Eurovision: a political history
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How Successful Is a Political Song?
In 19 93, the entries from bosna and hersegovina and croatia were both political. But they didn't manage to win even though there was sympathy across europe for them during their wars. How successful a political song can be also depends on a lot of other different factors. And how do you think your revision has exposed divisions in europe over other social, cultural issues? I'm thinking about drag queen concita verst, who won the competition in 20 14. She caused a lot of controversy around europe because she was challenging gendernorms. A, she was speaking out about l g b t c issues. So i would say it was more
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