After the drama of Russia’s participation in last year’s contest, it was nice to see the country return drama free, or at least as drama free as Russia can be. We were meant to see Julia Samoylova take to the stage last year, but as we all know, Russia withdrew from the competition last minute.…
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After a drama filled 2017 for Russia’s Eurovision efforts, the nation is back, and as we know it will be Julia Samoylova who will finally get her chance to sing on the Eurovision stage. It’s been a while since she was announced as their 2018 representative, and we’ve been patiently waiting for her song, and…
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What’s Eurovision without a bit of controversy, and last year, the big source of Euro-drama came from the host nation Ukraine and their neighbours Russia. We saw Russia select Yulia Samoylova to represent them in Ukraine, however it was soon revealed that she would be banned from entering the host nation due to her ‘illegal’…
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A few weeks back, we reported that the Ukrainian broadcaster confirmed that the Russian participant Julia Samoylova would be banned from entering the country for Eurovision. As we previously reported, the Ukrainian Government has banned Russian artists who support the 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula by banning them from entering the country. As this…
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As you may have heard, yesterday Ukraine confirmed the planned ban on Russian performer Julia Samoylova. Long story short, the Ukrainian Government has banned Russian artists who support the 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula by banning them from entering the country. As this is a governmental ban irrelevant, and beyond the scope of Eurovision,…
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With most of the 2017 songs now selected, one of the countries who was particularly quiet over the national final season was Russia, however now, we have confirmation that they will indeed be participating at Eurovision this year, and that Julia Samoylova will be flying the flag in Kyiv. Julia was selected internally by the…
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