Finnish Eurovision performer disavows video of him dancing with Eden Golan
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Former Finnish Eurovision competitor Käärijä filmed a video with Israeli contestant Eden Golan earlier today, and now disavows the clip after it circulated online.
Käärijä, who came in second in last year’s contest for Finland with “Cha Cha Cha,” and who is returning this year as an interval act, can be seen dancing jokingly with Golan in the clip that was posted on her own social media as well as that of Kan.
Last year's Eurovision second-place finisher, Finland's Käärijä (aka the "Cha Cha Cha" guy), filmed a dance video clip earlier today with Eden Golan, and then publicly apologized for doing so and said it was not an endorsement. pic.twitter.com/iLDq0zBf0M
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Not long afterward, Käärijä posts on Instagram that he “happened to meet Israel’s Eurovision representative today and a video was filmed of us.” He writes that the video was posted “without my permission” and that he requested it be removed. “I would like to clarify and emphasize that the video is not a political statement or an endorsement of any kind,” he writes.
A spokesperson for Kan says that the video was removed from Golan’s social media and will also be removed from Kan’s page after the request.
