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An independent investigation — launched on behalf of the EBU — is assessing the “unsafe working atmosphere” that allegedly took place in Malmö during Eurovision 2024.  

According to a report on Dutch TV programme RTL Boulevard, the investigation comes after the EBU received at least 13 complaints from various delegations after the Eurovision Song Contest. 

As part of the independent investigation, investigators will interview members of Eurovision delegations — and with the option for people to remain anonymous. We can safely assume this is to make people feel more comfortable. Many will have professional or personal relationships with the alleged offenders — whoever they may be. 

Norway’s Head of Delegation Stig Karlsen spoke with RTL Boulevard’s entertainment reporter Aran Bade and confirmed Norway is in talks with the EBU. He said:

”The EBU reached out to us positively, inviting us to evaluate ESC 2024 from our perspective. Representing NRK, I have already shared our experience and concerns with an external representative hired by the EBU.”

“We have every intention of participating in ESC 2025, but it depends on the actions the EBU will take to ensure that we do not face another season filled with polarization, politics, and security concerns.”

Eurovision 2024: Independent investigation looking into unsafe working atmosphere

The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS lodged an official complaint with the EBU about an “unsafe environment” prior to their act Joost Klein being disqualified on the day of the grand final. 

Joost, of course, was disqualified because of the EBU’s commitment to its zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate behaviour at their event. Yet the Dutch team felt it had already witnessed inappropriate behaviour at the event before the Joost brouhaha. 

The Dutch broadcaster expressed through news site NU.nl that their complaint was based on experiences that happened before the country’s disqualification and they filed a complaint on 10 May, one day before the grand final. Although AVROTROS did not provide specific details about the details for their complaint, they acknowledged that they “recognise the picture” described in complaints made by other artists and delegations.

According to RTL Boulevard, Switzerland, Ireland and Portugal are among the other delegations to issue formal complaints. The Dutch broadcaster is currently considering its response to the independent investigation.

Separately, Wiwibloggs have been told that it’s likely Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl is maintaining a low profile during this investigation.

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yaremturkiye
yaremturkiye
9 months ago

The delegation who caused these issues won’t have repercussions, I guarantee that, sadly, people get now do what they want and think it’s okay.

Jay Junior
Jay Junior
1 year ago

As someone who works in education, I’ve been worried about the dumbing down of the population for some time. And the spreading of false narratives. I get no hope of any improvement from reading most of the comments here. What is so difficult to understand that equating Russia’s cause for expulsion with Israel is simply incorrect? It’s a competition of broadcasters not states. Russia’s broadcaster was kicked out for breaking fundamental rules of the EBU. It was not directly linked to Russia’s invasion (even if some of that rules broken later included false propaganda about the war). Remember, Russia first… Read more »

Tony
Tony
1 year ago

2024 was for sure the worst Eurovision ever!

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
1 year ago
Reply to  Tony

From a production standpoint.

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago
Reply to  Tony

Song wise, it was one of the finest.
I only wish there were more ethnic sounds like before…

Calo
Calo
1 year ago

Some wise words from Dolly Parton:
“If you want to get the Rainbow, you got to put up with the rain…”

Felix
Felix
1 year ago

The Israeli delegation were obviously and publicly acting like nasty, spoilt brats because they knew they had daddy Germany and MoroccanOil backing them up. The fact that a delegation member can say about Joost “he doesn’t deserve to breathe near us” and get no consequence, shows that Eurovision cannot be fixed because money always wins. The disrepute will be remembered for years. No one buys that the EBU will investigate itself properly.

Cassette
Cassette
1 year ago

Can the EBU really have Israel on the ticket next year considering it’s leaders are up for arrest warrants for war crimes at the ICC?

Alex
Alex
1 year ago
Reply to  Cassette

I don’t think ICC’s arrest warrants would make EBU disallow Israel to compete in the contest. They repeatedly said that this is a contest between broadcasters, not governments.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

i don’t care about what those corrupt fascist money lovers in the EBU have to say anymore

hoping many things will go wrong with next years contest, karma for the ebu

Robert
Robert
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

If it is between broadcasters and not governments why is Russia not in?

