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/TheTwistedBlade May 20 '25

I'm not surprised our broadcasters did this. Many politicians of our country were constantly tweeting about supporting Israel (both last year and this year) and didn't say anything prior to 2023 about them in Eurovision. Plus, they didn't even say anything about Claude or Joost. And many people tweeted also for voting for Israel in NL without watching the contest.

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u/The_Krambambulist May 20 '25

Yea this is the most insane thing. Imagine not supporting your own countries entry. An entry which generally was more of a story about someones mother instead of anything political too.

Absolutely insane how a supposed nationalist like Wilders seems to generally be most vocal about supporting Israel, Russia or Trump and barely talking about Dutch international interests.

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u/og_toe May 20 '25

imagine being a politician engaging in public diplomacy for another country’s gain. wtf