Without Eurovision: who and why refused to participate in the contest. Bosnia and Herzegovina at Eurovision Armenia vs Azerbaijan

"Eurovision" is a competition that is not complete without intrigues and scandals, when the participating countries refuse to participate for a variety of reasons.

One step away from entering the stage of Europe's main song show, the Eurovision participants "slammed the door" and refused the contest. website will tell you the main scandals in the history of Eurovision.

Israel and the Holocaust

In 1979, Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time in a row. However, due to the difficult financial situation, the country announced that it would not be able to hold the song contest again in a year.

Eurovision 1980 was decided to be held in The Hague. When the European Broadcasting Union announced the date of the final of the competition, Israel noted that it coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Then the winning country refused to participate in the competition.

1980 Morocco sent its representative to Eurovision only once. Then the country decided to take part in the contest because Israel refused to take part, and to this day Morocco is the only African country that took part in this song contest.

Italy and boycott!

Italy, although it is one of the founding countries and can go straight to the final without participating in the semi-finals, boycotted the competition for a long time. This was due to the low interest of residents in the competition.

In 2011, after a 13-year hiatus, Italy returned to the Big Five and has since sent its contestants to perform at Eurovision every year.

Russia - Georgia

In 2009, a scandal erupted around the participation of representatives of Georgia in Eurovision. The competition was to be held in Moscow.

At Eurovision 2009, with the beginning of the Russian-Georgian war, which began in August 2008, the Stephane & 3G group was supposed to perform the song "We do not wanna put in".

However, the organizers of the competition saw political overtones in the song. In their opinion, the phrase "put in" is too consonant with the name of the former Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin. Stephane & 3G were asked to change the lyrics, but the Georgians did not want to and officially refused to participate in the song contest, which was held in Moscow.

Since 2010, she refused to participate in the competition Czech, citing the constant failures of their representatives as the reason.

Since 2013, he has not sent his representatives to Eurovision and Turkey. And after the victory in 2014 of the "bearded woman" from Austria, Conchita Wurst, Ankara said that they would no longer participate in this competition at all.

Armenia - Azerbaijan

In May 2012, during the Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan changed the rules for entering its territory for Armenian citizens due to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, which have been strained for more than 20 years.

Many Armenian artists have called for a boycott of Eurovision in Baku, and as a result, Armenia has officially announced that it will not participate in it. Then the country even had to pay a fine for announcing its non-participation too late.

Ukraine

In 2015, for the first time in the history of participation in the contest, Ukraine announced that due to the difficult situation in the state, the need to save money and switch to public broadcasting, it decided not to send its representative to Eurovision. Then the jubilee 60th song contest was held in Vienna.

Eurovision in Kyiv: whom Ukraine will not see

Most often, countries refuse to participate in Eurovision for financial reasons.

So, Bosnia and Herzegovina refused to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for financial reasons. As you know, the Bosnian broadcaster - broadcasting company BHRT - owes the European Broadcasting Union more than 5 million euros.

Luxembourg

After a series of unsuccessful performances, Luxembourg decided back in 1993 to stop participating in the song contest. But even despite 23 years of absence, the country is still one of the most successful - Luxembourg has won Eurovision five times (1961, 1965, 1972, 1973 and 1983).

Monaco

The last time artists from Monaco took part in Eurovision was in 2006. Representatives of the national broadcaster said that in 2017 the country still will not return to the Eurovision stage.

Slovakia has not sent its representative to Eurovision since 2012.

As national broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) explains, it's all about money. On RTVS they say that they have their own strategy for the development and financing of domestic television production, and participation in Eurovision is not among the priorities. It will not debut on it in 2017 either for financial reasons.

Will not come to Ukraine this year and Russia. Yulia Samoilova, who was chosen to represent the country at Eurovision in Kyiv, is banned from entering Ukraine for 3 years, due to the fact that she illegally visited the annexed Crimea.