Nils
Nils
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

Among other good reasons because Russia doesn’t want to be in. They have left the EBU on their own and without a member broadcaster can’t return any time soon.

Melissa
Melissa
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

Maybe people who work at KAN should stop participating in those atrocities then or cheering it on or generally pushing the same hardline violent rhetoric the government under an arrest warrant is being judged for then. You can’t blame your government for their misdeeds if you support all of those misdeeds and cheer it on.

MartyMcCu
MartyMcCu
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

sorry disagree, as soon as Putin was on this list, they were banned in sports, arts, entertainment you name it they were banned and still are. Europe recognises the ICC, Israel is not in Europe, geographically and politically.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Cassette

Their broadcaster, KAN sure tried to create division at the contest this year, surely they should be reprimanded.
Not to even mention the behavior of the relation.
Fully sure the EBU will let them in, because they’re terrified, for some reason, to upset them

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

Delegation **

Tony
Tony
1 year ago
Reply to  Cassette

Of course Israel can take part

Lulu
Lulu
1 year ago

They should investigate jury voting criteria and jury bank accounts..and maybe basic music education

Alex
Alex
1 year ago
Reply to  Lulu

Trust me, every year people complain about jury vote but nothing really happens in the end.

Kate
Kate
1 year ago

My son and I booked our hotel in Malmo well before the Israeli/Gaza conflict and when we arrived discovered that the Israeli delegation was staying at our hotel. While every performer deserves to be safe, the security at the hotel was heavy handed and intrusive. The Swedish police were polite and accommodating to guests, even with the preponderance of them and their assault rifles, but the Israeli security was oppressive and intrusive. While sitting in the lobby, which is a public space, they followed me to the bathroom and later inspected my iPad. They also inspected a food bag that… Read more »

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago

It seems in today’s world stupidity rules… What exactly are they going to investigate? Why some countries delegations behave like children now? If they had issues they could have withdrawn…

Alex
Alex
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonkonfui

Ragequitting the contest is childish actually.

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

As if Ragewhining AFTERWARDS is very adult behaviour

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonkonfui

It’s better to stand your ground, use your voice and try to change it from the inside, rather than not being there and being ignored

Thanos
Thanos
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

100% agreed. And as far as us fans are concerned we should keep on doing that.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Thanos

Absolutely. It’s the only way to bring about change and get the folks like the EBU to even acknowledge their problems.

We can’t all live in blissful ignorance

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

Change what?

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago
Reply to  Thanos

Most Eurovision fans dont know their nose from their as.s… of course you Will cry and whine, this is all you do. You pretend you are fighting a Big war or something stupid. If you dont like It just force your country to withdraw.

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

You can be inside and decide to be outside which Will really make an impact and not all this whining AFTERWARDS…

Amy Kelly
Amy Kelly
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonkonfui

Why should they be bullied out because others can’t behave?

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago
Reply to  Amy Kelly

Others Who?? This is so childish, so absurdly childish… I admit that Isreali delegation has a rather childish behaviour but most of the other delegations behave exactly the same… Ones provoking and the others responding to those childish provocations…

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonkonfui

Everybody is pointing fingers and throwing blame everywhere. I hope we get a detailed report that is published publicly so we finally have a clear full picture about what happened this year.

nobody
nobody
1 year ago

“the EBU investigated itself and found that EBU did nothing wrong”

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  nobody

must feel lovely how they can love themselves more than anyone else PUKE

Bettie
Bettie
1 year ago

In the meanwhile new music by Joost, the blue bird is back “luchtballon”

Brötchen
Brötchen
1 year ago

It’s so obvious that this comment section is flooded with bots to dislike anti-Israel comments and like pro-Israel comments. There has never been so much engagement during off-season.

It’s also obvious since all Pro-Palestine artists were queer that Pro-Israel people try to stir up anti-queer sentiment. We see what you are doing.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Brötchen

Yup they’ve flooded the downvotes.

Only means one thing, they’re insecure and they know we are right

Tony
Tony
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

Right about what?

