Thanks to the song “United by Music” Tommy Cash and Joost Klein They challenge the rules in force at Eurovision. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) He is guarding that political accents do not appear in the competition.
Joost Klein has a heavily on the trunk with the organization, who in 2024 with the song “Europapa” He represented the Netherlands in a competition taking place in Malmo in Sweden. Just before the final, the 26-year-old singer in an atmosphere of scandal was excluded from Eurovision. He was accused of directing threats against one of the employees of the production team. The versions of both sides were not entirely consistent, and the witnesses received Klein’s behavior as “very offensive and aggressive”. According to testimonies, the victim’s apparatus was also damaged.
After more than three months from the event, which was widely heard, the Swedish prosecutor’s office closed the criminal investigation. “The investigation proved that the man made a movement that hit a woman’s film camera. The course of events was fast and was picked up differently by witnesses of the incident,” she said in a statement.
The Dutchman’s manager emphasized that there was no reason to initiate the whole case, which did not change the situation that Klein – recognized as one of the favorites – lost the chance to perform before millions of viewers.
In the song “United by Music” Klein and Tommy Cash (representative of Estonia for this year’s Eurovision in Basel, Switzerland) direct vulgar words towards EBU, referring to last year’s statement of the television commentator of the competition Cornald Maas. In addition, currently loud political matters appear in the text, which, according to numerous Eurovision experts (including Giannis Argyriouthe editor -in -chief of Eurovision Fun) may even be called into question Estonia’s participation in the competition.
“We want peace, they want war,” they sing in the duo Klein and Cash, at the end emphasizing that the song is “funny” and there is no deeper message.
Who is Tommy Cash? This is one of the favorites of Eurovision 2025
A rapper and author of Wiring Records from Estonia (incl. “Little Molly”, “Winaloto”, “Surf”Whether “Leave me alone”) with his unusual style he achieved success around the world. His clips reach millions of views, and the magazine “NME” Klip for “Winaloto” called one of the strangest music videos in history.
Son of a Russian and Estonka with Ukrainian-Kazach roots Tomas Tammemets (This is his real surname) describes his work as “post-soviet rap”.
The achievements include A duo with a Russian group Little Big (“Give Me Your Money” – over 94 million views), guest appearances alongside Charli XCX, Kim Petras and Käärijäi.e. the second place of the second place from Finland Eurovision 2024. He also collaborated with Polish rappers – Quebonafide appeared in his single “Benz dealer”and he played to “Ca $ H Ready” mats.
The 33-year-old in a crushing style won Estonian preselection for Eurovision with a song “Espresso macchiata”.
The rapper announced that he would go to Basel for victory and this is his main goal. In the latest bookmakers, the Estonia representative is getting better – he is currently promoted to 4th place. For comparison Justyna Steczkowska with a song “Gaja” is in the 23rd position (out of 37 countries).