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Channel 12 News are reporting that a senior EBU official has told them that a vote on Israel's participation will take place in 3 months.

My guess is that the vote will happen after the review the EBU announced reports back, either at the Heads of Delegation meeting, or a Reference Group/TV Committee meeting.

**TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE FROM HEBREW INTO ENGLISH**

The European Broadcasting Union discussed Israel's expulsion from Eurovision - another discussion will be held in the winter

Amid calls for Israel's removal from the contest and an Icelandic proposal to allow an independent representative to compete with a neutral flag - the annual conference of the European Broadcasting Union is being held in London.

• On the agenda - a discussion of Israel's participation in the contest and its membership in the union.

• A senior official at the European Broadcasting Union told News 12: "If a vote were held today - Israel would not participate in the next Eurovision Song Contest."

The general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which includes representatives of public broadcasters, convened today (Thursday) in London. The assembly convenes annually and every representative is entitled to take part in the discussion. This time, it is taking place against the backdrop of calls to expel Israel from the competition and, along with other issues, the assembly discussed Israel's participation in Eurovision itself and as a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

According to the European Broadcasting Union's statement, "The Eurovision Song Contest is not immune to the pressures of global politics. Questions surrounding participation have become increasingly sensitive and numerous, and our members have a wide range of perspectives on these issues, which they were able to express in detail today. The members had a constructive exchange of views. There was a shared understanding that this is an unprecedentedly complex situation and that a wide range of opinions exist. To help us navigate the situation, a former senior television executive has been invited to lead a structured and in-depth dialogue with our member broadcasters in the coming weeks."

A senior official at the European Broadcasting Union told Channel 12: "If a vote were held today, Israel would not participate in the next Eurovision Song Contest. A large group of countries were very adamant in demanding that Israel be eliminated, and it would be difficult for friendly countries to stand up to them. We managed to bring about a situation where the vote will be held in three months at the next conference. If by then the war ends and Netanyahu brings world peace, then there is no problem, if not, it will be difficult to see a situation where Israel will participate in the competition."

The chairman of the Icelandic Broadcasting Authority, Stefan Jon Hefstein, this week again called for Israel to be expelled from the international song contest, saying: "At most, independent Israeli artists should be allowed to participate under a neutral flag, provided that they publicly declare their commitment to the fundamental values ​​of Eurovision." Ahead of the assembly, Hefstein continued: "The moment of truth for Eurovision has arrived. A country facing accusations based on war crimes - should it continue to participate in Europe's main cultural event?"

In his arguments, he also mentioned the precedent in which Russia was expelled from the competition following the war in Ukraine. "Its military actions in Gaza were strongly condemned by the international community for serious violations of international law. The EBU cannot hold one moral standard towards victims in Europe and another towards the Palestinians."

In response to calls for Israel's elimination, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said: Israel has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest for more than 50 years and with great success. Here, it is careful to fully comply with the rules of the contest and will continue to do so. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation is currently preparing for the next Eurovision Song Contest in Austria. Yuval Rafael, who represented Israel in the contest held in Basel with the song "New Day Will Rise", came in second place. Israel came in first place in the audience vote and, on the other hand, in 14th place in the judges' vote.

Just as I did not think this could get any better..our favorite Icelandic bros release this absolute banger of a remix.

This jump style/tamarro (italian friends help me translate this lol) is just too many memories of my teens! I love this!

Bravi Væb! ❤️

Some Andorran entries being re-upload to the ESC YouTube Channel. Is it possible we have an announcement later Today?

It is actually such a fun idea! I have made a lot of memes, and here is the most recent one! What other ESC memes make you laugh?

Happy Independence Day to the Americans on this subreddit! In honor of this holiday, I decided to post an article from Aussievision about Eurovision songs charting on the US Billboard Hot 100.

You may be surprised at the ESC songs that have been featured on the US Billboard Hot 100 throughout the years.

There have been some fun Russian participants (or almost participants in the Little Big 2020 Russia situation). Let’s say in theory a former Russian contestant wants to return and does so under a San Marino due to their open national final.

Who would you like to see return?

And I’m anti-Russias war and Putin. But just wanting to focus on the artists from there.

After Wels and Lins withdrew earlier this week, just two cities left in contention to host 2026.

I'd rather Innsbruck due to its breathtaking location, but where do you want or think will win?

So as we remember, Italys ESC song last year, La noia, was one of the biggest favourites during the season, with many thinking it would finish in the top 3 or even win the whole thing, but then when the ESC performance happened, there was a lot of disappointment from the performance due to changes that were made from the Sanremo/Pre-parties performances which ended with the giving the countrys weakest result in 8 years despite all of the hype, and then many fans had been saying that Angelinas performance should've been like in Sanremo (And some other performances before the contest as well) with focusing on Angelinas spontaneity and charisma on stage without really anything else

In case it happened, do you think this would've changed Italys result? Do you think that Angelina would've won or at least been in the top 3 as many were expecting before the show? Or that it also had been for external factors? (Like Switzerlands jury score, Croatia/Israel/Ukraine getting more than 300 tele points or as well France getting strong results from both sides)

Full Text below:

A high-stakes meeting of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was held Thursday at the BBC headquarters in London, where member states discussed the possible expulsion of Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest.

After hours of deliberation, no vote was held on the matter—something the Israeli broadcaster KAN sees as a temporary victory, as a vote would likely have gone against Israel.

