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Pia Kjærsgaard: Too much gay and horn in Eurovision
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There are too many dressed up gay men and dragon - men in women's clothing - in the song contest Eurovision Song Contest.
This is what the Folketing President, Pia Kjærsgaard (DF), says on Twitter.
The commentary falls to an article from BT, where the musician Ivan Pedersen, known from the pop group Laban, says that Eurovision has become a devoted show with too much gay, drag and fat.
Pia Kjærsgaard agrees.
- Congratulations to Leonora (Denmark's Eurovision participant, ed.). Nice, Denmark goes on in the Grand Prix. It is a lovely song that Denmark presents.
- But otherwise agree with Ivan Pedersen from Laban. Too much gay, drag and goat in Eurovision. And so, everyone sang national language. We will then sing in Danish, she writes on Twitter.
Opposite Ritzau, Pia Kjærsgaard elaborates on her criticism of Eurovision, which she believes no longer has the music in the center.
- You have to do what you want and there must be room for everyone. I just think it has developed in the wrong direction.
- There is too much paint and leather, feather boas, glitter, light shows and men with caps, bare upper body, small shorts and cowboy boots, says Pia Kjærsgaard.
Her commentary criticizes DJBFA, which is the largest organization for Danish songwriters and composers.
- I think it is strange that one should use a festive occasion like this to lay down some minority groups, says President Anna Lidell.
"Eurovision is about diversity, and I do not think she should inculcate that diversity," she says.
Anna Lidell believes that Pia Kjærsgaard has a special responsibility to weigh her words because she has an office with much influence.
"She is supposed to gather the population and not split it as she does with that opinion," says Anna Lidell.
Pia Kjærsgaard believes that there must be room to say his or her position as chairman of the Folketing.
- I'm Pia Kjærsgaard. I am elected as a politician and resurrects to the Folketing. Yes, I am the President of the Folketing, but even if I am, I am allowed to have opinions and express them.
- If the association (DJBFA, ed.) Had now agreed with what I said, they probably wouldn't have had a problem with me expressing myself. I think that is double-moral, says Pia Kjærsgaard.
The final of Eurovision will be on Saturday night in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Pia Kjærsgaard med kritik af Eurovision: - Alt for meget bøsse, drag og gejl
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Danske Leonora Colmor Jepsens repræsenterer lørdag aften Danmark ved finalen.
Torsdag aften sang danske Leonora Colmer Jepsen sig videre til finalen i dette års Eurovision-konkurrence. Men nu, hvor jublen har lagt sig, pibler de kritiske røster frem.
Blandt kritikerne er Dansk Folkepartis Pia Kjærsgaard. Hun er tyet til det sociale medie Twitter med sin ris.
'Alt for meget bøsse, drag og gejl i Eurovision,' skriver hun blandt andet.
Der er dog også plads til ros i opslaget, hvor hun lykønsker den 20-årige sangerinde med finalepladsen.
Udmeldingen fra Folketingets formand kommer i forlængelse af den kritik, som 'Laban'-musiker Ivan Pedersen forleden gav udtryk for på Facebook. En kritik, han siden uddybede overfor B.T.:
»Det er verdensmesterskab i tv-show. Det er blevet så udskejet, at musikken forsvinder i alt gejlet. Så man skal have høretelefoner på for at kunne finde musikken bag gnist-regn og selvudvikling,« sagde han.
Overfor ritzau citerer Pia Kjærsgaard, at hun synes, Eurovision har udviklet sig i en forkert retning.
»Man må gøre, som man vil, og der skal være plads til alle. Jeg synes bare, at det har udviklet sig i en forkert retning. Der er alt for meget lak og læder, fjerboaer, glitter, lysshows og mænd med kasketter, bar overkrop, små shorts og cowboystøvler,« siger Pia Kjærsgaard.
Hendes kommentar møder kritik hos formanden for organisationen DJBFA, der er den største organisation for danske sangskrivere og komponister.
»Eurovision handler om mangfoldighed, og jeg mener ikke, at hun skal indskærpe den mangfoldighed. Jeg tænker, at det er mærkeligt, at man skal bruge en festlig lejlighed som denne til at rakke ned på nogle minoritetsgrupper,« siger Anna Lidell.
I Pia Kjærsgaards opslag på Twitter kritiserer hun desuden, at det nu til dags er mere undtagelsen end reglen, at landene synger på deres nationalsprog.