Robert
Robert
1 year ago
Reply to  Brötchen

I mean bots voted for her, bots are disliking the comments here. Like they think that will change something. Now when I see 20 dislikes on my comment it honestly makes me happy.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

Me too, I take lots of downvotes as a sign I’m on the right path (but apologies, I did upvote your comment.)

Robert
Robert
1 year ago
Reply to  jercle

I down voted your comment to show support lol

Calo
Calo
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

Seems that all our comments are changing anything either…(isn’t it?). I wish Eurovision would come back to live orchestre and real voices (as done in San-Remo rather than what is done in Melfest)… but I don’t think it will happen… (so all sort of comments here are simply hollow and just like “full gas in neutral” – a lot of noise but the car in not moving).

Jonkonfui
Jonkonfui
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

Bots your brains… I voted for her. I am no bot. Just Accept reality.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Brötchen

I thought the trouble makers were claiming to be non-binary. If someone is neither a man or a woman (well, pretending to be) how can that person be queer?

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

Another comment by Patrick targeting NB people…. How is this hatred allowed on here?

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

How is stating facts and asking a question “hate”? You’re just stalking me and using cry bully tactics.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

PlEASE CAN THE MODERATOR INTERVENE. THIS PERSON (“DARREN”) IS STALKING ME ACROSS THESE BOARDS, CONSTATNTLY MISREPRESENTING WHAT I HAVE SAID AND IS BOTH ABUSIVE AND INCITING ABUSE TOWARD ME .

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

lol it’s a free comments forum where anyone can reply. Perhaps if you stopped posting stupid s h!t I would ignore you.

Amy Kelly
Amy Kelly
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

You are harassing and you know it. Hopefully a moderator will ban you.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Amy Kelly

2 comments, one of which is a reply and you’re calling me harrassing? lol
Who even are you? Hopefully a moderator will ban you.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

PlEASE CAN THE MODERATOR INTERVENE. THIS PERSON (“DARREN”) IS STALKING ME ACROSS THESE BOARDS, CONSTATNTLY MISREPRESENTING WHAT I HAVE SAID AND IS BOTH ABUSIVE AND INCITING ABUSE TOWARD ME .

Rall
Rall
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

He actually does have a point though. If you are neither male nor female then how can you be queer? It doesn’t make sense.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Rall

Because queer by definition is: “ denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms.” or being strange odd -therefore not the stereotypical roles.

Hence why someone who is neither make or female is the very definition of queer.

Rall
Rall
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

No, your definition was introduced like 4 years ago lol.

Queer is a word of uncertain origin that had entered the English language by the early 16th century, when it was primarily used to mean strange, odd, peculiar or eccentric. By the late 19th century it was being used colloquially to refer to same-sex attracted men.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Rall

Queer is anything that is not the heteronormative or homosexuality, Non-Binary, Asexuality etc etc

Jofty
Jofty
1 year ago
Reply to  Rall

What I can’t understand is someone on TV “dating” show here with their d*ck out, non-binary if you please, yet “heterosexual”. No wonder all these poor women do not wis share their spaces.

Jofty
Jofty
1 year ago
Reply to  Jofty

*wish

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Jofty

Is that “dating” show still on? Thought that finished ages ago, ew.

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago
Reply to  Brötchen

The money must be good.

Alex
Alex
1 year ago

Can we go back to when Turin’s broken sun was the contest’s biggest issue?

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

Or the stage floor in Paris in 1978 being too slippery.

Bettie
Bettie
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

Yes please

Fatima
Fatima
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

Don’t forget Cliff Richard taking a valium in 1973.

Despicable Annie
Despicable Annie
1 year ago

They should investigate the fraudulent jury votes instead.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago

who cares about those irrelevant songs and results, so shut up

café olé
café olé
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

How can they all vote the same and it not be fake?

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago
Reply to  café olé

Something was definitely off with it.

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous91

Always a ray of sunshine.
Please never evet leave these boards lol.

NickC
NickC
1 year ago

They let eurovision be used as a propaganda tool to be used to glorify war crimes. Too little too late if you ask me. They have the blood of thousands of innocent children in their hands.

TGillings
TGillings
1 year ago

The ESC has lost its way. Songs don’t count for much any more, it’s all about strange fashions, promoting alternative, gender confusion and grandstanding. I’ve been an avid fan and follower since 1986, but this year was my last. I’m out. Much like singing talent and fair voting. All gone.

