The 66th edition of Eurovision takes place from May 10 to 14 in Turin. The French song “Fulenn” by the group Alvan & Ahez experienced a “total fiasco”. As for the Ukrainian piece, it is among the favorites. The Macedonian candidate has caused controversy. All about the competition…
Get ready for the big one Eurovision Song Contest, which, like every year, promises to glue us to our armchair! Andrea Koevska, 22, who represents North Macedonia with her song Circle, controversial in his country. The reason? During the opening ceremony of Eurovision on May 8, the singer threw the Macedonian flag on the ground, which cluttered it, for a photo shoot on the red carpet. A seemingly innocuous gesture … but which provoked anger in the country. “With this gesture, she disrespected a national symbol, which is punishable by law“the Macedonian channel MPT protested.
The public television channel asked the candidate that she “apologize to the people” and even said that it was possible that she was simply excluded from the competition. “All legal means will be taken against those responsible for this scandal within the delegation.“, we read in a press release from the chain.
More Andrea Koevska will finally be able to participate in Eurovision. The scandal was appeased when, a few hours later, she appeared, flag in hand, in front of the cameras of the television channel, to apologize. “I had no intention of offending my nation“, she said, specifying that she had only acceded to the requests of the photographers, who had asked her to pose without her flag.
This year Russia was excluded from the competition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine orchestrated by Vladimir Putin. In addition, the country will not be able to vote for the other participants and is therefore “excluded from the whole event“, as a press release from the European Broadcasting Union had indicated. But l’Ukrainestill in the competition, is on track for victory…
This year, Ukraine will be represented at Turin by the group Kalush Orchestra with his song Stefania. Already, they have pulled out of the game to rise among the favorites of the competition. The six-member rap group (Oleh Psiuk, Ihor Didenchuk, MC Kilimmen, Tymofii Muzychuk, Oleksandr Slobodianyk and Vitalii Duzhyk) enjoy a authorization to leave Ukrainian territory and travel to Turin, venue for the Eurovision Song Contest, from May 10-14.
In Ukraine, presets took place to decide who would represent Ukraine in the competition this year. But the group Kalush Orchestra had not been given a winner! She’s the singer Alina Pash who had won the preselections, thus becoming the Ukrainian face of the competition. But controversies related to her trips to Crimea had sparked controversy… and Alina Pash had to withdraw from the competition, to laisser place at Kalush Orchestrawhich had been classified as second position of presets. A bad for a good?
Alvan & Ahez, facing a “total fiasco”
On April 7, the French group Alvan & Ahez experienced a slight hiccup on the stage of Israel Calling, an event organized each year a month before Eurovision. “This evening fiasco total“, wrote Alvan, on his Instagram account. While the Breton group was to perform on stage, they realized that their ukulele had been forgotten… “So, it goes into improvisation. Luckily the audience was on fire (on fire, editor’s note)”, we read in the story Instagram of the singer.
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All about the piece of France at Eurovision 2022
This year, it’s the group Alvan & Ahez who will represent France in Turin with their song Fulenn, interpreted entirely in Breton. For the show Eurovision France, You decidewhich made it possible to choose the piece that will be sung by the French at the 2022 edition, twelve songs were in competition, but this is the title of the Breton group which collected the votes of the jury as well as that of the viewers. Who will manage to dethrone the Italian group Maneskinwho had won the victory in May 2021 with the title Shut up and good ? Answer very soon…
The song Fulennwhich means “spark” et “young lady“, is a anthem”feminist“ and to an ode to “women’s freedom“, according to France 3 Brittany. It’s here second time that the French song at Eurovision is in Breton. In 1996, Dan Ar Braz and L’Héritage des Celtes sang Diwanit Bugle in Oslo, Norway. She had been ranked in 19e position on 23.
What is the date of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022?
The Eurovision Song Contest is due to take place from Tuesday May 10 to Saturday May 14, 2022. This is the 66e edition of the competition.
Where will the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 take place?
After the victory of the rock group Måneskin, in 2021, the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 takes place at PalaOlimpico in Turin, Italy. This is the third time the country has hosted the competition, after the 1965 and 1991 editions.
Estelle Denis: why she is disappointed with the choice of the song
Estelle Denis has, she, expressed her disappointment with the song chosen to represent France at Eurovision … sung in Breton. In his show Estelle Nooncolumnist Pierre Rondeau lamented: “Admittedly, it’s not written anywhere in the rules, there’s no obligation to sing in such and such a language, but I had the memory that we defended the French language and especially the Francophonie. (…) The language of France is French“. And Estelle Denis nods: “But yes ! (…) We just have to do the Localvision ! Or the Regiovision!“.