The clip of the Estonian representative at Eurovision stirred up the network: the video was worked on by Ukrainians and Russians.

Rapper Tommy Cash, who will represent Estonia at Eurovision-2025, sparked discussions online due to the premiere of the music video for his contest song Espresso Macchiato. It became known that both Ukrainians and Russians were involved in creating this video. The list of the clip's authors was published by Russian director Alina Pasok on her Instagram page, reports Glavkom.

Alina Pasok reported in her post that the video was created by a team that included both Russians and Ukrainians.

Among the Ukrainian specialists were cameraman Dmytro Nedria, choreographer Kostiantyn Koval, focus puller Anton Zaporozhets, makeup artist Zhenya Temnikova, hairdresser Marta Rodik, and editor Yurii Klym. Later she deleted references to the citizenship of the team members, but screenshots of this post are available online.

Cameraman Dmytro Nedria responded to criticism for participating in the work on Tommy Cash's clip. He published his explanations on Instagram.

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Network Reaction

Social media users express their outrage regarding this situation online.

Some users pointed out that there are more important issues currently. There are also positive reviews from Ukrainians about the clip online.

What is known about Tommy Cash?

Estonia has chosen its representative for Eurovision-2025. In Basel, the country will be represented by rapper Tommy Cash with the song Espresso Macchiato. However, his participation has sparked controversies as the artist has performed in Russia, visited occupied Crimea, and collaborated with Russian performers. In Glavkom's material, read more about the controversial singer's creative path and his ties with the Russian Federation.

Previously Glavkom reported that the controversial Dutch rapper Joost Klein, who was expelled from last year's Eurovision, released an unexpected track with Estonian representative Tommy Cash. In the duet, the stars premiered the track United By Music. Immediately, users online paid attention to the lyrics of the composition. In particular, in the lines, the rappers expressed their desire for peace and revealed an unexpected wish to fly to Kyiv and go to Moscow.

Note that the 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will take place in Basel, will follow updated requirements. For participants and media representatives, adherence to the Code of Conduct will be mandatory, and violations will result in the loss of accreditation rights.

Ukraine will perform in the first half of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which is scheduled for May 13. The show will take place at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel.

As is known, according to the calculations of viewer and jury votes, Ukraine will be represented at the 69th song contest by the band Ziferblat. The second place was taken by the band Molodi, and third - singer Masha Kondratenko. At the same Time, the singer Khayat, who received the highest number of points from the jury, did not even make it to the top three after the viewers' votes were counted.