Every wonder - just for three days

Based on all the scandals in the country in recent days, the Eurovision scandal is insignificant. Perhaps that is exactly what it was intended to do - to pass unnoticed, as part of the status quo. And yet, the people have spoken out. And yet, nothing has changed, even though it has been noticed, noted and spoken against.
And yet, then, last week, when this happened, I asked myself the question, why is it happening. And why is it happening in this obvious way. You know, I've told you before too, not a single scandal in any country, in Bulgaria for sure, but this should apply to any other country, is accidental. This became abundantly clear last year when long-standing animal abuse by a couple was exposed, which had been known about and investigated for many months before any action was taken, before they were ostentatiously detained, before they were exposed to the public. If the authorities had acted in time, many animal killings/deaths would have been prevented. But they did nothing because the scandal had to be unleashed on a specific day, at a specific time. Probably to divert attention from something else.

And yet, I don't know what they were distracting from last week with the Eurovision scandal, which I personally predicted would happen (the scandal, I mean. Or more precisely, I knew well how this pre-determined selection of a representative for Eurovision would be conducted). And yet I didn't believe it would happen in such a blatant way. And that therefore raised a thousand other questions - do "they", whoever they are, want to make fun of people in such a blatant way? I mean this: the singer who won the contest sang out of tune on both nights that were included in the selection. The first night I said to myself - this girl doesn't even try to sing, it was obvious that she wasn't putting in any effort. And then I thought - she's doing this because she knows that the contest is predetermined and that someone else will win. Why then should she make any effort? On the one hand, I understand her point of view. On the other hand, it was as if she had been forced to say how she had dreamed of performing at Eurovision since she was a child, and how it was her biggest dream. At the same time, her actions completely contradicted her words. Because she sang the second night with the same lack of interest and desire. And then she was as if infinitely surprised when she "won" before everyone else. As if no one had told her before that she was the arranged winner. Because that's what she was - an arranged winner.

I have to admit that up until then I thought this girl was a good singer. Not that I had ever listened to her songs, but because she was touted in the media and reality shows as a mentor and a selection for future talents in this business, even though she was so young, I thought that since they put her in this position, maybe there was a reason for it.

Well, I thought that, without taking into account the fact that nothing has changed in Bulgaria since communism, everything is predetermined and all the people who succeed or are chosen as winners of something are either their parents' children, or someone's friends, or someone's lovers.
I recently read this accusatory remark: Bulgarians hate all successful Bulgarians. But there is a very good reason for this. In my previous post I told you and gave a few examples of which people succeed in this country. And this is simply so, with a few other ramifications, such as mistresses of influential people and politicians, etc.

In the case of the winner of the Eurovision selection, this is not exactly the case. With her, as with many other singers in the country, there is another sad phenomenon - they are people held, owned and controlled by someone. I know at least two such people in two different styles of music, the so-called producers, who own the people they arrange performances for, record albums, etc., you know. These are not free people, because everyone's life in Bulgaria is very difficult. It is also difficult for all artists - musicians or actors. They all sell themselves to someone, for a little or a lot of money. And then they become puppets on strings and do what they are told to do to bring money to their producers. This is a hidden truth that no one speaks about publicly, but from fragmentary things heard from people familiar with these circles, one cannot help but draw conclusions.

That is why I do not blame this girl. She cannot do anything. Many people called on her to drop out of the competition if she had any courage. But how could she do that when nothing depended on her and she herself was a puppet in the hands of her producer?

But people are angry and I understand them. I have to admit that even though I'm not a fan of Bulgarian music and the second night featured singers I don't like at all, they actually sang much better than this girl, and I personally, who never takes such a pointless position when it's clear that it won't change anything, made my partner vote on the contest website instead of me for a boy band that I was hearing for the first time, but they were definitely the better choice. Just so he doesn't say later - look, you didn't vote, you have no right to complain about a person who won.

Later, when everyone was so bitter that the worst-performing contestant won, it became clear, from screenshots of the voting code from the site, which was hidden this time (you know, when in a communist country they will allow the people to vote - when the result is predetermined and it is clear that this vote does not matter and also - when the results of this vote are hidden) it turned out that they voted for the "winner" with 10 thousand votes less than for another participant.

Well, that's called "a victory in a Bulgarian way". 😃 It's so funny. People got angry, wrote on FB, commented under the posts on the official Eurovision page.

Well, any wonder - exactly for three days, as they say here. And "they", whoever they are, know it very well. The next big scandals erupted and silenced this one. The next big scandals are very disturbing. Even more disturbing. They reveal very well, just like the pre-decided Eurovision contest, the essence of things in this country. But the contest was a very light version, a very, very mild version. The next events are very heavy. But they will also be forgotten in three days. Replaced by other scandals, in this desperate, poor and absurd country, or simply forgotten. As someone wrote: The organizers of the competition were hoping that since the Bulgarians have too many problems (wondering how to survive), they would not notice at all what was happening on television - i.e. how this competition was being held. Now too, overwhelmed by their daily problems, which are still survival based, they will soon ignore what happened because it doesn't really affect them - 6 people killed, three of them in a cabin in the forest, all connected to government officials, rumors about this and rumors about that, etc., etc...

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	Soul's Detour is a project started by me years ago when I had a blog about historical and not so popular tourist destinations in Eastern Belgium, West Germany and Luxembourg. Nowadays, this blog no longer exists, but I'm still here - passionate about architecture, art and mysteries and eager to share my discoveries and point of view with you.

Personally, I am a sensitive soul with a strong sense of justice.
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