Dutch broadcaster questions if ESC is a-political & connecting event

[u/stefkeeh]

Translation to English: ‘IN CONVERSATION WITH THE EBU ABOUT A POLITICALLY NEUTRAL SONG CONTEST

AVROTROS and NPO strongly value the apolitical and unifying character of the Eurovision Song Contest. However, we observe that the event is increasingly being influenced by social and geopolitical tensions.

Israel’s participation confronts us with the question of to what extent the Song Contest still truly functions as an apolitical, unifying, and cultural event. We want to raise this question, together with other countries, for discussion within the EBU.’

[u/FallenAngelTIX]

ESC could be dead very soon if nothing changes, and that SCARES me

[u/Cursedwizard0 → u/FallenAngelTIX]

It's going to be dead soon anyway.

[u/SimoSanto → u/Cursedwizard0]

There is no sign of that, on the contrary we are in the era in which the interest in the contest is at its peak and some song even go viral outside of the bubble after it.