Eurovision-2017 and the scandalous refusal of Russia to participate in the contest is no exception in history. The event has long turned from an ordinary song contest into a show, which is not unreasonably attributed to political overtones.

It does not do without intrigues and scandals, when the participating countries refuse to participate for a variety of reasons. The journalists of the site "24" found out when and under what circumstances the participants "slammed the door" a step away from going on stage.

Someone participated in the competition only once. Some left and returned. And some, like a well-known cartoon character, left, but promised to return.

For example, Morocco sent its representative to Eurovision only once - in 1980. Then the country decided to take part in the contest because Israel refused, and to this day Morocco is the only African country that took part in this song contest.

Italy, although it is one of the founding countries and can go straight to the final without participating in the semi-finals, it boycotted the competition for a long time.

In 2011, after a 13-year break, Italy returned to the "Big Five" and has since sent its contestants to sing at Eurovision every year.

Italy at Eurovision 2012 was represented by Nina Zilli

Meanwhile, since 2010, she refused to participate in the competition. Czech, citing the constant failures of their representatives as the reason.

Since 2013, he has not sent his representatives to Eurovision and Turkey. And after Conchita Wurst, Ankara said that they would no longer participate in this competition at all.

Regrettably, most often countries refuse to participate in Eurovision for financial reasons.

However, as it turned out, not money alone - much more global issues also became a reason to refuse.

Israel and the Holocaust

In 1979, Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time in a row. However, due to the difficult financial situation, the country announced that it would not be able to hold the song contest again in a year.

Eurovision 1980 was decided to be held in The Hague. When the European Broadcasting Union announced the date of the final of the competition, Israel noted that it coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Then the winning country refused to participate in the competition.

Israel, as the winning country, refused to participate in Eurovision 1980

Russia vs Georgia

In 2009, a scandal erupted around the participation of representatives of Georgia in Eurovision. The competition was to be held in Moscow.

At Eurovision 2009, with the beginning of the Russian-Georgian war, which began in August 2008, Stephane & 3G were supposed to perform the song "We do not wanna put in".

The organizers of the competition saw political overtones in the song. In their opinion, the phrase "put in" is too consonant with the name of the then Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Stephane & 3G were asked to change the lyrics, but the Georgians did not want to and officially refused to participate in the song contest, which was held in Moscow.

Eurovision in Moscow was without Georgia

Armenia vs Azerbaijan

With the "frozen" conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian-Azerbaijani relations have been, to put it mildly, strained for more than 20 years.

However, during the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2012, Azerbaijan even changed the rules for entering its territory for citizens of Armenia, who, as a rule, are prohibited from entering there.

In February 2012, an Armenian soldier was shot dead on the border between the countries. Yerevan said that he was killed by an Azerbaijani sniper.

After that, quite a few Armenian artists called for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, and, as a result, Armenia officially announced that it would not participate in it. Then the country was even fined for announcing its non-participation too late.

Armenia didn't get to Eurovision in Baku

Member Name: Group of 4

City: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Members of the group:
Fuad Backkovic
Dalal Midhat-Talakich
Jala
Ana Rucner

Song:"Ljubav je"

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Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to excel slightly at Eurovision 2016 and this country is represented not by a single performer, not by a group, but by a team of different musicians.

Perhaps this was facilitated by the performance of Russia in 2006, when several initially independent persons also appeared on the stage.

Fuad Backković hails from the capital Sarajevo. He first appeared on the music scene at the age of 12 (1994). His song of that time has sunk into oblivion, but the singer himself is still successful. In 1997, Fuad, under the pseudonym Dean, became the lead singer of the Seven Up group, which was wildly popular in the Balkans. Before the collapse of the team in 2002, they manage to release two records "Otvori oči" and "Seven".

Then Dean recorded a solo album "Ja sam vjetar zaljubljeni". Popularity allows him to win in 2004 at the national selection and become the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina at Eurovision. The young performer not only made it to the final, but also took a place in the top ten. The experience of that year inspires the current quartet and drives it forward.

