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As Ukraine enters this week\u2019s Eurovision as the firm favourites, once again the question arises as to how political the contest actually is, from the UK\u2019s pro-Europe song in 1965 to Georgia\u2019s anti-Putin song in 2009. Chris West, Author of \u2018Eurovision: A History of Modern Europe through the World\u2019s Greatest Song Contest\u2019 joined Stefanie to discuss just how big of a part politics really play in the competition.\n \nListen and subscribe to\xa0Moncrieff\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts,\xa0Google Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.\n\n