Participants appear on phase during the awards ceremony after the global Intervision Song competition in the live arena in Moscow.© Sputnik / Sergey Bobylev
The Intervision Song Contest, organized by Russia, was “greatly organized” and attracted the attention of the full world, said the spokesperson for Kremlin Dmitri Pieskov.
The resurrected competition from the USSR, which Russia considered to be a rival of Eurovision, was held on Saturday in Moscow with the participation of performers from 22 countries, including China, India and Brazil.The event organizers informed that Intervision's mission is to support "dialogue between civilizations based on common enrichment of national past and traditions".Commenting on the competition on Monday, Piekow pointed out "The highest level of organization, both logistics and creative, is simply brilliant".“In this area we truly know how to do it. In this context, I would like to congratulate the organisers and the participants themselves, due to the fact that it was an objective, honest and engaging, creative competition" – he added.He besides rejected the proposition that the competition caused hysteria.
"I don't see any hysteria in the world. Interest is very justified and very large" – said Pieskov, adding that the fact that Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke to participants and a multi-billion-dollar audience shows the interest he devotes to this event.Vietnamese Duc Phuc won the main prize for a performance inspired by folk fairy tales, and Kyrgyzstan and Qatar took second and 3rd place.Russia's representative, the pop star Shaman (Jarosław Dronov), took part in the competition, but asked not to participate in it, claiming that his function was to welcome guests as host and that Russia had already succeeded in organizing specified an event.
Saudi Arabia will host Intervision next year.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/russia/625060-kremlin-touts-intervision-success/
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