The next participant Dalal Midhat-Talakich was also born in the capital. From the age of 5 she has been closely involved in music, behind her professional education received in Sarajevo and Zagreb. Her first track was released in 1995, when Dalal was still a girl. The young age did not prevent the singer from founding her own group Erato in 1996, in which she not only sang, but was also the author of the lyrics.

The team was incredibly popular, but in 2009 Dalal left her for personal reasons. For almost five years nothing was known about her, but in 2014 the girl released a new single "Gdje sam ja?". The next round of her singing career for Dalal is the performance at Eurovision 2016 from her native country.

The third artist is rapper Jala - incredibly famous in his native country, founder of the BluntBylon group, songwriter for many singers and singers, founder of his own recording studio Red Eye Vision. An important point - Jala himself participated in the creation of the composition "Ljubav je", with which this unusual quartet will enter the Eurovision-2016 stage.

The list of participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina is completed by the talented cellist Ana Rutser. The girl was born in Croatia, in a family with deep musical traditions. Dragan's father plays the violin at the Zagreb Philharmonic and mother Snejana is a cellist at the Croatian National Theatre.

At the age of 7, the girl began her musical education at the Vashic School, then she graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Music, and became nothing less than a cello professor. In parallel, the girl participates in a huge number of competitions, where her data is appreciated.

For ten years, until 2003, Ana worked as a cellist in the Maribor Philharmonic Orchestra. But the thirst for world fame and freedom does not let her go, the girl leaves and begins a solo career. Now Ana is a well-known musician who shifts classical works in a modern way.

As mentioned above at Eurovision 2016 the quartet will perform the composition "Ljubav je". Didn't make it to the final.

The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest is a competition that has been held annually since 1956 and is one of the most popular non-sporting events in the world with a huge television audience.

Eurovision 2017 / Eurovision 2017. Dates and venue

The right to hold a musical review " Eurovision 2017» ( Eurovision Song Contest 2017) passed to Ukraine, since the participant from this country - Jamala - won the previous Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm (Sweden). She performed the song "1944" and scored 534 points, thereby securing first place.

Venue for the reception of participants Eurovision-2017» chose the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv - the largest such facility in Ukraine, which constantly hosts international events of various kinds.

On March 14, 2016 in Stockholm, at a meeting of the heads of delegations of the participating countries, the preliminary dates for the competition in 2017 were announced: the semi-finals were to be held on May 16 and 18, and the final on May 20. However, a few months later, in June, competent persons announced other dates: semi-finals - 9 And May 11, 2017, A the final - May 13, 2017.

It is not new for Ukraine to host the Eurovision Song Contest. For the first time, the country became the arena for this large-scale event in 2005. Then the 50th anniversary song contest was held at the Kiev Palace of Sports, the right to conduct which was received by Nezalezhnaya after the Ukrainian vocalist Ruslana won with the song Wild Dances on " Eurovision 2004».

Eurovision 2017 / Eurovision 2017. Format and requirements

Participants of the final part of the Eurovision pop song contest, created by European Broadcasting Union(EBU) in 1956 as a special program capable of contributing to the cultural unification of Europe - representatives of twenty countries. Five of them - Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Spain - went straight to the final, as did the musician representing the host country (Ukraine)" Eurovision-2017". The remaining countries first prove their right to participate in the competition in the semi-final round.

As of 2016, vocalists over the age of 16 are eligible to enter the competition, regardless of their nationality. At the end of the performance of all the performers, the audience votes for their favorite songs. However, a composition representing the viewer's country cannot be voted on.

In February 2016, changes were made to the rules of the competition aimed at reducing the time of the final show, as well as making the process of announcing the results more interesting. This was the most global innovation in the Eurovision rules since 1975, when the 12-point system was introduced.

Thus, the jury's assessments are announced separately from the results of the voting of the viewers. First, criers from all participating countries announce only 12 points from the jury (points from 1 to 10 are shown on TV screens). After that, the votes of viewers are counted. As a result of the changes, the number of points increases.

