Of course the idea children have no opinions about the adult world’s politics is a fiction in the first place - as @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social argues for Junior Eurovision escinsight.com/2023/11/22/p... We see what adults want to keep separate from children more than what children themselves want.
This is a long way from the Mary Wallopers but, compared to your average weekend music festival, shows just how much more policed Eurovision. Eurovision security would have patted acts down before they even got *close* to bringing 🇵🇸 flag out, at least according to 🇦🇺 backing singer in ‘24.
Just how much more policed Eurovision ‘is’. Oh why isn’t there an edit button. Technically it’s not ‘Eurovision’ security, the host broadcasters arrange it. Same reason we get different rules about audience and artist flags from year to year.
But for numerous reasons we are still a very long way away from seeing a Eurovision equivalent of this from Paris Olympics opening ceremony (🇵🇸 has an Olympic committee, doesn’t have broadcaster independent enough to join EBU which organises Eurovision, only ever gets repped there through diaspora)
