It'd be funny if it was only Israel competing.

Really disappointed with the SBS that Australia is not among those boycotting. We're repeating the Australian Rugby Union team's tours of South Africa in the '70s and '80s. Except worse, because Israel has been doing apartheid for decades...it's just that now they've escalated to genocide, worse than South Africa ever did.

I can't believe the Eurovision Song Contest is even still a thing people give a fuck about.

I hope it turns into a wider boycott movement. Very nice!

While Eurovision usually avoids politics, Russia was expelled from the contest following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and critics have argued that Israel should also be banned over its ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza, which has left over 70,000 people dead, per the Hamas-run health ministry. Israel has defended its campaign as a response to the deadly attack by militants on October 7, 2023, which left around 1,200 people dead.

https://www.newsweek.com/eurovision-2026-countries-boycotting-israel-ireland-spain-withdraw-11158483

The money to run EV comes from the voters (paying per sms etc), as well as tv advertising. So in this situation it seems likely that many individuals will also choose to boycott it, choosing not to watch and not to vote. That might lead to a financial penalty for EBU, but at the same time this will distort even further the 'results' of what what may be considered one of the largest (albeit very biased) global experiments in democracy, especially for teenagers. Maybe an alternative can emerge ?

What a crock

Good!