Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will go ahead without the Netherlands. The Dutch national broadcaster made the announcement Monday citing the continued presence of Israel as a hindrance.
The Netherlands joins Iceland, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia to have all pulled out of the contest — with the latter three refusing to broadcast the show at all.
“It is undeniable that international conflicts are increasingly affecting the Contest, undermining its neutral character. The Eurovision Song Contest has therefore become a platform for division,” said Taco Zimmerman, Director-General of AVROTROS in a statement from the broadcaster per AFP.
The broadc…
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