Eli Grant Weinmann
Eli Grant Weinmann
1 year ago

I want to know who is doing the investigation. They always say it’s “independent” but what does that mean? Is it a law firm? Private investigator? EBU HR Department? Who does independent investigations?

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago

Mrs Osterdahl lol

Cassette
Cassette
1 year ago

It’s just shocking the EBU still haven’t uploaded the opening peformance by Eleni/Eric/Chanel all because The EBU got triggered by Eric Saade’s keffiyeh.

Anya
Anya
1 year ago
Reply to  Cassette

I often think of Eric Saade as representing the people being killed. I guess it makes EBU uncomfortable.

Anya
Anya
1 year ago
Reply to  Anya

Here is Saade. Eric Saade.

Representing P a l e s t i n e.
Representing the burned
the battered
the starved
the abused
That’s what he does.
That’s who he is.
I sometimes wonder if he still has family there, alive.

Jonny
Jonny
1 year ago
Reply to  Cassette

Don’t spread lies. It was uploaded. You can find it in the live stream video.

Robert
Robert
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonny

Don’t play du*b.

Bejba
Bejba
1 year ago

Izrael Broadcasting Deserfs To Own The Eurowision Because They Know Class And Human Dezency Unlike This Satan Worshipping Troll

Karl
Karl
1 year ago
Reply to  Bejba

Bejba, who did you wote for at the Eurowision?

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago
Reply to  Bejba

NURSE!

Calo
Calo
1 year ago

I don’t think Joost, Israel, Bambie etc. is the problem but rather what Eurovision has become…. artificial, very expensive, recorded voices, producer “choices” (??) – what the h*ck is that?… Over commercial to my taste. I wish Eurovision would go back to its roots – Music with live orchestra and real voices as well as being a family show like it used to be in the past (when my passion to Eurovision started as a kid). Unfortunately in recent times, the competition is becoming more about how the performers looks and awe the public rather than the song… (I’m loosing… Read more »

Noel
Noel
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

I totally agree with you I think that the eurovision should go back to just the singing and nothing else

ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

Totally agree!

Barry
Barry
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

I know what you mean but how would GO-A sound with a live orchestra?

FunQ
FunQ
1 year ago
Reply to  Barry

Sanremo did a rock song (Måneskin) with an orchestra and it was magnificent.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

I agree 100 percent about getting it back to being a family show. Of course gays love Eurovision but they are a very small part of its demographic and it isn’t a Pride festival. Some of the performances wernt too far and were lfrankly ewd and crude (ie UK).

Brötchen
Brötchen
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

So it should go back to being irrelevant? Sure if you want it off the air in 2 years. The media landscape changed, it’s not the 1970s anymore. The contest how it was back then would not survive.

FunQ
FunQ
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

I agree. The Eurovision controller by Osterdahl and organized like a bigger worldwide Melfest is a cheesy plastic one. Just like the plastic pop we get nearly each year from Sweden. Or the fake IKEA furniture.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

The pre-recorded backing vocals are destroying the contest. It’s clear that so many artists are using them as lead vocals. So it might become like team orders in F1 or on-court coaching in tennis, in that the EBU will eventually say “It’s happening and we can’t stop it so we’re making it legal.”

Ana
Ana
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

The playback vocals have to go. I do support allowing some vocal effects that can not be recreated live but only as exception like it was done before. Other than that, anything that can be dome by a backing vocal should be done live.

Jofty
Jofty
1 year ago
Reply to  Calo

Latvia had a great song and performance. Yet many commentators were upset that it qualified as the “staging” was too dull. Buttock-free or no men in a toilet, I suppose. Your point exactly.

Azuro
Azuro
1 year ago

Simple next year all artists sign a contract saying they accept the participation of all listed countries.

Don’t accept it, you’re not going to Zurich.

CherryLee
CherryLee
1 year ago

Israel has been recruiting supporters in every European country and paying them large sums of money to persuade as many people as possible to vote for Israel to win. This is an unprecedented disgrace. If this is proven, which I hope it will be, Israel should be permanently banned from Eurovision.

