[Spotykach] Eurovision

[coen at eyfa.org]

hi

the candidate from Holland didn't make it to the final (I have no idea
whether she can actually sing or not). The next morning the biggest
rightwing newspaper Telegraaf (similar to Bild in Germany) put a big
article on the frontpage under the heading 'Eastern European conspiracy'.
The article complained in surprise how it's unfair and basically
unbelievable that Eastern European countries by their way of voting
outbalanced western europe and kicked the 'lovely Dutch voice' out of the
competition. Eastern Europe deciding over Western European and Dutch fate,
that's not how it's supposed to be! Where's the Dutch/Western European
independence and ability to decide on 'the rules of the game' in which
Eastern Europeans can at most play (sing) along? So much used to be on the
dominant/hegemonic side in policy making institutions, this situation
being pretty much scared and frustrated the newspaper Telegraaf and I'm
sure its readers...

coen


> Hi,
> since I am looking last time for events which under the logo "Euro"
> produced between Eastern and Western Europe, I could not give some
> attention to Eurovision song contest which this year took place in
> Kiev. It was ESPECIALLY interesting to keep under attention THE FACT how
> the Ukrainian authorities would make it "for Europe". Of course, old
> ex-soviets habits were present everywhere staring with so called
> "pokazuha" (Rus.) or "hypocrisy" when the show was done in bright
> colors in the country which GOES THROUGH another post-orange crisis
> (jumping UP prices on main products, less income, oil crisis,
> political disaster with new ruling clique which still cannot divide
> the power in upper structures etc due TO THE big ambitious and old
> totalitarian approach to do things). The fact that "democracy" was not
> really wining there but even worth: it took its strange form of
> "chameleons" with orange color as main sign of "have right to exist"
> cause of December events. The best
> example for it is the violently imposed the song "Razom nas bagato" (
> so called hymn of oranges)
> which was in last moment replaced in final voting instead of
> JAnukovych supporter and first pretendent of the winner Anni Lorak
> (ala Ruslana local pop-star).Of course, the plagiat of Grindzholy band
> ( http://www.umka.com.ua/ukr/catalogue/1298/ which was made into
> something horrible http://www.umka.com.ua/ukr/catalogue/1537/ which
> shifted the Ukraine from the 1st place (Ruslana) into last one which
> is not surprisingly and it deserved. Even so that I am not care about
> it really but the fact that such political intervention into cultural
> vents very remind old soviet ideological dictatur style which is
> together with appearing president Juschenko with his "special"
> Ukrainian golden price (have done really in the style of soviet greet
> with medals anything possible) maybe raised confusion/surprise for
> international public, but for me it was just a heavy feeling: my God,
> how long this "brezhnevism" will still be alive.First the
> participants of orange revolution (those from above of course) made
> and gave themselves special medals: "hero of orange revolution"
> (including Juschenko), then his wife for inauguration took from the the
>  historical museum the expensive brooch as a symbol of wealth (only not
>  clear whose) and now super-expensive golden sign as perhaps symbol of
>  hospitality for the winner under the  meaning according to Juschenko
>  words: for best song of United Europe as the Ukraine would be
>  there...anyway the row of shocking things not has the end when I speak
>  about Ukrainian hypocrisy. But not less supervised me Polish
>  pop-lovers-audience: they gave the best mark also fo the super-ugly
>  singing Ukrainian band. What that: also political solidarity or
>  solidarity of tasteless? About the real taste Eurovision maybe is not
>  the best place to look for but why its only interesting to look
>  because there really overcross on my opinion those Ost-West clichesS
>  about how pop-art supposed to Beth Southeast
>  national/ethno/sexopil orientation and Western more cold-form of rok
>  and shlagers. The greatest example is a deep (once more) disapointing
>  of Gracia (German representative) who togather with huge audience in
>  Germany could not coope with the situation of being last one.
>  This disapointing and misunderstanding of what is acctually going on
>  on the East, which strange standarts are there and esspecially,
>  because they considered to be liked by majority in the Europe: not
>  matter if it Ruslanas Carpatian ethno-rythms or Greeks ala sertaki
>  elements in the songs or something else which South-East full of with
>  following exploition of energy. Only if this energy politically
>  correct, where to put it? How interpreted it? This is what partly
>  also hangs inbetween East and West to understand and answer? I would
>  be interesting what other think or feel about it and how the
>  Eurovision was sound in otehr coutries. Unfortunatly I did
>  not manage to form my thoughts in articles kind of frame, sorry. I
>  just share my brief thoughts about what has happened "on the stage and
> behind it" in Kiev, in the city which I like very much and feel like
> cannot silence what they do over there.....
>
> with best regards, Olga
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> Best regards,
>  olgaBat!                          mailto:olhas at web.de
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