politics…”
Meanwhile a random journalist…
Early_Personality_68 on
I don’t know if he’s suggesting that performers are participating knowing they will have better chances of winning and hence that is part of the calculation to participate. That’s a depraved mind if so.
dally-lama on
What an absolute fuck stick
Popular_Try_5075 on
“Do you think enduring over a decade of war crimes, annexation, children being kidnapped, innocent civilians tied up and murdered, bombing playgrounds and being gas lit about the entire thing gives you an advantage in song and dance?”
CaramelCritical5906 on
That reporter is despicable!! Absolutely classless question!!
Jagaerkatt on
How devoid of empathy and emotion do you have to be to ask such a question?
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In an interview, a journalist from ESC United asked [Ziferblat ](https://www.instagram.com/ziferblat_band?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==) whether the war gave Ukrainian contestants an advantage.
ESC United later removed the video and apologized for the incident.
Ziferblat, Ukraine’s entry for Eurovision 2025, will perform their song “Bird of Pray” as number 5 in the first semi-final on May 13.
Without beating around the bush: Is the war going to result in a lot of votes from people sympathetic to the ukrainian cause (because of the war)? Absolutely. Many ESC contestants have won/finished high over the years because of tragedies in their native countries making international news.
Is the war an advantage for them in any other way? Absolutely not. I’m pretty sure they’d prefer not to be in this situation.
“do not make it about politics…”
Meanwhile a random journalist…
I don’t know if he’s suggesting that performers are participating knowing they will have better chances of winning and hence that is part of the calculation to participate. That’s a depraved mind if so.
What an absolute fuck stick
“Do you think enduring over a decade of war crimes, annexation, children being kidnapped, innocent civilians tied up and murdered, bombing playgrounds and being gas lit about the entire thing gives you an advantage in song and dance?”
That reporter is despicable!! Absolutely classless question!!
How devoid of empathy and emotion do you have to be to ask such a question?
Piece of shit