Jonny
Jonny
1 year ago
Reply to  CherryLee

Do you have any proof?

Robert
Robert
1 year ago
Reply to  Jonny

“If this is proven, which I hope it will be, Israel should be permanently banned from Eurovision.”

Reading with understanding is something you should have learned long time ago.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

I voted for Israel because I thought it was easily the best song. Mr Netanyahu didn’t call me to have me vote. Nor was I paid. How do you suppose Israel tracked down all these millions of people to bribe? And how come nobody has come forward to say they were approached for this?

Fred
Fred
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

So you’re just spreading unproven Anti Israeli propaganda until it might or might not be proven?

Karl
Karl
1 year ago

Ban israel

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago

And let me just add that pic of Bambie with the devil dancer is my absolute fav still from this year’s contest. So poetic.

Christine
Christine
1 year ago
Reply to  Vjera Brdar

Please. It’s just the cheesiest Satanic chic since Alice Cooper. Nothing original or shocking. Yawn

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago

Overall, this is great news.
I’m trying to be understanding about this whole mess not being an isolated incident as in the case of Joost. Still, not disqualifying Israel is a big stain on the ESC and the EBU. They did let it go too far.

The Voice of Reason
The Voice of Reason
1 year ago

Frrst thing first, Israel NEEDS to go.

Robert
Robert
1 year ago

EBU looking into it is like Israel ki*ling civilians while they are waiting for food and water and them saying “wE wilL dO iNteRNaL iNveStiGAtiOn iNtO iT”. Not to be trusted that anything will come out of it.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Robert

100%

Thanos
Thanos
1 year ago

I have my doubts how independent this will actually be but let’s see

Robert Overeem
1 year ago

Israel should not have been allowed into the contest this year. It made it already political just because they were there. All delegations felt uneasy with this while so many people were killed meanwhile by a participating country. There is only one major conclusion the ebu can make: that it was a mistake to allow Israel to participate in 2024.

jercle
jercle
1 year ago

I’ve been watching the contest since 1992. It breaks my heart to see the contest come what it has become.

Milan
Milan
1 year ago
Reply to  jercle

1981 here 🙂 I second every word you’ve written.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago

Everyone knew before the national selections that the EBU had decided to allow Israel to participate. Artists had the choice to not represent their country this year if they did not agree with that decision. Broadcasters xould also have not participated. But of course serial attention seekers like Ireland’s artist and the Swiss artist wanted to have their cake and eat it. They wanted their 3 minutes of exposure so of course did not boycott (as that would be personal detriment to them) Instead went along, got drunk on the attention they received and deluded thenselves they were more imporrant… Read more »

Ellen
Ellen
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

Very that. Like why did they act brand new on the very last week of Eurovision? Israel confirmed its participation in March. They had all the time to withdraw instead of creating themselves an intense and resentful environment towards the Isreali delegation that led them to make them p*ssed off. Make it makes sense.

Peter
Peter
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

Every one assumed that the EBU had a bit of conscience and would withdraw permission for Israel to participate knowing the level of massacre they were and are carrying out in Gaza.
Not to mention the bad mouthing and incitement to hatred by their broadcasters during the live broadcast of the contest.
I reckon it merits a permanent ban for israel

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

Of course you mention Ireland and Switzerland yet again.

Your hard on for them is beyond obvious.

Your obsession with them is so toxic.

Build that bridge and cross it

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

I refer to them because they were the leading perpetrators of the hatred and disruption which creates the toxic environment. As I stated , they are hypocrites. They knew Israel were participating so could have sat this year out. But of course, as with all cry bullies they didnt actually care enough to do something that would cause them detriment. Instead they went along desperate for attention, virtue signalling and behaving in an obnoxious fashion about and toward a uiung woman who was just there to do what they were doing.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

By signing a statement expressing desire for a ceasefire they have become perpetrators of hatred? Have you even seen the video evidence of them being harassed by members of the Israeli delegation and press? Have you heard the comments from KAN during the live shows? Are they supposed to just ignore that because it’s Israel? Or is it just because they’re NB and that makes you feel uncomfortable that they should have stayed silent? The evidence is all there, but yet you keep repeating the same NBphobic thropes here and your obsession with Bambie is actually concerning. You really need… Read more »

