Borislav Milanov: The EBU's Eurovision 2021 new song rule disrespects songwriters

Опубликовано 1 апреля 2020, 10:00

The EBU rules for Eurovision 2021 require new songs. Songwriter Borislav Milanov — who had three songs in Eurovision 2020 — explains why he thinks this decision by the EBU Reference Group is disrespectful to songwriters, who are ultimately the foundation of the contest. He reads statements from composers who worked on 2020 entries from Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Lithuania and beyond. They're involved in an international initiative asking the EBU to allow artists to decide for themselves.

00:39 Who is Borislav Milanov?
2:26 International songwriters have teamed up to oppose the EBU Reference Group's decision
3:58 Is it fair that the EBU disqualified Eurovision 2020 songs from competing next year?
8:00 Countries should have been given the choice to decide for themselves in these exceptional circumstances
9:09 Wouldn't 2020 songs have a commercial advantage...or get stale?
11:10 Would the 2020 songs have a competitive advantage in 2021?
16:50 Would you have submitted your 2020 songs if you knew Eurovision would be cancelled?
22:27 Statements from songwriters
22:38 Lithuania statement
23:24 Switzerland songwriting team
24:45 Cesar Sampson (Malta songwriter)
27:10 Alan Roy Scott (Azerbaijan songwriter)
30:12 Greig Watts (Azerbaijan songwriter)
34:35 Were delegations consulted properly by the EBU Reference Group?
41:58 Meet Boris' "Eurovision baby"!

And more. This interview is one hour and fifteen minutes. It's set to Premiere. You will be able to scroll through the video after its first premiere is complete. it starts at 11:02 GMT 12:02 CET on Wednesday.

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