The Irish state broadcaster RTÉ has said it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “if the participation of Israel goes ahead”.
I want to take this moment to say a deep fuck you to all who said that the Eurovision was not rigged…
Fuck You
Still enjoy watching it though Minus Israel
Ireland should’ve sent the Dropkick Murphys to sing anti facist punk songs
Based Ireland!
Moroccanoil pays for the show since many years, and it is an Israeli company. MAC Cosmetics is another main sponsor too and it is owned by Estee Lauder whose founder is the President of the World Jewish Congress and an extremist zionist.
Everyone should boycott it even Israel does not participate.
At the very least we should be organizing “very loud” protests in all the major EU cities on the finals.
All involved sponsors are or should be added to BDS lists.
Good, the last contest was a fucking joke.
The contest was fine, the voting patterns and final result were not.
I liked the winning entry! And was incredibly relieved…
While they’ve not been super successful in recent years, Ireland has won the contest more than any other country except Sweden. Hopefully that means that their position holds particular weight here
It never made any sense for Israel to participate anyways. Why not all the colonies at that point.
The contest has never been a strictly European one, despite the name. Morocco has entered before, the rest of the North African countries are eligible, and the Caucasian countries are regular entrants. There are good reasons to kick Israel out but geography definitely isn’t one of them
Well, in theory yes it is geographically equal. Fact is after Israel participated 47 times it feels more like a premium member, at least in comparison with other non-european countries.
They have a problem with boundaries
At this rate Germany might win this contest for once! /s
Don’t worry; we’ll find an artist so bland that we’ll get zero points even if we’re the only participant. The audience will fall asleep and wake up a week later with no recollection of the event. The victory will be awarded to Sweden on principle.
Germany’s representative will be disqualified for being antisemitic
We should let Sweden run it every year anyway. They know how to make a banger of a show and half the songs are produced by Swedes.
We should ban Sweden from the ESC for sending Loreen twice.
Yes, but we were blessed with Petra and her silly songs twice.
Let’s be realistic… Before Germany wins the upcoming ESC in Vienna, Austria is going to resurrect Falco and wipe the floor with everyone.
Lena would like a word…
