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Ukraine chose its representative in
Eurovision 2022
last Saturday, February 12.
Alina Pash
and her song
De ella Tini zabutykh predkiv
('Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors') won
Vidbir
, a televised gala in which eight artists competed.
The problem is that the singer
could be disqualified
for having made an irregular trip to Crimea in 2015.
UA:PBC
, the Ukrainian public broadcasting company, has suspended the agreement that allows the performer to attend the European Song Festival.
The company reported on Tuesday, February 15, that the country's
State Border Service
did not issue any visa to the artist to visit Crimea.
In addition, she is investigating whether the document that she presented to travel is valid and what its origin is.
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Mykola Chernotytskyi
, director of the Ukrainian public television
Suspilne
, indicated that on Wednesday, February 16 at 11:00 a.m. they will give more information on the matter.
"In my opinion, scammers cannot represent Ukraine at
Eurovision
," he wrote on
.
Alina Pash
had already been at the center of another controversy before being chosen as her country's representative in the contest.
Some old photos circulate on social networks in which she wears a jacket whose colors are reminiscent of the Russian flag.
The singer's statements
Alina Pash
spoke to the BBC about her possible disqualification and wanted to make her position regarding her country clear: "I am a Ukrainian girl. I speak in Ukrainian and
my song is about Ukraine
. There is no way I can be against it."
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The singer also commented on the situation of war escalation between Russia and Ukraine.
"
We already have many problems
. The pandemic is one of them and it continues to be. Do we also need a war? Really?"
In addition, she assured that some of her friends are afraid and have already prepared their bags in case they are forced to flee their homes: "We have to be ready."
"I believe in my message that
we don't need a war
, but if they push us, we'll stick together. Artists like me want to create something good. We want to create positive news, but we're living in this reality. We're going to react. We're not going to run," he declared.
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Possible alternates
If
Alina Pash
is disqualified as Ukraine's representative at
Eurovision 2022
, her place could be taken by the group
Kalush Orchestra
, who came second in
Vidbir
with their song
Stefania
.
Third place in the contest went to
Wellboy
with
Nozzy Bossy
.
There is also the possibility that the aforementioned artists will refuse to participate in the festival, replacing
Pash
.
Ukraine already experienced a similar situation in 2019, when
Maruv
resigned from being its representative in the contest and spoke of a political veto.
The finalists who participated in the pre-selection that year did not want to replace her and
the country ended up withdrawing
from the competition.
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