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The controversial 2024 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was watched by record numbers, the European Broadcasting Union said on Thursday. An estimated 163 million people watched the three live shows in the southern Swedish city of Malmö - including two semi-finals and the grand final - across 37 broadcasters. The figures represented a rise of 1 million since the 2023 edition in Liverpool and 2 million more than the 2022 contest in Turin. The world's biggest music competition faced strong headwinds this year as Israel participated in the contest against the backdrop of the war in Gaza. The...
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Swiss singer Nemo, who won the Eurovision contest in Sweden at the weekend with their song "The Code," was greeted by more than 100 cheering fans at Zurich Airport on Sunday night. Many of the 24-year-old's fans were waving the non-binary pride flag, which has yellow, white, purple and black horizontal stripes. Nemo is non-binary and prefers they/them pronouns in English. Nemo's victory in Malmö was only the third time Switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest. The last time was in 1988 when Céline Dion represented the country. The triumph on one of Europe's biggest stages fuelled debate...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday lavished praise on his country's candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest. The 20-year-old Eden Updated with photoswas met with some hostility in the Swedish city of Malmö, where the final of the competition took place on Saturday. Protests against Israel's participation because of the Gaza war overshadowed the usual party atmosphere this year. During the performance of her song "Hurricane" - which echoes unspoken grief over the killings of civilians in Israel by the Palestinian militant organization Hamas on October 7 - Golan endured whistl...
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The German government's anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, has condemned the protests against Israel's participation in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend. "It is a common anti-Semitic trait to hold Israelis collectively liable for the actions of their government or their army, which they themselves often condemn," he told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper. "The progressive Israeli cultural scene in particular is already suffering considerably from this and is facing increasing international isolation," he said. The latest Eurovision was one of the most controversial in...
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Shortly before the start of the Eurovision Song Contest final, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz backed Israeli participant Eden Golan. "Eden proudly stands against immense hate and anti-Semitism. Tonight, let's show all the haters who's leading the way!" Katz wrote on the social media platform X. Israel's participation and contribution had faced enormous headwinds in the run-up to and during the music festival. Due to the war in Gaza, there were calls for Israel to be excluded from the competition. Thousands gathered at demonstrations in the Swedish host city of Malmö to protest against th...
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A few hours before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Norwegian points announcer has pulled out. Singer Alessandra Mele explained her decision in a video on Instagram on Saturday, citing the Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. "There's a genocide going on," the 21-year-old said in the English-language post. "Open up your eyes. Open up your heart. Let love lead you to the truth." The Eurovision motto "United by Music" is the reason why she does music, said Mele. "But right now, those words are just empty words." The singer, who also has Italian roots, achieved fifth place for Norway a...
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Hours before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have demanded Finnish broadcaster Yle boycott the show on Saturday. Some 40 people gathered in the broadcaster's lobby, holding up protest posters and Palestinian flags, Yle reported. An Israeli contestant, Eden Golan, has reached the semifinals but there has been increasing controversy about the inclusion of Israel in the contest as the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens. Demonstrator Wilhelm Blomberg told Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper that they would not prevent Yle's employees from doing their work, but w...
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The first 10 countries to go through to the final of the Eurovision Song Content, one of the world's biggest singing competitions, have been selected after the first semi-final was held in the Swedish city of Malmö on Tuesday evening. The countries that booked their spot in Saturday's final were Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Finland, Cyprus, Croatia, Ireland and Luxembourg. The unlucky countries were Australia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Poland and Moldova. Australian duo Electric Fields had hoped that their hit "One Milkali," with its lyrics partly in an Aboriginal language, would...
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Some of the participants in the European Song Contest have commented on the Gaza war on Instagram. They wanted to express their solidarity with people in the Gaza Strip and Israel, wrote Nemo from Switzerland and others, such as stars from Ireland, Norway and Lithuania. "It is important to us to stand in solidarity with the oppressed and communicate our heartfelt wish for peace, an immediate and lasting ceasefire, and the safe return of all hostages," the joint statement reads. "We stand united against all forms of hate, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. "We firmly believe in the unify...
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