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Moscow Can’t Stop the Music

On a recent summer night, hundreds of young Russians assembled on St. Petersburg’s main street to hear songs that the ...
Young singers Michella, Brenda and Riantsoa from Madagascar won the 2025 edition of the "Our Generation" song contest in ...
At a recent gathering of exiled Russians in eastern Paris the hall was packed. Members of the audience included Yulia ...
Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc was crowned the winner of the newly revamped Intervision song contest — a Russian answer to Eurovision that some say is as much about politics and power as it is about ...
A Vietnamese pop star won the Intervision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday. The United States was meant to participate, but politics intervened. By Alex Marshall Ivan Nechepurenko and Alina Lobzina ...
It's Russia's answer to Eurovision. With less kitsch – and more Kremlin. Intervision 2025 is Vladimir Putin's brainchild. He ...
Banished from Eurovision, Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest at President Vladimir Putin’s behest on Saturday, with a Soviet-era name and acts intended to promote ...
With cheering crowds, glowing lights, a hint of political intrigue and a winning act in Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc, Russia’s answer to the Eurovision song contest – “Intervision” – gave off similar ...
Vassy dropped out of the contest at the last minute after coming under what Russian organisers said was "unprecedented political pressure from the government of Australia".
The Intervision Song Contest will see 23 artists from around the world — including one representing the U.S. — offer a heady ...
Women in the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, have taken on greater roles in society and the workplace over the past decade, ...
With artists from more than 20 countries, Russia on Saturday revived its Intervision song contest, which the Kremlin promotes as an alternative to Eurovision and a means to highlight "traditional ...