Ukrainian President Zelensky will not address the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ event
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Organizers say they turned down a request by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for a video address at the music contest’s final on Saturday. The European Broadcasting Union, a group of national public broadcasters, operates Eurovision. The group said that Zelensky’s participation “would not make the program non-political”.
This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest will feature Ukrainian flags, Ukrainian musicians and Ukrainian fans, but not the country’s wartime leader. Organizers say they turned down a request by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for a video address at the music contest’s final on Saturday. The European Broadcasting Union, a group of national public broadcasters, operates Eurovision. The group said that Zelensky’s participation “would not make the program non-political”.
The group said that Zelensky “decided to address the audience at the Eurovision Song Contest with the right intentions, but regrettably he cannot be allowed by the European Broadcasting Union management as it would be against the rules.” Zelensky’s spokesman, Sergiy Nykiforov, denied that the president had asked him to speak at the event, which is expected to be watched by 160 million people.
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