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Intervision returns in 2025 amid politicsCEFR A1
9 Nov 2025
Adapted from Anastasia Pestova, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Sung Jin Cho, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
78 words
- Song contests are linked to politics around the world.
- Organisers, audiences and singers often see political signs.
- Intervision returns as a music contest in 2025.
- Russia announced the revival in September 2025.
- Alexander Alimov says Intervision is not political.
- Eurovision banned Russia after the war in 2022.
- Intervision began in the 1970s in the socialist bloc.
- Some viewers praised the show for no rainbow flags.
- Music can cross borders without translation.
- The contest has visual style like Eurovision.
Difficult words
- contest — a competition to win somethingcontests
- famous — well-known by many people
- political — related to government or politics
- reflect — to show or express something
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Discussion questions
- What do you think makes a song contest popular?
- Why do you think Intervision claims to be different from Eurovision?
- How do you feel about political themes in song contests?
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