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Ukraine’s Eurovision entry stirs racism row

A nationalist politician prompted fury in Ukraine on Wednesday with racist remarks about a singer of African origin who will represent the country at this year’s Eurovision song contest.

“The show’s millions of viewers will see Ukraine represented by someone who does not belong to our race, and they will think Ukraine is located somewhere in Africa,” Yury Sirotnyuk of the Svoboda (Freedom) party told local media.

On Saturday a vote by a professional jury and television viewers selected 32-year-old pop singer Gaitana and her song “Be My Guest” as Ukraine’s entry to the annual pop extravaganza to be held in May in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Born in Kiev to a Congolese father and a Ukrainian mother, she lived in the Republic of Congo as a young child before moving to Ukraine, where she became a famous singer, mostly performing in Ukrainian.

I recommend against reading the comments on the video at YouTube. D:

(Source: google.com)

1. zvaigzdziudulkes reblogged this from heartineurope and added:

   “Doesn’t belong to our race”?! That’s the LAMEST comment EVER…You are what you feel…and if she was born in Ukraine and...

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   Oh Eurovision. I love your ridiculous bullshit. Gaitana is so gorgeous. She’s like a Nicki Minaj without the ‘trying to...

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   I hate hearing stuff like this. Regardless of what people say about the Ukrainian national finals, Gaitana put on a good...

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    She’s stunning & a good singer as well. If she was representing my country I did be very proud. “…does not belong to our...

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