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Eurovision Disqualifies Dutch Entrant Hours Before Final

The competition’s organizers said that Swedish police were investigating the singer Joost Klein and that it would be inappropriate for him to take part in Saturday’s final.

By Alex Marshall

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Israel’s Eurovision Entrant Faces Down Her Critics

Campaigners have unsuccessfully urged the Eurovision Song Contest to ban Eden Golan because of her country’s war in Gaza. “I won’t let anything break me,” she said.

By Alex Marshall

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Palestinian Flags Fly at Protests Worldwide. They Won’t Be at Eurovision.

The organizers of the glitzy singing contest said that attendees would be allowed to wave only the flags of participating nations — including Israel’s.

By Alex Marshall

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‘October Rain,’ Israel’s Proposed Eurovision Entry, Causes a Storm

Almost nobody has heard the song, but some social media users see it as a reference to the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, and so too political for Eurovision.

By Alex Marshall

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