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

Firstly they are not non-binary. There is no such thing. There is a genetic anomaly of intersex children but that is a mwdical condition, rarer than hen’s teeth and resolved by young adulthood. What the Irish entrant and the Swiss entrant were claiming is just a bandwagon that attention seeking individuals have leapt on to crwate the illusion they are interesting. . I am not obsessed with her (or anyone) . The discussion topic is about the toxicity at this year’s contest. She was a key archtect of that. Her hypocrisy and bullying of Ms Golan was despicable. Her incitement… Read more »

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

*homophobic.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

Because you’re not personally non-binary doesn’t mean it’s not a thing.
Your attitude towards them reminds me of people who think being gay is a mental illness.
Which is ironic considering you’re gay too. So how come you should have the right to live without prejudice but those that are NB don’t?
I leap on your stupidity, and I will continue to. You are a walking, talking double standard.
No you’re not homophobic but you carry the same bigotry as those that are.

Patrick
Patrick
1 year ago
Reply to  Darren

Where have I said anyone doesn’t have the right to live? To the contrary I have said they can pretend what they like, but they cannot force me to accept their delusion.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

People would say being gay is a delusion too. Doesn’t mean it’s right.

Darren
Darren
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

I said right to live without prejudice by the way, not right to live in general. Perhaps read it again.

Christine
Christine
1 year ago
Reply to  Patrick

Well said. The identity politics madness must end: it won’t be long before the insanity blows over.

Bettie
Bettie
1 year ago

Joost brouhaha, that could be the title of a new Joost song;-)

Darren
Darren
1 year ago

I don’t have full faith in the EBU that they will follow through with any decisions or findings that come from this investigation.

They’ve shown themselves to be completely inept and highly unprofessional.

F**k the EBU

Stevan
Stevan
1 year ago

Well if it isn’t the consequences of EBU’s actions and decisions. We all knew a certain delegation would act the way it did, that came true, and the EBU ignored all the complaints. Hope more countries state that they might sit out 2025 if the EBU doesn’t fix the work environment (remove troublemakers)

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
1 year ago

Investigations take time to conduct and pursue and that last antisemitic bit wasn’t necessary. We will see how things proceed and what consequences will arise. Be prepared for any outcome.

Bettie
Bettie
1 year ago

There are other issues to fix first, the war in Gaza won’t be over, Moroccan Oil will still be a sponsor, the same goes for TikTok, which ruins the European character. And last but not least influenced voting. Nothing will change. I can see another, even bigger, mess coming, unless the EBU makes some huge changes. Starting with a zero tolerance policy for ALL participants.

Troy
Troy
1 year ago

Yeah… Israel will still be there next year.. don’t worry.. and I can see a “Top 5” finish again… mark my words 🙂

Tino
Tino
1 year ago
Reply to  Troy

Not by merit but it could definitely happen.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago
Reply to  Troy

of course since the israeli hod gets to suck osterdahl’s dick all the time UGH

Seddik
Seddik
1 year ago

The fox guarding the henhouse.

ML
ML
1 year ago

Good. We can’t have people threatening staff, or delegations pushing others physically for asking a question.
We can’t have it where someone is at such risk of being attacked for their nationality that they have to have armed guard.

Dr Fergal Sherlock
Dr Fergal Sherlock
1 year ago

@William… I told you those Bambie photos were ‘on-point’ and we’d see them everywhere ESC is mentioned going forward. Enthralling 🙂 @All.. Nice to see some movement in the background to address and reorganise the backstage workings of ESC. No roaming backstage media in the ‘working area’, break-out rooms/areas for media/artist interaction on-demand/to-schedule/with-consent, scheduled content creation with mild storyboarding between consenting artists etc. Formalize what has been taken for granted and abused; and ban the blatant rule breaking individuals who were deliberating breaking the rules (and local law) by rotating around other artists, publishing their rule breaking online for all… Read more »

Dr Fergal Sherlock
Dr Fergal Sherlock
1 year ago

*deliberately