The holding of Intervision in 2024 seems to be launched by Russia, after its exclusion from the Eurovision Song Contest!
As a result of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, we remind you that the EBU openly accused Russia of violations of Media values by deciding to suspend its membership!
The information so far wants Intervision 2024 to be held in Saint Petersburg, which is the second largest city in the country!
What do we know so far!
The Russian government has announced that 600 million rubles have been allocated for the preparation and holding of the Intervision Song Contest in 2024!
In fact, as part of the mandate signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, it was announced that Saint Petersburg will host the competition. The venue has yet to be chosen, however, the city has four indoor venues with a capacity of over 7,000. Major arenas for Intervision are the Ice Palace, which opened in 2000 and has hosted major music acts in the past, as well as the SKA Arena, which opened in December 2023 and has a maximum capacity of 23,000 people.
Further details are expected to be released in the coming months, with CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and BRICS (Brazil,Russia,India,China and South Africa) states remaining eligible to participate.
Based on the above, the possible countries that could potentially participate are:
- Armenia (CIS Member)
- Azerbaijan (CIS Member)
- Belarus (CIS Member)
- Brazil (BRIC)
- China (BRIC)
- Egypt (BRIC)
- Ethiopia (BRIC)
- India (BRIC)
- Iran (BRIC)
- Kazakhstan (CIS Member)
- Kyrgyzstan (CIS Member)
- Russia (BRIC)
- Saudi Arabia (BRIC)
- South Africa (BRIC)
- Tajikistan (CIS Member)
- Turkmenistan (CIS Member)
- United Arab Emirates (BRIC)
To date, only Uzbekistan has publicly commented in favor of the event.
The story of Intervision!
The contest began in the 1970s as a counterproposal to the Eurovision Song Contest. It ran for four years from 1977 to 1980, before being abolished and organized by OIRT, an equivalent of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) but for communist states.
During this period the competition was held in Sopot, Poland with entries from Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Soviet Union and Romania.
Intervision returned in 2008 when it was held in Sochi with the participation of 11 countries of the former Soviet Union. Back in 2008 both Lithuania and Estonia ruled out any involvement in the competition, while Georgia withdrew shortly before the event due to the Russian invasion of South Ossetia.
Tajikistan won Intervision 2008 with Tahmina Niyazova covering Hero by Mariah Carey!
The competition was supposed to be held in 2009 but failed to take place as Dushanbe (Capital of Tajikistan) expressed its inability to host the event.
Preparations for another return were also made in 2014, but any discussions were postponed!
Intervision 2024 is expected to be supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and will be broadcast by the Russian State Television Network Channel One.
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Well, EBU excluded Russia from the Eurovision Song Contest after Fans’ protests, didn’t it?