Yesterday, I heard a BBC clip covering the current Eurovision events in Helsinki.
They made it clear that the voting now is done strictly on the basis of "political correctness"...that being the reason that Ukraine was "everyone's favorite". What was Ukraine's entry?...A drag queen slapping his ass and counting to seven in German, while prancing around the stage wearing a dress covered in sequins.
Even the BBC reporters were miffed at how this abomination could win out over every song entered by other countries. They also made "special mention" of how PLO was in Helsinki, lobbying the officials & other contestants for official recognition in the Eurovision Contest. The young woman spokesman claimed "...We want Europe to see "the other side of the PLO"i].
While I have "been around the block" enough to know that "politics" somehow is involved in each and every contest in the world, I nevertheless can remember when Eurovision picked winners from truly excellent song entries. Now, most of the entries are worthless garbage from the start; the winners chosen by their degree of homosexual/lesbian/bi-sexual/trans-sexual propaganda content.
Question: At present, is Eurovision Song Contest a cultural event?