Several people I know didn’t mind the song when heard on the radio, but HATED the staging/imagery.
These aren’t homophobic people, they just found the overt homoeroticism too much. I think with a much “nicer”, simpler staging we would’ve done considerably better. Instead they tried to make a...
I don’t think it’s anything to do with hate, I just thought the staging was too much, our guy couldn’t sing very well and the song was forgettable. Europe didn’t hate us when we entered an excellent song and singer, and only lost due to sympathy voting for Ukraine.
Not according to the official statement.
It says he was being filmed in the green room after his dress rehearsal performance and kept asking them to stop, and made a “threatening gesture” towards the female camera operator.