'For Ukraine, this is the most important year ever for Eurovision'
Ukraine representatives and members of Kalush Orchestra attend the red carpet of the Eurovision party "Eurovision PreParty" at Sala La Riviera on April 16, 2022 in Madrid, Spain
In its 66 years of broadcasting, the Eurovision Song Contest has usually provided joy, hilarity and songs.
Set up with the noble intention of showing that music could unite Europe, it has instead been a glorious failure, with knock-off Slipknots , tone-deaf, bread-baking grannies and Israeli rappers squawking like chickens all emphasising, if anything, the impenetrability of a foreign nation’s favourite pop music – even when they’re singing in English.
