this dramatic plane crash that had upset the fans of the competition

Every year it’s an unmissable event, which music lovers would not want to miss for anything in the world. This Saturday May 13, during the evening, the final of the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held, in the M&S Bank Arena, which is located in the center of the city of Liverpool (United Kingdom). For this new edition, it is La Zarra, a Canadian artist, who will wear the colors of France and try to claim victory, with the electro-pop title Obviouslywhich we owe to Barbara Pravi.

This music competition is usually synonymous with celebration, joy and sharing. However, his fans have sometimes had a heavy heart, as recalled The Mirror, in an article published Friday, May 12. Some dramas, involving artists, have happened in the past. Thus, in the winter of 2016, several artistswho had participated in the musical event a few years earlier, had died in terrible circumstances.

Eurovision: the artists had performed a medley

On December 25, 2016, the famous Red Army Choir ensemble lost sixty-four of its members – including its director Valery Khalilov – in a plane crash off the coast of the Black Sea. The passengers were on board a military aircraft heading to Syria to celebrate New Year with Russian soldiers. In the press, General Victor Baldine expressed his grief, saying thata “part of the Russian soul” had disappeared with them.

A few years earlier, in 2009, the band performed a medley of popular Russian songs at Eurovision. Accompanied by dancers, they notably sang the titles Kalinka And Ochi chornye. THE Russian pop duo tATucomposed of Julia Volkova and Lena Katina, took the stage to sing Not Gonna Get Us at the end of the medley.