In Malmö it is the day of very final: in a few hours the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest will be announced, in an edition full of tensionsboth on the geopolitical front, with continuous street demonstrations by pro-Palestine activists, and within the demonstration.
The singer from the Netherlands, Joost Klein with “Europapa” was disqualified. Dutch artist Joost Klein will not participate in the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish police investigated one complaint filed by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his performance in Thursday night’s semi-final. – The EBU wrote it in an official note and cleared the air on the rumors that have been circulating in recent days – While the legal process takes its course, it would not be appropriate for him to continue participating in the competition. We would like to clarify that, contrary to media reports and speculation on social networks, this incident did not involve any other artists or members of the delegation. We maintain a zero tolerance policy towards inappropriate behavior at our event and are committed to ensuring a safe working environment for all Contest staff. In light of this, Joost Klein’s behavior towards a member of the team is considered a violation of the Competition rules.
Given that the national juries had assigned their votes during yesterday’s rehearsal evening, the organization had to intervene to explain how the votes will now be remodeled and what changes will be necessary in the live broadcast schedule which will start this evening at 9.00 pm (live on San Marino Rtv: 831 dtt, 520 Sky, 93 Tivùsat and streaming). “All competitors maintain their number in the official running order. There will be NO song in position number 5. – Eurovision writes in its official pages – I Jury results have been recalculated so that Holland does not receive any points. Spectators in the Netherlands can still vote in the final and the Dutch jury’s result still stands. Holland will not appear in the scoreboard“.
Returning to music, it is a three-way challenge at the moment, in terms of predictions, for victory: in the lead, according to the experts, there are Nemo (Swiss), Eden Golan (Israel) e Baby Lasagna (Croatia). Also on Friday, during rehearsals, surprise in the press room with Angelina Mango who, suddenly, reached the journalists and intoned Imagine by John Lennon, throwing a message of peace.
