“Wild West” is about the desire to become free – being able to go anywhere, unrestrained. Why does nationality in this entertainment program matter at all? In reality, it doesn’t. Bashar Murad being from Palestine isn’t indicative of a mutant phenomenon and shouldn’t serve as the scapegoat for confessing that Eurovision and its preselection season have innately wide-reaching political undertones.

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