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Eurovision delays vote over Israel’s participation in song contest  Euronews.com Eurovision organisers postpone vote on Israel’s inclusion in contest next year  BBC Eurovision organizer calls off vote on ousting Israel after ceasefire with Hamas  The Times of Israel Eurovision Song Contest Organizer Calls Off November Vote on Israel Participation  Haaretz Eurovision emergency vote on Israel’s inclusion is called off  Sky News Source link

Eurovision Song Contest organizers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel’s participation in the competition, following Middle East “developments,” the European Broadcasting Union said Monday in an apparent reference to the Gaza ceasefire. Austria had appealed to countries not to boycott next year’s contest — due to be held in Vienna — over Israel’s participation and …

Members of the European Broadcasting Union will hold a vote in November to determine if Israel will participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. “A vote on participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at an extraordinary meeting of the EBU’s General Assembly to be held online in early November,” an EBU spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, …

Eurovision Members to Vote on Whether to Exclude Israel  The New York Times Israel faces expulsion from Eurovision in November vote  politico.eu European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision 2026  The Guardian Eurovision members to decide who takes part in 2026 contest as calls mount for Israel to be excluded  The Washington Post European Broadcasting Union to vote in November on Israel’s …

Vietnam wins Russia’s ‘Intervision’ song contest, geopolitical and conservative rival to Eurovision  Reuters Vietnam’s Duc Phuc wins Intervision, Russia’s Eurovision rival that promotes ‘family values’  CNN Why Russia Revived a Cold War-Era Song Contest  The New York Times Australian singer drops out of Russian contest after ‘political pressure’  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Intervision 2025 – Russia hosts Putin’s answer to Eurovision  BBC Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link With cheering crowds, glowing lights, a hint of political intrigue and a winning act in Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc, Russia’s answer to the Eurovision song contest – “Intervision” – gave off similar vibes as the competition that inspired it when it returned to Moscow on Saturday. Fans dressed in their national colors thronged the streets outside …

With cheering crowds, glowing lights, a hint of political intrigue and a winning act in Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc, Russia’s answer to the Eurovision song contest – “Intervision” – gave off similar vibes as the competition that inspired it when it returned to Moscow on Saturday. Fans dressed in their national colors thronged the streets outside the “Live Arena” on …

Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow BBC Shohruhmirzo Ganiev is representing Uzbekistan at Intervision At a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan. “Put your legs together like a man,” suggests his voice coach and choreographer. “And spread your arms wider!” It’s just a rehearsal, but Shohruhmirzo is singing his heart out. He’s performing traditional …

Some broadcasters have rowed in behind the EBU’s current stance that the competition should remain apolitical.   Germany’s umbrella organization of regional broadcasters, ARD, will support whatever decision the EBU makes, said SWR (the regional broadcaster in charge of organizing Germany’s Eurovision participation) in a statement to POLITICO. An SWR spokesperson said Eurovision is a “competition organized by broadcasters, not …

Spain has become the fifth country to confirm it will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year if Israel is permitted to compete. Spanish broadcaster RTVE said its board had approved the measure, proposed by its president Jose Pablo Lopez, with an absolute majority in a vote on Tuesday. In a statement, it said there were 10 votes …