Eurovision 2025: Palestine protestor makes 'throat-slitting' gesture to Israeli entrant
By Jacob Jaffa
More than 70 former contestants, as well as Ireland’s national broadcaster, have called for Israel to be barred from the competition
Eighteen months after she hid under corpses at a bomb shelter at the festival, Yuval Raphael, 24, is representing the Jewish state at another music event
The letter, addressed to the European Broadcasting Union, accuses Israeli broadcaster KAN of being complicit in genocide
The event’s broadcaster announced that flags would be allowed in the crowd as long as they were not linked to racism, violence or banned terrorist groups
The lead singer of Mamagama, the band representing the Muslim majority Azerbaijan, is Jewish
The ballad was written by Keren Peles, the same songwriter behind last year’s entry ‘Hurricane’
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The 24-year-old Nova festival survivor won Israel’s national song contest last night, which determines the country’s entrant for Eurovision
By Eliana Jordan
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Israel will vote on its representative for the singing competition this evening
Eden Golan, 20, faced “unprecented” hatred while competing at the Eurovision song contest in May
By Hannah Gillott
Original song entry ‘October Rain’ was rejected by EBU for ‘political’ lyrics that reference October 7 attacks
Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber and Debra Messing among signatories rejecting calls for Israel’s expulsion from the annual contest
20 year old, Eden Golan was picked by Israeli TV viewers to attend this year’s event in Sweden
By JC Reporter
Decision on whether to boycott will come after Iceland’s national pre-Eurovision contest Söngvakeppnin
The Association of Composers and Lyricists of Iceland said the Jewish state should be expelled on the same grounds as Russia
By Richard Percival
A Polish official attacked the star on Twitter after she said her family died in the country
By Josh Kaplan
