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HISTORICAL FACTS: Contest - The Untold Story

Dutch say won't participate in 'no longer' neutral Eurovision

THE HAGUE - The Netherlands will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, its broadcaster said Monday, saying the event can "no longer be considered neutral" given divisions over the Gaza war.

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Netherlands withdraws from 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, says competition 'no longer' neutral

The 2026 competition was watched by 131 million viewers, down 35 million on the year before after five countries boycotted it over Israel's participation.

Euronews

Eurovision Song Contest changes rules for countries at war

The Eurovision Song Contest sees singer representatives from all over the world take to the stage in a bid to be crowned the winner, with the victorious country then given the honour of hosting the next year’s contest.

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Eurovision to exclude countries at war from hosting contest, EBU says

The EBU said it could commission an independent security assessment before deciding whether a winning country is capable of hosting the event safely.

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O Canada! Eurovision Song Contest welcomes first new country since 2015

Canada will sing at next Eurovision Song Contest after the country's public broadcaster confirmed full membership of the European Broadcasting Union - allowing them to compete in the world's biggest competition of its kind.

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Eurovision, eh? Canada will compete at the glitzy song contest in 2027

Canada is set to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time next year

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“I thought: ‘I will be so famous with this crash that it will be great in front of millions and millions of people”: Sebastian Tellier on the time he entered the Eurovision Song Contest – in a golf buggy

But he could only finish nineteenth

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It's official: Spain to withdraw from Eurovision 2026 if Israel participates

Spain becomes the first country among the 'Big Five', the five largest contributors to Eurovision, to formalise its withdrawal from the contest if Israel does not withdraw.

Euronews

Netherlands join boycott of Eurovision 2026 over Israeli participation

The Dutch public broadcaster, AVROTROS, has confirmed the Netherlands will join Slovenia, Iceland, Spain and Ireland in boycotting next year's Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is involved.

Euronews

Eurovision Song Contest gets a brand new look to celebrate 70 years

The contest has revamped its look to celebrate 70 years of being 'United by Music,' with new logos, fonts, and a colourful new brand identity.

Euronews

After a disastrous weekend for Destiny 2, Bungie suggests the MMO's latest raid "requires far more than expected" and says it's investigating issues making bosses impossibly tanky

The world-first Contest race for Edge of Fate raid The Desert Perpetual has been a clown fiesta

GamesRadar

Fact check: Did NATO create the Eurovision Song Contest?

Social media users and alternative news outlets claim that decades-old NATO documents reveal that the military alliance was the mastermind behind Eurovision.

Euronews

Who is Yuval Raphael? The singer representing Israel at Eurovision 2025

Israeli contestant was voted through to the final in Basel, Switzerland

The Independent UK

Former Eurovision contestants call for Israel and broadcaster KAN to be banned

More than 70 former Eurovision contestants have signed an open letter demanding Israel and its national broadcaster KAN to be banned from this year’s contest, which is due to take place next week.

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The 2024-2025 Nikon Film and Photo Contest is open for entries "soon"

Nikon has officially announced its annual photography and filmmaking competition – but you won't be able to enter just yet

The Independent UK

Eurovision Song Contest 2025 announces host city in Switzerland

A list of participating countries for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be announced later this year

GamesRadar

After AI and cheating allegations, Pokemon disqualifies entrants in its official Trading Card Game art competition who "violated official contest rules"

"We're committed to upholding the integrity of the Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest"

International Business Times

Eurovision In Gaza's Shadow As Israel Competes In Final

The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday with thousands of protesters expected to culminate a week of tensions surrounding Israel's participation during the Gaza war.

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Israel Threatens Eurovision Pull-out If Entry Vetoed

Israel on Sunday warned that it may withdraw from this year's Eurovision Song Contest if organisers reject the lyrics from its entry as too political.

Evening Standard

Graham Norton says Eurovision in 'an impossible situation' amid calls to exclude Israel from contest

Contest organisers are facing increasing pressure to take action against the nation

Evening Standard

Helen Mirren among celebs to back Eurovision organisers keeping Israel in contest

“To punish Israel would be an inversion of justice,” write spearheads Creative Community For Peace

The National (Scotland)

Boycott demands over Israel inclusion in Eurovision Song Contest

ICELANDIC musicians have demanded the country boycotts the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s involvement.

Evening Standard

Musicians in Iceland call for Israel to be excluded from 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

Russia was banned from competing in 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine

Liverpool Echo

Eurovision announces 2024 host city after Liverpool

Swedish superstar Loreen because the first woman to ever win the contest twice during the Liverpool contest

Chronicle Live

I went to Eurovision and had the time of my life - the story of a fan whose dream finally came true

The dust has now settled on the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool but fans will have memories to last a lifetime

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