Could Rigoberta Bandini get a chest in Eurovision?
"I don't know why our tits are so afraid," says Rigoberta Bandini, one of the favorites to represent Spain at the Eurovision Festival this year.His song ‘Ay mom’ accumulates more than three million listening between Spotify and YouTube, and the concert where he presented it live for the first time has gone viral.In him, both Rigoberta and his chorist discovered the torso to teach, indeed, a chest "in the pure of Delacroix".She is willing but could the same happen in Turin?
Eurovision standards
Since Sandie Shaw took the victory in 1967 (one year before Massiel) acting barefoot, the costumes of the singers who participate in Eurovision has been reducing.Miniskirts, necklines and male torsos in air are a more than usual presence in the contest, but going further would not be allowed by the organization.In 2016, Belarusian representative Ivan wanted.
The female body, however, is subject to more strict rules than the masculine.The patriarchal look dictates that they can show a good part of the body (Måneskin is the most recent example), while they must adjust to the ‘family’ public of the format.In spite of this, there have been some very remembered moments around what is taught and what is not, such as the cuddly and sensual 2014 Polish dancers or the moment, in 1985, in which the Belgian presenter Lill Lyphors made a gag in whichHe broke his skirt and stayed in underwear, and then reveal that the blouse he wore were an entire dress.
Taking into account that each festival's performance is tested to exhaustion, from the singer's movements to television realization (what focuses and from where at all times), if Rigoberta Bandini or another artist would like to show a chest, he would have to do it withoutprior notice.If that happens and the Italian public television Rai - at the control of the retransmission of this 2022 - decides to hide it, would have to react very quickly.All probability, it would be impossible for the realization to cut the plane in time.
The singer, yes, could face a sanction for breach of the rules.The most drastic would be disqualification, but it could also be applied a reduction of points, even once the contest was finished, in the following days.Thus, it seems determined that Catalan will opt for an artistic way of including female breasts in their performance that, if necessary, the festival should approve prior to the appointment in Turin.
Would Europe understand the feminist message of Rigoberta Bandini if it ends up representing us?The commentators of each country receive a dossier made with the information of the televisions that participate, so the meaning of the song could be explained in the introduction.In addition, if the performance itself and the scenography accompany, the claim of the female body and the criticism of the patriarchal look that sexualize it could be very clear even if there are no real tits show.
Some transgressive actions in Eurovision
The 2021 contest brought together 183 million through television, and on the Internet users from 234 countries connected at some point.With an audience of origin and mentality so varied, many times the festival served to give visibility to realities that other people do not reach many people.Very significantly, LGTBIQ+ identities have been very present in a fundamental event for many people in the group.
Since 1961, when Jean-Claude Pascal won representing Luxembourg with a song that-he confirmed years later-spoke of a homosexual romance;passing through the victories of Dana Internacional in 1998, trans -visible woman already then, and Conchita Wurst, non -binary artist and positive HIV, in 2014;And reaching the androgynous and provocative Måneskin, Eurovision has served as a speaker for people whose auto -affective identity has made them censored in conservative countries.In fact, Turkish television ended up leaving Eurovision after images such as the lesbian kiss of Finland in 2013.
Political claims have also been frequent.Last year, Belarus was disqualified because its theme included insults to the country's political opposition.The Ukrainian representative Jamala won in 2016 with a song about the expulsion of the Tartars of Crimea in 1944, with a chorus in that language.Georgia left the contest in 2009, after the war with Russia, after they asked him to withdraw his theme called 'We Don's Wanna Put In'.Lebanon did not be released in 2005 because its legislation meant silencing the Israeli delegation ... the list continues.
In one way or another, if ‘Oh mom’ sounds in Eurovision, it will serve to open a debate on the sexualization of the female chest, especially at the time of breastfeeding.Taking into account that it is a debate even in the most advanced countries, if Rigoberta Bandini manages to launch his message to the world, it will already be a victory, regardless of the points he gets.
