The USA is collaborating in Russia’s model of the Eurovision Tune Contest, alongside a large variety of dictatorships.
The U.S. is sending Brandon Howard, who goes by the stage identify B. Howard, to Intervision, which might be held in Moscow in September.
B. Howard has been the topic of hypothesis that he’s the son of Michael Jackson, though there is no such thing as a proof to assist the claims. Jackson’s father, Joe, managed Howard’s mom, the singer Miki Howard, throughout her profession.
Howard’s music “transcends borders and unites cultures,” the Intervision organizers stated in a submit on Telegram asserting his participation.
Intervision, the Soviet-era different to Eurovision, was held between 1965 and 1980 in communist Czechoslovakia. Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced it again to life in 2025, appointing Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko as chairman of the organizing committee. Russia was kicked out of Eurovision following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Russia might be represented within the contest by pro-war pop singer Shaman (actual identify Yaroslav Yuryevich Dronov), who was sanctioned by the EU for taking part in Kremlin-organized live shows.
Amongst these additionally collaborating within the occasion on Sept. 20 are Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, Serbia (an EU candidate nation), Cuba, Qatar and Kazakhstan.
The Ukrainian international ministry stated it seen the occasion “as an instrument of hostile propaganda and a way of whitewashing the aggressive coverage of the Russian Federation.”