The head of the RTÉ Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest has said that this year's event is not a normal Eurovision and that there is tension in the air in Malmö.
The head of the RTÉ Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest has said that this year's event is not a normal Eurovision and that there is tension in the air in Malmö.
"Here, it’s very lowkey compared to the last time we were in Malmö eleven years ago. This year there’s very little sense that the Eurovision is happening if you drive out of town. The security is probably the tightest I’ve ever seen at the Eurovision." "This is my personal opinion but anything that prevents artists from coming together and sharding music and culture and ideas feels inherently a bad thing. That’s my gut reaction."
"Kan, the Israeli broadcaster, is an independent broadcaster like RTÉ. They are not a mouthpiece for the government, unlike the Russian broadcaster, which is purely a propaganda tool of Putin, so there are differences. "People get to understand and know their neighbours. That why I think it’s slightly misguided and I understand that people have a different view and I respect that. I admire the commitment people have to drawing attention to the situation."418,000 viewers watched the first semi-final on RTÉ One last Tuesday, which saw Bambie Thug become the first Irish entry to qualify for the final since 2018 with her song Doomsday Blue.
"Because we hadn’t qualified in so long, you want to build tension and Bambie was making a lot of noise in a good way with all the fans, they wanted to keep everyone on the edge of their seats when it came to us. They wanted us to squirm for a while."
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