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The Eastern European Eurovision Song Contest

I didn’t watch the Eurovision Song Contest last night for three reasons: one, the BBC chose not to air Doctor Who this week to make way for it—and has been playing fast-and-loose with its greatest asset throughout this year’s fourth series already in terms of scheduling—and two, because the songs get worse every year. But my third reason is because Eurovision has become a political battleground in which the new gang of Eastern European states consistently club together and have now ensured that no Western European nation is likely to ever win the competition again.

tags: community, competition, Eurovision, music, politics, rivalry, tactical voting

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