# I love Italy, says Estonian Eurovision entry accused of insulting Italians

Estonia’s entry for this year’s  song contest has said he never intended to offend Italy with his song that pokes fun at Italian stereotypes of coffee-drinking, spaghetti-eating mafiosi – and said he submitted the song after his grandmother cried over it.

There have been  for Tommy Cash’s catchy song, Espresso Macchiato, to be banned from the competition, which takes place in Basel, Switzerland, in May.

## 'If all I cared about was a career, I’d make listenable music': Joost Klein on Eurovision, scandal and having the last laugh

**Philip Oltermann**

**Philip Oltermann European culture editor**

**2h ago**

**‘If all I cared about was a career, I’d make listenable music’: Joost Klein on Eurovision, scandal and having the last laugh**

## ‘There’s no better feeling’: TikTok star Go-Jo to represent Australia at Eurovision 2025

**Stuart Heritage**

**‘There’s no better feeling’: TikTok star Go-Jo to represent Australia at Eurovision 2025**

**25 Feb 2025**

**‘There’s no better feeling’: TikTok star Go-Jo to represent Australia at Eurovision 2025**

## ‘The love child of Mick Hucknall and Crazy Frog’: is Eurovision’s Lumo the worst mascot ever?

**Pjotr Sauer**

**‘The love child of Mick Hucknall and Crazy Frog’: is Eurovision’s Lumo the worst mascot ever?**

**27 Feb 2025**

**‘The love child of Mick Hucknall and Crazy Frog’: is Eurovision’s Lumo the worst mascot ever?**

## ‘Sweating like a mafioso’: calls in Italy to bar Estonia’s ‘offensive’ Eurovision entry

**Angela Giuffrida**

**‘Sweating like a mafioso’: calls in Italy to bar Estonia’s ‘offensive’ Eurovision entry**

**20 Feb 2025**

**‘Sweating like a mafioso’: calls in Italy to bar Estonia’s ‘offensive’ Eurovision entry**

## No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-word

**Philip Oltermann European culture editor**

**5 Mar 2025**

**No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-word**

## ‘This is not Eurovision’: European parliament members sing Bella Ciao to Hungary's Orbán – video

**Angela Giuffrida**

**‘This is not Eurovision’: European parliament members sing Bella Ciao to Hungary's Orbán – video**

**9 Oct 2024**

**‘This is not Eurovision’: European parliament members sing Bella Ciao to Hungary's Orbán – video**
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