Eurovision

C'era vento, c'era fuoco e c'era l'eccezionale registro acuto di Goodrem, che hanno dato vita a una proposta sorprendentemente sicura di sé da parte dell'Australia. 'Cantata da un robot d'argento del 1984!': gli 11 tormentoni più grandi di Eurovision 2026. Posizionata davanti a una scintillante luna crescente e adornata con oltre 7.000 cristalli Swarovski, Delta Goodrem, la candidata dell'Australia per l'Eurovision 2026, ha offerto una performance potente nel 70° anniversario del concorso canoro globale, diventando il primo atto australiano a qualificarsi per la finale generale dal 2023. Entrata in gara come favorita anticipata, subito dopo i pesi massimi di Eurovision, Danimarca e Finlandia, Goodrem ha presentato un'esecuzione impeccabile della sua power-ballad, Eclipse. Il brano è impressionante, sebbene un po' formulaico; considerando che, tra i 35 paesi in competizione, 15 sono rappresentati da soliste femminili, Goodrem doveva trovare un modo per distinguersi in un campo affollato. Continua a leggere...

La pop star australiana interpreta il brano Eclipse nella seconda semifinale prima della finale di domenica. Segui le notizie di oggi in diretta Ricevi la nostra email con le ultime notizie, l'app gratuita o il podcast quotidiano C'era un'arpa. C'era un abito scintillante. Molto fumo. Una luna crescente. Sì, c'è stato un cambio di tonalità a metà canzone, nella migliore tradizione del kitsch dell'Eurovision. Continua a leggere...

Il broadcaster nazionale RTÉ è accusato di antisemitismo per la decisione di trasmettere l'episodio satirico dell'Eurovision del 1996 in segno di boicottaggio del concorso. È considerato uno degli episodi più divertenti di una sitcom amatissima, ma la trama di Father Ted sull'Eurovision è stata trascinata nella disputa sulla partecipazione di Israele al concorso canoro di questa settimana. Il broadcaster nazionale dell'Irlanda, RTÉ, che boicotta la competizione per protestare contro l'inclusione di Israele, trasmetterà invece l'episodio del 1996 'A Song for Europe', in cui i personaggi di Father Ted e Father Dougal eseguono la loro canzone 'My Lovely Horse' e ottengono nul points. Continua a leggere...

The Venice Biennale, Eurovision and Cannes are framed as artists representing their nations. But in a fractured world, national identity seems increasingly futile• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAre the arts being drowned out by politics? A few days before the biggest week of the year in Europe’s cultural calendar, that impression may be hard to avoid. The Venice Biennale opens its doors to the public on Saturday, but talk in the run-up to the world’s largest contemporary event has focused little on the works that will go on display inside the national pavilions, and a lot on which pavilions are going to open their doors, or shouldn’t.The building housing the Russian national representation was open for press previews on Tuesday, pumping out techno, for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It’s a decision the biennale president, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, seems to have made against the wishes of the Italian government that appointed him, and could cost the festival €2m in EU funds for a breach of its ethical standards. Russia has not participated in the past two editions due to its war in Ukraine. Its pavilion’s doors will be closed to the public when the biennale opens fully on 9 May, which a Ukrainian official told the Guardian was a “meaningful step”, after the biennale’s jury resigned en masse in April, in objection to entries from countries whose leaders are subject to international arrest warrants. Continue reading...

National broadcaster confirms it will not broadcast world’s largest live music eventNational broadcasters in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia will not air the Eurovision song contest this year, after they decided to boycott the event over Israel’s participation.Having already announced it would not submit a national entry, Slovenian broadcaster RTV confirmed on Thursday it would implement a broadcasting blackout of the world’s largest live music event and instead show a series of films about Palestine. Continue reading...

As the original event faces discord and boycotts on its 70th anniversary, Bangkok will host the inaugural spin-offEurovision is seeking to expand into the Asian market by hosting a version of its song contest in Bangkok this year, just as the original annual event is being buffeted by discord and boycotts on the eve of its 70th anniversary edition.The grand final of the inaugural Eurovision song contest Asia will take place in Thailand’s capital on Saturday 14 November, the Switzerland-based organisation announced on Tuesday. Broadcasters from 10 countries have confirmed their participation. Continue reading...

Calls for Alexandra Căpitănescu’s Choke Me to be banned as campaigners say lyrics are ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’Romania’s Eurovision entry Choke Me has been labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” for appearing to glamorise sexual strangulation, an unsafe practice that can lead to brain injury and death.Campaigners against sexual violence said the entry, in which the words “choke me” are repeated 30 times during the three-minute song, was “playing fast and loose with young women’s lives”. Continue reading...