Estonia’s Eurovision song entry sparks outrage in Italy, with some labelling it ‘offensive’

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Estonia’s Eurovision song entry sparks outrage in Italy, with some labelling it ‘offensive’

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Italians are far from convinced.

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Shafaq News/ The Vice President of the Italian Senate, Gianmarco Gentinaio, called for the banning of a song by Estonia in the famous "Eurovision" competition. Gentinaio, from the far-right "Lega" party, said in a post, "Anyone who insults Italy should be banned from the Eurovision competition." Estonian rapper Tommy Cash, 33, won the "Easty Law" music competition in Estonia last week by a narrow margin with his song "Espresso Macchiato," meanin…

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Insults and stereotypes: in Italy they demand to remove Estonia's song from Eurovision: EADaily

EADaily, February 21st, 2025. The Italian Consumer Protection Association Codacons has filed a complaint with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) demanding that the Estonian song Espresso macchiato be excluded from the list of participants in the Eurovision 2025 international song contest.

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The Italian consumer association Codacons has asked the European Union of Languages whether it is “appropriate to allow a song that offends the country and the whole community to participate in the contest”

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Espresso Macchiato: Estonia's Eurovision entry sparks debate in Italy

Calls in Italy for Espresso Macchiato to be banned from Eurovision. Italian consumer group Codacons has filed a complaint with the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest over Estonia's "offensive" entry by rapper Tommy Cash. Codacons has appealed to the European Broadcasting Union to consider excluding Cash's song Espresso Macchiato on the grounds that it "offends a country and an entire community" and "risks transmitting incorrect messages t…

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The vice-president of the Italian Senate, Gian Marco Sentinajo, called for Estonia to be banned from participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, saying that the song is "full of clichés" that insult Italians.