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ARMENIA BOYCOTTED EUROVISION AFTER SHOOTING OF SOLDIER - CNN
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/05/25/eurovision-cnn/
25.05.12
In the run-up to the Eurovision finals set to take place in
Azerbaijan's capital Baku this Saturday, CNN has prepared a footage
highlighting the political background of the contest.
Addressing Azerbaijan's hostile policies towards Armenia, the US-based
channel emphasizes that Armenia pulled out of the contest after its
soldier was shot dead on the border in March.
It then compares Spain with the Aliyev-led Azerbaijan, noting that
Austria refused to compete in Madrid in 1968 as a sign of protest
against the regime's vote-buying campaign that paved way to hosting
Eurovision.
"More recently, Lebanon pulled out of its scheduled Eurovision
debut in 2005 in a spat over its refusal to broadcast the Israeli
performance. Lebanese TV channel, Tele Liban, told the European
Broadcasting Union, which broadcasts Eurovision, that Lebanon's
legislation made it almost impossible to broadcast Israeli content,
putting Tele-liban in breach of contest rules," says the footage.
Characterizing Eurovision a frothy, kitsch spectacle, CNN says
in the meantime that the contest has long been a forum for heated
geopolitical grandstanding, "with allegations of bloc voting and
political skulduggery dogging the contest for years".
The full footage is below.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/05/25/eurovision-cnn/
25.05.12
In the run-up to the Eurovision finals set to take place in
Azerbaijan's capital Baku this Saturday, CNN has prepared a footage
highlighting the political background of the contest.
Addressing Azerbaijan's hostile policies towards Armenia, the US-based
channel emphasizes that Armenia pulled out of the contest after its
soldier was shot dead on the border in March.
It then compares Spain with the Aliyev-led Azerbaijan, noting that
Austria refused to compete in Madrid in 1968 as a sign of protest
against the regime's vote-buying campaign that paved way to hosting
Eurovision.
"More recently, Lebanon pulled out of its scheduled Eurovision
debut in 2005 in a spat over its refusal to broadcast the Israeli
performance. Lebanese TV channel, Tele Liban, told the European
Broadcasting Union, which broadcasts Eurovision, that Lebanon's
legislation made it almost impossible to broadcast Israeli content,
putting Tele-liban in breach of contest rules," says the footage.
Characterizing Eurovision a frothy, kitsch spectacle, CNN says
in the meantime that the contest has long been a forum for heated
geopolitical grandstanding, "with allegations of bloc voting and
political skulduggery dogging the contest for years".
The full footage is below.