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Madre de Dios el comunicado:
Ukraine will not take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2019
The National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine refuses to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
The winner of the national selection for this year's Eurovision was the singer MARUV, which the Public Broadcaster, as doing this annually, suggested signing a contract for Ukraine in order to represent Ukraine at the Contest. However, after negotiations, MARUV refused to sign the agreement.
The alternative way to determine the representative from Ukraine to Eurovision 2019 rules is to recognise the direct appointment as a broadcaster. That is, the Public Broadcasting Company could elect any performer from among the participants in the National Selection.
However, from such an alternative, the Public Broadcaster refuses, because he respects the choice of the audience in the National Selection. Therefore, in the situation of not signing the agreement on participation in the Eurovision with the winner, the TV and radio company turned to the finalists who took the second and third places according to the results of the National Selection.
Freedom Jazz and Kazka also refused to participate in Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
The song contest is an opportunity for every country to declare itself in the international arena, and for each performer to act as the ambassador of their country and win supporters around the world.
But the National Selection 2019 revealed and attracted the attention of our society to the systemic problem of the music industry in Ukraine: The connections of artists from the show business in the territory of the aggressor state, which are still very close at the 5th year of the military conflict. For a part of society this fact is acceptable, in the other part it causes indignation and rejection.
The laws of Ukraine do not propose any restrictions on the work of artists and artists on the territory of the Russian Federation, despite the large public request for regulation of this situation.
In the current situation, following the Law on Public Broadcasting, as well as under excessive politicisation of the national selection process, the Public Broadcasting Company decided to refuse to participate in Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
A public speaker considers it necessary to launch a public dialogue in the format of talk shows, forums and discussions with the participation of leading experts in the field to formulate the position of Ukrainian society on this issue, as well as the development of proposals for a draft law of Ukraine that could regulate the situation with the cooperation of Ukrainian artists from the state-aggressor for the future.
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