The head of the German delegation, Alexandra Wolfslast, spoke about the toxic atmosphere created even by some artists in the green room during Eurovision 2024 in Malmo. She characterized as worrying, that for the first time in the history of the competition, some artists did not applaud the others in the green room, while she added that this year’s event damaged the image of Eurovision.
Speaking on theeurotrippodcast, Alexandra Wolfslast described this year’s Eurovision and what happened in Malmö as disturbing and shocking.
“We knew about all the political stresses going on and it had an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest in a way it never had before.
“Eurovision is always political, even if we say it isn’t. For me, it was very shocking because I always thought the Eurovision Song Contest was always a safe zone.
“I always thought the greatest thing ever is that every country gets along with each other – the artists are respecting each other, cheering for each other. That dramatically changed last year.
“Normally when artists come to the green room, everybody is applauding them and all of sudden, some artists are not applauding other artists – I thought that was really disturbing.
“I really hope that we do whatever we can to make sure this does not happen again. This harmed the brand in my opinion.
Alexandra Wolfslast argues that any political ramifications should be left out of Eurovision, since the contest cannot resolve any political differences that exist.
“We will not solve the geopolitical situation, that will last and we have to live with it.”
The head of the German delegation, blames the artists as well, without naming any of them, for the negative climate that prevailed behind the scenes, but also for the situations that were created and affected the image of the competition. In this direction were also the changes adopted by the EBU for the future of Eurovision, wanting to leave this year in the past and politically sterilizing the venues of the competition to avoid similar situations in the future.
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Source: eurotrippodcast