At the end of February 2017, the Ukrainian channel "UA: Pershiy" announced the composition of the hosts of the vocal competition: Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk and Timur Miroshnichenko. This is the first time in the history of Eurovision that only a male trio has been given the lead.

Eurovision 2017 / Eurovision 2017. Participants and draw

At the end of October 2016, it became known that in " Eurovision 2017» will be attended by representatives of 43 states, including: Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Republic Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, France, Finland, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia .

Portugal and Romania returned to the competition, but Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the contrary, refused to compete. Australia, which debuted in 2015, decided to continue participating in the event, for which it received special permission from the organizing committee of the competition.

In 2017, the Eurovision participant from Russia was determined, as in the previous few years, by the council of the Russian organizing committee. On January 9, the media reported that Russia on " Eurovision 2017"Will be represented by a participant in the television projects" People's Artist "and" Voice Season 5 "Alexander Panayotov, who was born in Ukraine, in Zaporozhye, studied in Kiev, then moved to Moscow. The artist, who became a laureate of various competitions, commented to the press that he would like to reconcile within the framework of the international vocal competition, in the selection for which he has participated since 2005, Russia and Ukraine.

However, on March 12, on Channel One, in the Vremya program, it was announced that Yulia Samoilova, a native of the Komi Republic, who has been in a wheelchair since childhood and has a group I disability, will represent Russia at the song contest. Julia is a participant in the TV project "Factor A" on the channel "Russia 1" and the owner of Alla Pugacheva's personal award "Alla's Golden Star".

According to the head of the Russian delegation at the Eurovision contest Yuri Aksyuta, Yulia is an original singer, a charming girl and an experienced contestant who delights fans with her successes.

On March 22, 2017, the official representative of the host country of Eurovision 2017 announced that the Russian singer was denied entry to the territory of Ukraine. The ban will be valid for three years, respectively, Yulia Samoilova will automatically not be able to take part in the competition, which starts in May in Kyiv.

On January 31, 2017, in the Column Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration, the distribution of participants to the semi-finals took place. The results of the draw were as follows:

Participants of the first semi-final
I half
Australia - Isaiah Firebrace (song Don "t Come Easy)
Azerbaijan - Dihaj (Skeletons song)
Albania - Lindita Halimi (World song)
Belgium - Blanche (City Lights song)
Georgia - Tako Gachechiladze (Keep the Faith song)
Portugal - Salvador Sobral (song Amar pelos dois)
Montenegro - Slavko Kalezic (Space song)
Finland - Norma John (Blackbird song)
Sweden - Robin Bengtsson (song I Can "t Go On)
II half
Armenia - Artsvik (song Fly with Me)
Greece - Demy (This Is Love song)
Iceland - Svala (Paper song)
Cyprus - Hovig (Gravity song)
Latvia - Triana Park (Line song)
Moldova - SunStroke Project (song Hey, Mamma!)
Poland - Kasia Mos (Flashlight song)
Slovenia - Omar Naber (song On My Way)
Czech Republic - Martina Barta (My Turn song)

Second semi-final
I half
Austria - Nathan Trent (Running on Air song)
Hungary - Joci Papai (Origo song)
Denmark - Anja Nissen (Where I Am song)
Ireland - Brendan Murray (Dying to Try song)
Republic of Macedonia - Jana Burceska (Dance Alone song)
Malta - Claudia Faniello (Breathlessly song)
Netherlands - O "G3NE (Lights and Shadows song)
Russia - Yulia Samoilova (song Flame Is Burning)
Romania - Ilinka and Alex Florea (song Yodel It!)
Serbia - Tijana Bogicevic (song In Too Deep)
II half
Belarus - NAVIBAND
Bulgaria - Christian Kostov (Beautiful Mess song)
Israel - Imri Ziv (I Feel Alive song)
Lithuania - Fusedmarc (Rain of Revolution song)
Norway - JOWST & Alexander Wahlmann (Grab the Moment song)
San Marino - Valentina Monetta and Jimi Wilson (Spirit Of The Night song)
Croatia - Jacques Houdek (My Friend song)
Switzerland - Timebelle (Apollo song)
Estonia - Koit Toome and Laura (Verona song)

