Israeli singer Noam Bettan and his entourage received a warm welcome in Vienna, Austria, during the opening event for this week’s Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday — a radical departure from the throngs of pro-Hamas protesters wearing keffiyehs and threatening Israeli contestants that had become the norm in the past two years.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Thursday that it would allow Israel to stay in the Eurovision Song Contest.
President Zelenskly wanted to address the hundreds of millions worldwide expected to watch the finals of the Eurovision on Saturday.
Russia was kicked out of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on Friday with organisers saying its inclusion could “bring the competition into disrepute.”
TEL AVIV – Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists on Saturday “overwhelmingly” rejected a pro-Palestinian gesture from Iceland’s anti-capitalist bondage-clad entrant to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
Pop superstar Madonna will land in Israel on Wednesday morning, accompanied by an entourage of 135 people, ahead of her planned performance during the Eurovision finals on Saturday night.
The BBC has rejected a call from dozens of British cultural figures to push for relocating the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest from Israel to another country, saying Wednesday the contest is not political.
TEL AVIV – The Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday finally announced Israel as the host of next year’s competition, adding that joint preparations with the Jewish state’s public broadcaster Kan were now underway.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev on Thursday declared that if Israel can’t host the Eurovision song contest in Jerusalem next year, it should not host it at all.
TEL AVIV – The Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday told fans to hold off booking flights to Israel for next year’s competition in Israel amid concerns about politicization following remarks by Israeli ministers.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Communications Minister has invited several Arab states to take part in next year’s Eurovision song contest set to take place in Jerusalem.
