Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The Nordic countries Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland along the United Kingdom and Austria are apparently demanding new rules for the Eurovision song contest with new ethics excluding the dictatorships or the countries without proper democracy and/or the countries without proper human rights. That means Belarus and Azerbaijan, and maybe even Russia and Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia. EBU should discuss the matter in their meeting in late June. This incident seems to have been the last drop to NRK and others in Azerbaijan. It also seems Sweden has chosen the human rights as the theme of Eurovision 2013 already.

Or so the Swedish tabloids write today. All this because if that sensitive question in last night's winner's press conference. Margarita Antidze of Reuters Georgia asked about Loreen's political activities and her visit to meet the opposition in Azerbaijan. The EBU's spokesperson stepped in and asked the journalists to ask only questions relevant to the Eurovision song contest before Loreen answered she has two sides, the private one and the artists one. Here and now she is the artist one and would like to keep the good energy going they have created in the contest and in the press conference. Had she answered with a political response, according the rules she might have been disqualified from the contest. (Really?) End of story.