Swedish prosecutors have dismissed their investigation into an altercation that led to Dutch Eurovision contestant Joost Klein's disqualification at this year's competition. Dutch artist Joost Klein is kicked out of from the Eurovision Song Contest following a complaint made by a female member of the production crew, the European Broadcasting Union says. At the time Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, who partially …
If there's one line Eurovision's organiser, the European Broadcasting Union, loves to trot out, it's that the song contest is an "apolitical" event that brings people across the world together with music. Eurovision's version of a red carpet event had a four-legged denim egg Photo shows Two people inside a denim-covered egg-like shell one wearing shorts, socks and sandals, the …
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Russia will be barred from competing in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest following its invasion of Ukraine, organisers have announced. The country’s participation in the singing contest, set to take place in Turin in May, would “bring the competition into disrepute”, the European Broadcasting Union said. Less than a day after it said it planned to host both Russia and …
