Subtle tango protests, songs about genocide and actions for same-sex marriage.

The Eurovision song contest wants to be an apolitical competition in music, but time and time again it has instead been an opportunity for the competing countries to show what they think.

In the 1970s, Cyprus and Turkey took turns boycotting the competition due to the participation of the other country, and when Israel's A-ba-ni-bi contribution won in 1978, several countries in North Africa and the Middle East became outraged.

In Jordan, it went so far that instead of the winning entry, they showed a picture of daffodils on TV and explained that it was in fact Belgium that won.

Since then, the Eurovision stage has become a hotbed of conflict for big politics.

In the 2000s, the protests have been about both war and LGBTQ rights.

Click on the clip to see what the political protests in the Eurovision song contest looked like and see more about Eurovision and politics in the Foreign Office: Schlager War SVT2 at 10 pm or on SVT Play from 7.30 pm.