Eurovision Song Contest

The public Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/Radio-Canada refused to answer when asked how much it expects to spend on competing in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, the Canadian Press revealed on Tuesday.

Crowds estimated to be in the tens of thousands flooded the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, on Tuesday to welcome returning pop singer Dara, who became the country’s first-ever champion at the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend.

This weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest, the 70th edition of the spectacle, continued Israel’s streak of coming in second place, but represented a massive diplomatic and public relations win for a country leftist agitators have been trying to expel from the event for years.

Irish writer and Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan accused Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ of engaging in antisemitism for planning to air an episode of his hit comedy show as part of its boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s presence in the competition.

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 Broadcast Union (EBU) announced that tickets for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest have sold out in record time.

Swiss pop singer and rapper Nemo is returning the 2024 Eurovision trophy to protest Israel participating in the song contest.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Thursday that it would allow Israel to stay in the 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.

GENEVA — Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting Thursday, following calls to exclude the country over its Gaza war tactics.

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.”

At least five public broadcasters in Europe — Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Spain — have in the past two weeks declared they would not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest if longstanding entrant Israel remains part of the competition.

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.

The time has come: After a typically turbulent month of gimmicks, weird social media videos, and more fondue than anyone’s doctor would recommend, the Eurovision Song Contest will hold its Grand Final on Saturday.

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.