'Så gerne, alle sang nationalsprog. Vi skal da synge dansk,' lyder det i opslaget.
Og netop det ønske lever den danske Eurovision-repræsentant til dels op. For selvom Leonora Colmer Jepsens sang 'Love is Forever' hovedsagligt består af engelske gloser, synger hun også på dansk. Ligeledes kommer hun forbi det franske og tyske sprog.
Torsdag sendte sangen hende videre fra semifinalen, og lørdag bliver det afgjort, om hun kan synge sig til tops. Det sker, når finalen klokken 21 løber af stablen for 64. gang. Denne gang i Tel Aviv i Israel.
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REMEMBER IT WAS Ivan Pedersen (singer from band "laban") WHO STARTET ALL THIS
Laban legend in wild Eurovision criticism: There is too much gay, drag and fetish in Eurovision
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Leonora Colmer Jepsen won the Danish Melody Grand Prix with the song 'Love Is Forever'.
Is the Melody Grand Prix too much with dragqueens in lacquer and leather with sparks fluttering over the ears while singing pivotal in a sumptuous show where music is almost forgotten?
This is believed by the experienced Danish musician Ivan Pedersen, who himself participated in the Melodi Grand Prix in 1982. He believes that mica and show gradually overshadow the music in the competition.
'Can anyone find the MUSIC far behind all the singing pivotal, all that horny, light, dance, fire, leather fetish, thrashing - speedy hosts, yelling and crying and other unnecessary PIS?' he writes in a post on Facebook.
To BT, the old 'Laban' elaborates, which among other things stands behind the number 'Where should we sleep tonight?', The criticism:
»It is a world TV show. It has been so devastated that the music disappears in everything. So you have to have headphones on in order to find the music behind spark-rain and self-development, ”he says.
On Facebook, Ivan Pedersen writes: 'It's all about getting out of the closet - or having got a sex change operation and having the strength to be who you are - just it's not common.'
True, it is also that the show is characterized by extravagance, where it otherwise captures the audience's attention and creates headlines in the time up to and after the final.
Many may remember performers such as Conchita Wurst, Lordi, Drama Queen (from Denmark) and Buranovskiye Babushki (the old ladies from Russia). But there are hardly many who remember how the songs sounded.
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Conchita Wurst participated in Austria in 2014 with the song 'Rise Like a Phoenix' and won the Eurovision. Conchita Wurst participated in Austria in 2014 with the song 'Rise Like a Phoenix' and won the Eurovision. Photo: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
The popular radio host and Grand Prix expert Jørgen de Mylius can well see where Ivan Pedersen's criticism comes from. However, he does not fully agree. He believes that it is Ivan Pedersen who has grown older and does not follow the time.
"He may be right in a tab of it. That the show has become a little exaggerated. But that's the way it is. You can't turn the time back, and that's what Ivan wants, "he says.
He says that more participants have joined the competition than there were in the 'good old days', and it has therefore also become extremely long, but that Eurovision has always been the big party.
Also with the gay men.
Is Eurovision too much about show and too little about the music?
"Eurovision is not that big in Denmark, as it is in Sweden and Germany, for example - it is a huge thing. It must be something that surpasses the other shows as 'X Factor', so it must be a hit of a show; there is no way around it, ”they say Mylius and adds:
"Then one can sit back in the fall and dreams of his life, but that's just how it is."
From the Danish Melodi Grand Prix's own headquarters in DR you can see that Eurovision is not quite as it once was, but Jan Lagermand Lundme, entertainment manager for DR, sees it as a positive thing.
»It is true that there is more focus on stage performance than before. You can do much more with pictures now than you could 30 years ago. But it is still the good song that wins, ”says Jan Lagermand Lundme and continues:
"The participants come from very different conditions and cultures, and I think it's good there is room for it all. It makes it more diverse. It is good that there is something sticking out - it would be a shame if all the countries looked like each other. "
Although Ivan Pedersen thinks there is too much fun and too little music, he acknowledges that maybe it is the time that has run out of him and that Eurovision is still loved by many.
"I'm an old idiot. There are many who enjoy the party and the set-up. So it's probably just me that has grown old, ”he says laughingly and adds:
"I dare to see the other half for the sake of the Danish participant, even though it may be that I cannot fall asleep," he concludes and states that he must sleep in his own bed tonight.
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