Vidbir: A national final only used for political propaganda – Editorial

One could not say that this year is an easy year for the Eurovision Song Contest. The fact that Israel organizes the next contest makes it in itself complicated with the political extensions that exist there. However what happened yesterday evening in Ukraine was the epitome of propaganda and the use of the contest on the altar of the political aspirations of some, against their opponents. Read more

Dimitris Kontopoulos’ #thb for Shady Lady – Which was the initial title of the song?

Without any doubt one of Dream Team’s most successful entries in the contest was Shady Lady, with which Ukraine reached the second place in 2008. Dimitris Kontopoulos, shortly before, published a photo in Instagram with the lyrics of the song and Ani Lorak’s handwritten notes. Read more