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fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Russia set to host its own Eurovision-style contest DW 09/20/2025

Russia is holding the final of its Intervision song contest on Saturday evening, a competition from Soviet times that has been relaunched by President Vladimir Putin as a conservative answer to the West's glitzy, liberal and queer-friendly Eurovision Song Contest . Russian artists have been banned from participating in Eurovision since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Kremlin-friendly singer Shaman will be representing RussiaImage: Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS/ZUMA/picture alliance
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

China, India and Belarus line up for Russia's rival version of Eurovision

Russia is reviving the Soviet-era Intervision song contest in Moscow with 23 mostly allied participants, emphasizing patriotic, state-aligned performances over Eurovision-style pop.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Intervision Song Contest: why Russia is reviving its cultural counterweight' to Eurovision

Russia revived the Intervision Song Contest as a geopolitical cultural outreach after exclusion from Eurovision, inviting a U.S. artist to perform in Moscow.
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