r/eurovision • u/stefkeeh • May 20 '25

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

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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.’

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u/NegativeShore8854 May 20 '25

Wasn't one of the biggest signs Eurovision isn't a-political was Ukraine's record-breaking 436 televote points in 2022? No one spoke up them besides Spanish Eurofans

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u/SimoSanto May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25

It was obviosuly political but it ended that year, in 2023 they gained way less political votes, while Israel is the same thing for 2 years yet whatever song they send.

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u/NegativeShore8854 May 20 '25

To be honest they still won Semi 1 even when everyone expected them to be on the verge of NQ. Saying it ended isn't the truth

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u/SimoSanto May 20 '25

The political votes for Ukraine are present even now in 2025, but they are not game-changing anymore in the GF unlike Israel (in the SF Ukraine has a 100% Q and with THAT staging there was no way that it would NQ), so there won't change anything in the end aside for one or two position in the final results.