Few rules have been bent, manipulated and outright broken quite like the Eurovision song contest’s assertion that no “lyrics, speeches [or] gestures of a political or similar nature” can make their way into an entry.
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Workers install seating at International Exhibition Center in Kyiv on April 11, 2017, during preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 to be held in the Ukrainian capital from May 9 to 13.
