Eurovision Song Contest

Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia will walk away from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was cleared Thursday to take its spot next year.

A Swedish man identified by reports as an “ecofascist” associated with Nazi groups promoting a “race war” was sentenced to eight years in prison, with six suspended, on Thursday for plotting a mass murder using chemical weapons at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.

European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the corporate entity that stages the Eurovision Song Contest, announced on Monday that it would cancel an “extraordinary” meeting planned for November to vote on allowing Israel to continue participating in the contest.

Vietnamese performer Duc Phuc won the Moscow-hosted “Intervision Song Contest” this weekend, a revival of a Cold War-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest that strongman Vladimir Putin hailed as a display of “respect for traditional values” and “diversity.”

The president of Iceland’s National Broadcaster (RÚV), Stefán Jón Hafstein, published a commentary on Tuesday calling for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest – and suggested that, in the event that the ban was impossible, the contest could allow Israeli singers to participate without their national flags.

The moderators of the Reddit community dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest shut down the page entirely for 12 hours after the Grand Final in the early morning hours of Sunday due to “hate speech and strong emotional reactions.”

Austrian singer JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Saturday with “Wasted Love,” a song that combines operatic, multi-octave vocals with a techno twist.

Israel has won its way through to the Eurovision grand final on Saturday, hours after anti-Israel protesters in Basel, Switzerland, tried to disrupt the country’s dress rehearsal and prevent a survivor of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack go forward.

The Eurovision Song Contest says artists at this year’s event will only be allowed to display the flags of the country they are representing.

Yuval Raphael, a singer who survived the Hamas attack on the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, won Israel’s annual selection competition to represent the country at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.

Israeli singer Eden Golan landed home on Sunday after a tumultuous participation at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, where she faced hostility from fellow competitors, a booing audience, and a thousands-strong pro-Hamas mob outside of the venue.

A Eurovision juror said his views on Israel influenced his vote, sparking suggestions the contest was rigged against Jewish singer Eden Golan.

Israel received the second-most votes in the Eurovision Song Contest from the Irish public despite protests from Ireland’s Bambie Thug.

Bambie Thug declared that the “queers are coming” after the victory of fellow “non-binary” performer Nemo from Switzerland.

Self-described “non-binary” Swiss rapper Nemo has won the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “The Code”. 

Bambie Thug, the Irish entry into the Eurovision 2024 contest, said Saturday that she cried in disappointment when she learned that the Israeli singer, Eden Golan, had qualified for the finals in Malmö, Sweden.

Thousands of pro-Hamas protesters took to the streets of Malmö on Saturday in opposition to Israel’s participation in the Eurovision contest.

The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest was expelled hours before Saturday’s final over an alleged backstage incident.

Professional activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of anti-Israel protesters in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday adding her voice to their anger at Israel being allowed to compete in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest reiterated that Palestinian flags are not permitted at the event.

Israeli public broadcaster Kan confirmed on Sunday that it would ask songwriters to rewrite submissions in consideration to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest after reports indicated that the contest would reject a song with references to the Hamas October 7 slaughter because it was too “political.”

Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her power ballad “Tattoo” at the annual music competition.

The Eurovision Song Contest will hold its final competition on Saturday, pitting 25 of the continent’s most musical countries – and Australia, for some reason – against each other in an increasingly unsuccessful bid to prevent them from going to war.

President Zelenskly wanted to address the hundreds of millions worldwide expected to watch the finals of the Eurovision on Saturday.

The European continent – and Australia, for some reason – are preparing to crown the winner on Saturday of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, a pop song extravaganza invented as an alternative to World War III.

Russia was kicked out of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on Friday with organisers saying its inclusion could “bring the competition into disrepute.”

Israel’s secret weapon in the ongoing fight against terror and hatred isn’t the Iron Dome missile defense system, though that has certainly helped. No — Israel has something more powerful: a beautiful black Jewish woman, Eden Alene, who will represent

The Orthodox Church of Cyprus has denounced “El Diablo” (The Devil), its country’s entry into the 2021 Eurovision song contest, calling for the song to be withdrawn due to its Satanic references.

The Eurovision Song Contest and the Glastonbury Music Festival have been cancelled as Europe shuts down during the growing coronavirus pandemic.

Greta Thunberg’s life story and that of her family is “raw and powerful” according to the publisher of a new book about the teenage Swedish climate worrier.

TEL AVIV – Israeli actress Gal Gadot, aka Wonder Woman, will be appearing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv next month. Producers of the extravaganza told Breitbart News that they are still finalizing negotiations with Madonna to perform at the grand finale on May 18.

A total of 171 Swedish artists, musicians, and other “culture workers” have demanded Sweden boycott the upcoming Eurovision song contest because it is taking place in Israel.

TEL AVIV – Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli will co-host this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, after Gal Gadot reportedly turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts. 

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 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said his government would adhere to the Eurovision Song Contest guidelines, which may include nixing a plan to split public broadcaster Kan, in a bid to ensure the country would host the competition in 2019 as planned.

TEL AVIV – More than twenty thousand jubilant Israelis descended on Tel Aviv’s main square Monday night for a free victory concert by Netta Barzilai to celebrate her landslide triumph at the 63rd Eurovision song contest.