Fidias Panayiotou, a YouTuber from Cyprus identified for bizarre stunts, has been elected to the European Parliament, in line with the Cyprus Mail on Monday. The 24-year-old secured third place in his election with 19.4% of the vote, as reported by the BBC, which suggests he’ll change into one of many six Members of the European Parliament to symbolize Cyprus.
Panayiotou has over 2.6 million subscribers on YouTube, the place he posts stunt movies like getting buried alive in a coffin for 10 days and spending 10 days wearing a VR headset. One other fashionable video from 2023 reveals Panayiotou flying to Texas to fulfill (and hug) his hero, Elon Musk, at SpaceX. The YouTuber’s video hugging Mr. Beast has over 15 million views.
Panayiotou seems to be having enjoyable on his YouTube channel with some outrageous stunts, however he was compelled to apologize final yr after making an attempt to journey throughout Japan by prepare without paying.
Panayiotou has no earlier political expertise and reportedly by no means voted earlier than this yr’s election. Native media in Cyprus spoke with an elections knowledgeable within the nation who famous the social media star’s victory was historic, if solely as a result of it was so uncommon in lots of respects.
“That is perhaps the primary time a totally impartial candidate has been elected, with out having any relation in any respect with a political occasion, however with social media as his solely weapon, and nothing else,” Yiannis Mavris is quoted as saying by the Cyprus Mail.
Younger folks had been an enormous a part of the YouTuber’s election to the European Parliament. Panayiotou gained 40% of the votes from voters aged 18-24, in line with the BBC, and 28% of votes from folks aged 25-34, serving to him safe a seat. Turnout in Cyprus was roughly 59%, up from simply 45% in 2019, and the BBC credit Panayiotou with the large uptick.
It can clearly be fascinating to see if any comparatively apolitical YouTubers attempt to observe in Panayiotou’s footsteps in america. There’s been hypothesis previously that Mr. Beast (actual title Jimmy Donaldson) could be taken with working for president sooner or later. When Donaldson was requested straight about it again in 2022 he simply said “We’ll see” and “Possibly in like 20 years.”
Will folks be voting for Mr. Beast to change into president in 2040? Weirder issues have occurred, clearly, just like the election of a neo-fascist actuality TV star who’s at the moment working neck-and-neck within the polls with Joe Biden to change into president once more. Truthfully, many People would in all probability think about a Beast presidency preferable to the present U.S. political panorama. Even when he levels a weird Saw-like game each night time for his personal amusement.
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