viewpoint wrote:Its the 50th Competition this year in Kiev.
Music should not be political, it should be used to unite people and it appears we have yet again missed the opportunity to do this.
What does everyone think about sending a GC and TC singer to represent Cyprus, they could sing in English.
Why wasnt the competition open to applications from both sides? although the public voting system would probably not give any probability to a TC singer being chosen.
When CYBC chose the current GC singer did they consider and TC singers?
Why has there never been a TC singer in any of the entries for Cyprus since Cyprus starting competing.
The ultimate show of music uniting peoples would have been a joint effort in Istanbul 2004.
Yes Viewpoint, I perfectly agree with your above observations.
It is a shame it didn't happen this way. And you know something? It might even have made the Cypriot entry, the winner of the contest, due to the sympathy that our joined effort would have gained among the public in Europe.
Again it is a shame CYBC didn't see it this way.
The only justification I can find is that perhaps they were afraid, should Cyprus wins, that they would have to organise next years competition, something they thought will be beyond them to do.