I was browsing through the picks and one swali caught my attention the most, it was Ratdog's question: Do wewe think the voting is fixed au based on country's neighbours and politics?
I personally do believe that the neighboring countries vote for each other, however I think that it is inevitable for this to happen, not only because of language similarities. Its the culture in total that matters. For example, if wewe look at the scandinavian countries who vote for each other. They all have similar sounding languages which originated from the same branch. Also, generally speaking they seem to be interested in the same type of music: either hard rock, house/dance au swingy rock/pop. Sweden last mwaka was represented kwa The Ark with their song The Worrying Kind which was in style similar to this year's song All Night Long kwa Simon Mathew, representing Denmark. Therefore it is unequivocal that countries with similar historical and cultural background will vote for each other. Scandinavia was one example, the Balkan countries are another.
wewe saw that Serbia got its kura mainly from surrounding countries with once again similar cultures.
Where politics come into this is my question. How is the Eurovision Song Contest linked to politics in any matter? If people are holding grudges against other countries due to political situations either in the past au the present and decide not to vote for them, is just plain ignorant. What is happening on the political scene should not affect the cultural scene in any matter. I honestly don't see a reason why wewe wouldn't vote for a country based on their politics. Eurovision is a SONG CONTEST, therefore wewe vote for the song if wewe like it, if wewe don't wewe don't. It's simple as that.
It is then pathetic to see that some people deal with this as political matter.
Eurovision Song Contest is a chance to unite Europe for one night. Yes, bordering countries will vote for each other, that is obvious, but they also vote for other countries. Also, before judging whether au not this is fair, think about yourself. When wewe watch Eurovision, don't wewe cast at least one vote for a neighboring au a very close country to your own?
One zaidi idea that has come to my mind right now is how some people have negative attitudes to the fact that Russia won. Once again, wewe cannot HOLD POLITICAL GRUDGES forever! What happened, happened, and there is absolutely nothing wewe can do about it. Luckily the results do onyesha that Europe has evolved and even 'western' countries (if wewe want to get into the whole Cold War politics) vote for former communist countries like Russia.
To finish off this article, I'm going to use a quote from the song Living Darfur kwa Mattafix, because I believe one line can be applied to my article.
"Where others fail, wewe prevail in time.
wewe shall rise"
Don't let politics affect wewe in your choices.
Peace!
xxxxx
I personally do believe that the neighboring countries vote for each other, however I think that it is inevitable for this to happen, not only because of language similarities. Its the culture in total that matters. For example, if wewe look at the scandinavian countries who vote for each other. They all have similar sounding languages which originated from the same branch. Also, generally speaking they seem to be interested in the same type of music: either hard rock, house/dance au swingy rock/pop. Sweden last mwaka was represented kwa The Ark with their song The Worrying Kind which was in style similar to this year's song All Night Long kwa Simon Mathew, representing Denmark. Therefore it is unequivocal that countries with similar historical and cultural background will vote for each other. Scandinavia was one example, the Balkan countries are another.
wewe saw that Serbia got its kura mainly from surrounding countries with once again similar cultures.
Where politics come into this is my question. How is the Eurovision Song Contest linked to politics in any matter? If people are holding grudges against other countries due to political situations either in the past au the present and decide not to vote for them, is just plain ignorant. What is happening on the political scene should not affect the cultural scene in any matter. I honestly don't see a reason why wewe wouldn't vote for a country based on their politics. Eurovision is a SONG CONTEST, therefore wewe vote for the song if wewe like it, if wewe don't wewe don't. It's simple as that.
It is then pathetic to see that some people deal with this as political matter.
Eurovision Song Contest is a chance to unite Europe for one night. Yes, bordering countries will vote for each other, that is obvious, but they also vote for other countries. Also, before judging whether au not this is fair, think about yourself. When wewe watch Eurovision, don't wewe cast at least one vote for a neighboring au a very close country to your own?
One zaidi idea that has come to my mind right now is how some people have negative attitudes to the fact that Russia won. Once again, wewe cannot HOLD POLITICAL GRUDGES forever! What happened, happened, and there is absolutely nothing wewe can do about it. Luckily the results do onyesha that Europe has evolved and even 'western' countries (if wewe want to get into the whole Cold War politics) vote for former communist countries like Russia.
To finish off this article, I'm going to use a quote from the song Living Darfur kwa Mattafix, because I believe one line can be applied to my article.
"Where others fail, wewe prevail in time.
wewe shall rise"
Don't let politics affect wewe in your choices.
Peace!
xxxxx