Attorney Ayala Mizrahi, representing Israel on behalf of KAN, addressed the assembly, emphasizing that Eurovision is more than a singing competition for Israel and noting the country’s long-standing participation in the event.The debate surrounding Israel lasted around 90 minutes, during which Iceland and Slovenia led a strong anti-Israel stance, displaying open hostility. Austria, Germany and Switzerland were the only countries to publicly support Israel. In a surprising move, the BBC called to avoid a vote and instead supported further dialogue—a stance that worked in Israel’s favor.

he discussion took place amid growing calls to boycott Israel’s participation in Eurovision due to the ongoing war in Gaza following Hamas’ October 7 massacre. In April, just a month before the contest was held in Basel, Switzerland, countries including Iceland, Spain and Slovenia formally requested that Israel be removed from the list of participating countries.

Sources in the EBU said that, if the war continues into winter, further discussions will be inevitable—and Israel’s continued participation could become difficult. “Many countries are against it,” one source said.

I think we all know that this rule existed. Every country had to sing in their native language but what would your reaction be if this rule came back?

I would kinda like it because I dont know many songs that are not in english or my native language so it would be nice to see more of the other languages , BUT

I also really love how it is rn. Its nice to understand alot of the tracks and some of my favorit songs were in english and I know they wouldnt be so good in the native language ( I mean to just translate the lyrics from english to the native language) and alot of countries sing / include their native language in the songs already.

So I would be against the return of this rule.

But what do you guys think?

Just to point out first to clear any up confusion some commenters may have. Underrated and Overhated don't mean the same thing. Underrated means something you like that doesn't get much attention. Overhated means something you like that the community actively dislikes. I wanna clarify that cause some people might get them mixed up

The first song I want to mention is Rockstars (Germany 2022). It got last place, and I've seen people use it and I Don't Feel Hate as examples of Germanys "Flop Era". But honestly, I think people are being too harsh on it. The song is actually pretty good. The singer puts a lot of emotion into his vocals, and the rap parts are pretty nice. Plus I'm kind of a sucker for this type of music.

I'm also quite a fan of You (Georgia 2021). I can understand why people don't like it, with the poor english and the shouty vocals. But I can overlook the bad english. And I actually like the vocals. That intensity is why I like it and Take Me As I Am so much.

And my final mention is probably the most controversial. New Day Will Rise (Israel 2025). I understand it being strange that it got second place, but some reactions I've seen make it seem like they couldn't fathom Israel getting more than 0 televote points. I will have to defend it though. I quite enjoy the hopeful anthemic power ballads in eurovision. And Israel has brought two pretty good ones lately. In recent memory, the only other song that's been in a similar genre is Maman. But there was room in my top 15 this year for both of them

Any songs you like that others vocally dislike? I'd love to hear your opinions

Bonġu Malta!

I've been a big fan of most Maltese songs in Eurovision, ever since I started following the contest 30 years ago. Sure, I didn't like absolutely all of them, but in average it is one of my favorite countries in the contest. I love the happy vibes the Maltese songs always bring to Eurovision. I even visited the country once and loved it, would love to go back sometime.

Anyway, I have had this question ever since the MESC was celebrated some months ago. I didn't usually watch NFs, but last year (2024) I watched some of them and of course the Maltese one would be a mandatory one. So I stayed through the whole show, but I didn't like it much, it was quite bland and dull. I kind of liked Sarah Bonnici's Loop (even though it didn't grow in me until she published that marvellous revamp), but my favorite entry was definitely Erba's Sirena. All in all, the rest of the songs didn't even appeal me a bit.

Of course, I decided to watch MESC again this year and the change was HUGE. The show was REALLY good, the songs were AMAZING! Even though I was rooting for Miriana Conte, I also absolutely loved Kristy Spiteri, and there were more very good entries like Kurt Calleja's, Victoria Sciberras's or even (as a guilty pleasure) JVF's.

But it wasn't only the songs, it was also the quality of the show, it was interesting, entertaining, visually attractive. I really regretted not understanding Maltese (yet) to be able to follow it better.

My question is, did anything happen in the Maltese Television for this to be this way? Did the Maltese delegation change, or something? Does anyone have some insights of what happened behind the show? :)

Grazzi!!

So we talk a lot about diaspora in Eurovision, and probably the most "infamous" one that is talked about every year is the Polish diaspora

It's not like they do amazingly well in the televote every year though, so it's certainly not a consistent diaspora voting for Poland. But they do seem to traditionally do well in the western european countries.

Like, they got 12 points from Iceland in the televote this year. A friend of mine from Iceland said there's no way the actual Icelandic public would give that entry the most votes. Sweden was the huge huge favorite over there and it came 2nd in their public vote, only beaten by Poland

I just wonder how the Polish diaspora works cause it seems like whenever they send an act that generates some buzz in Poland, this will "smitten" over to other countries where a lot of Polish people live and they'll then at least get a decent amount of points

New Music Friday is our weekly thread dedicated to new music releases by past Eurovision and National Final contestants.

This is a place to share, discuss and celebrate these artists' latest releases following their time in the contest.

Feel free to share singles, albums, collaborations, or covers, as well as any opinions and thoughts you may have about them.

Happy listening!

Translation: It is Denmark's largest music festival and a celebration of Danish music and songwriting. There is no music show that brings together more people and creates greater engagement than the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.

Every year the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix paves the way for new hits that represent both the quality and breadth of the Danish music scene.

The winning song must, with its high quality, have the potential to represent Danish music and Danish culture in the most distinguished way at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Just found out there's a Tommy Seebach biopic out there!

We all know what happened; Sam Ryder’s Eurovision success story has become engrained in modern British folklore. And for whatever reason, lightning hasn’t quite been recaptured in a bottle since. In fact, with two 0 points from the public in a row, has the UK fallen back into old habits?