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‘I’m a singer, not a politician’: An interview with Ukraine’s Eurovision winner Jamala

28 May 2023

3:00 PM

28 May 2023

3:00 PM

Tucked in the margins of the recent Eurovision Song Contest was Jamala’s 30-second cameo of 1944, her winning song from 2016. Recently ranked third by The Guardian in the all-time list of Eurovision winners, her song almost didn’t make it to the contest when Russia tried to have it banned.

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