The final
UK - Lucy Jones (Never Give Up On You song)
Germany - Levina (Perfect Life song)
Spain - Manel Navarro (song Do It for Your Lover)
Italy - Francesco Gabbani (Occidentali's Karma song)
Ukraine - O.Torvald (time song)
France - Alma (Requiem song)

Eurovision 2017. First semi-final

The first semi-final of the international song contest « Eurovision 2017”, according to the results of which the first finalists were determined, passed May 9, 2017 in Kyiv. During the opening of the event, the winner of last year's contest, the Ukrainian singer, traditionally performed Jamal who performed two compositions: the song " 1944 ", which brought victory to Ukraine at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm, and the song" Lured". However, Jamala took the stage at the end of the first semi-final. He opened the same" Eurovision 2017» singer Monatik who performed in English the song " Circling". This replacement was a surprise from the organizers of the competition.

As part of the first semi-final, representatives of 18 countries performed on the stage of Eurovision 2017: Sweden, Georgia, Australia, Albania, Belgium, Finland, Azerbaijan, Portugal, Greece, Moldova, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Armenia, Slovenia, Latvia, Iceland, Montenegro and Poland. After the performance of their compositions, the opening of voting was announced, following which the finalists were determined.

10 countries became the winners of the first semi-final: Moldova, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, Belgium.

Thus, according to the results of the first semi-final, the finalists of Eurovision-2017 reached:

Sweden: Robin Bengtsson- "I Can't Go On"

Australia: Isaiah Firebrace- "Don't Come Easy"

Belgium: Blanche- "City Lights"

Azerbaijan: Diana Gadzhieva- "Skeletons"

Portugal: Salvador Sobral- "Amar Pelos Dois"

Greece: Demi- "This Is Love"

Poland: Kasia Mos- "Flashlight"

Moldova: Sunstroke Project- "Hey Mamma"

Cyprus: Hovig- Gravity

Armenia: Artsvik- "Fly With Me"

Eurovision 2017. Final

In the final of the competition Eurovision 2017"met: Moldova, Azerbaijan, Greece, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, Armenia, Australia, Cyprus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Hungary, Denmark, Israel, Romania, Norway, the Netherlands and Austria. Participants from five countries - the founders of the competition (Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France and Germany), as well as from Ukraine - the hostess of the competition, also performed in the final.

According to the voting results of the jury and the audience, the largest number of votes - 382 points - was scored by the representative of Portugal, Salvador Sobral, with the song Amar Pelos Dois ("Love Enough for Two"). The second result was shown by a representative of Bulgaria with a Russian passport - a young singer Christian Kostov (363 points).

In a speech Salvador Sobral the emphasis was placed on the performance of the composition, and the number was accompanied not only by lighting effects on the main stage, but also by illumination, which was arranged by the audience in the hall, shining with flashlights on their phones. The Portuguese was the last of the participants in the competition to come to Kyiv only for the opening of the competition on May 7 and did not take part in the rehearsals due to a heart defect that he has been suffering from since childhood. The 27-year-old singer had to find a donor before the end of the year.

The best result was the performance of the group Hari Mata Hari, who took 3rd place in the year, with the song Lejla, and the least successful was the performance of the quartet Dean, Dalal Midhat-Talakic, Ana Runtser and Jala, and for the first time in the history of participation, the country did not qualify for the final. Throughout its history, Bosnia and Herzegovina received 2084 points.

On December 14, 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew from the 2013 contest due to financial reasons. On November 18, 2013, the Bosnian television channel BHRT announced that the country was returning to the contest. However, it was later announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina would not take part in the year due to lack of sponsorship. In 2016, the country returned to the competition.

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