The road to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest has opened with protests by religious extremists in Cyprus against their country's entry. The song El Diablo from ElenaTsagrinou a "Lady Gaga" type singer from the mediteranean island is said to encourage "satanism".
Sky News reported
They gathered outside the state broadcaster with signs reading: "We're protesting peacefully, no to El Diablo", "Repent and return to Christ" and "Christ saves, Diablo kills".
But according to the artist behind the track, entitled El Diablo, the song is not intended to turn people to the dark side, but is about an abusive relationship.
Either way it's a pretty good song and since we can't vote for own entry I'll be ringing in to cast my vote for El Diablo.
Just in case you haven't heard the UK's entry here's James Newman with Embers which frankly isn't up to scratch but for patriotic reasons I hope doesn't score the humiliating "Nil Points" that everyone likes to joke about.
The Eurovision song contest takes place in Rotterdam, with the semi-finals on 18 &20 May and the main contest on Saturday 22 May 2021.
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