GERT’S MIND ■ Eurovision above all else?

In all honesty, these days I find it difficult to come up with enough inspiration to write about Eurovision. I used to be fairly frivolous in my writings. And that’s because things were simpler pre-Corona. It was all about the reviews, judging the songs and some side banter and gossip regarding the hosting. But here we are: 2024. And a lot has happened, not necessarily positively. The growing influence of (anti-)social media, the annexation of Crimea, the Syrian refugee crisis, Brexit, the Corona pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian War and now the Hamas-Israel War: they took place or are still shaping up our geopolitics. ■ By: Gert Waterink ■