can Eurovision ever truly be non-political? Martin Green, director of the Eurovision Song Contest, is not naive to the challenge. ‘Everything takes place in the context of a wider world, and we’re not ...

Political neutrality is something Eurovision is at pains to protect ... ‘Everything takes place in the context of a wider world, and we’re not immune to that,’ he exclusively tells Metro.

Israel’s entrant this year is 24-year-old Yuval Raphael, the winner of a talent show that doubles as the country’s Eurovision ...

Today, Eurovision is little more than a yearly display of political prejudices ... That was especially poignant given the context. In the stadium where this year's Eurovision took place in ...

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 delivered a powerful performance by Israel’s Yuval Raphael, clearly winning the hearts of millions across Europe. Raphael earned a remarkable second place, with an ...

In an Xtra Magazine column published on May 11, writer Isaac Würmann called for banning Israel from Eurovision, citing baseless genocide accusations.

The Eurovision Song Contest aims to be non ... Appearances by politicians can never be fully divorced from their political context, but they can be tempered by limiting these to an appearance ...

The three members of KAJ, the band selected to represent Sweden in the 2025 edition of the music contest, hail from a Swedish ...

Many Eurovision fans bet money on the outcome, and bookmakers around the world currently rank Raphael fifth to win, out of 37 competitors.

The story of Eurovision 2024 is one of a divided Europe. For many fans, the contest’s long-held insistence on so-called political neutrality — casting itself in the figurative role of ...

This day next week, the 69th Eurovision song contest final will ... glitz and glamour on stage is once again in the middle of political tensions off stage, as concerns from some European ...

Eurovision’s motto is “united by music,” an admirable goal that’s not always achieved. Contest rules ban overtly political lyrics or symbols, but regional rivalries are rife and global ...