Putin orders launch of rival Eurovision Song Contest

Russia to relaunch Soviet-era Eurovision Song Contest rival in Moscow under Putin’s orders
The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision while promoting "traditional values." View on euronews
Putin announces pro-Russian knock-off rival to Eurovision song contest…despite similar showcases flopping in Soviet era
VLADIMIR Putin has announced his own version of the Eurovision song contest despite Russia’s similar Soviet attempts being a huge flop. The bitter tyrant is set to take on the world famous
Back in the USSR: Putin Revives Soviet-Era 'Eurovision' With New Allies
Russia took part in Eurovision 23 times from 1994 but as ties with the West steadily soured it began to consider reviving the Soviet-era Intervision, especially after Conchita Wurst, an Austrian drag queen popularly known as "the bearded lady," won the contest in 2014, the year Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine.
Putin relaunches Soviet-era Intervision song contest amid Eurovision ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Feb. 3 ordering the revival of the Intervision song contest, the Soviet Union's equivalent to Eurovision. The Eurovision Song Contest banned Russia from participation in 2022 following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Putin orders launch of rival Eurovision song contest after humiliating ban
Russia's love affair with Eurovision reached a peak in 2008, when the singer Dima Bilan was crowned the winner of the competition.
Putin launches ‘macho’ Eurovision rival
Russian president to reboot Soviet Union’s defunct Intervision song contest - but no sequins or camp kitsch allowed
Putin revives Soviet-era rival to Eurovision after Russia banned from contest
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Intervision, which he claimed will counter the decadence of modern Western culture. Mr Putin signed the decree on Monday, ordering the Intervision Song Contest be held in Moscow this year.
Vladimir Putin launches anti-West singing competition to rival Eurovision
Eurovision move out of the way, because Vladimir Putin is set to stage his very own anti-Western international song contest. The rival event – called Intervision – previously ran in Russia between 1965 and 1968 and then later between 1977 and 1980 but was a flop.
Putin wants to form new song contest to rival Eurovision
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to create an international song competition in Russia as a rival to the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Russia
Putin launching 'anti-woke' and 'macho' Eurovision after ban to revive Soviet-era contest
Putin looks to be starting a new singing competition this year with a series of 'friendly' Russian allies in response to the on-going Eurovision ban due to his invasion of Ukraine
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