What’s the only thing more cringe-worthy than Eurovision itself? Well, try Moscow’s representative being caught up in a fetish porn scandal. Sergey Lazarev can be seen posing naked while waving a saw at bloodied woman chained to a radiator. To be fair, isn’t that just called karma for wearing kitten heels?
Furthermore, other nudes have *ahem* popped up on gay porn sites around the world, leaving Moscow to hire computer geniuses removing any trace that it ever existed, in a hope not to scarper their chances off winning. All while defending the pictures, claiming they were for a campaign against domestic violence… Erm, OK hun.
Putin, who is known for his homophobic attitudes shit a brick when it emerged. Although, it’s a wonder that he allowed the country to be represented by Sergey in the first place, who has spoken out against his anti-gay views, and is hardly a stereotypical representation of heterosexuality performing in hot pants, and pink waistcoats.
While it was feared that the images may hurt Russia’s chances of winning, they remained a firm favourite, until Ukraine snatched the crown.