ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president took a swipe at the Eurovision Song Contest on Monday, accusing the annual event of allegedly encouraging “gender neutralization” and threatening the traditional family. In a speech following a Cabinet meeting, Recep Tayyip Erdogan described participants at the contest as the “Trojan horses of social corruption” and said his […]
Another week, another round of funny tweets. Here’s all of ’em that made it to the group chat… 1. if your boss dresses like this, you’re not getting replaced by AI pic.twitter.com/wjzFBNChUl — John W. Rich (Wealthy) (@Cokedupoptions) May 8, 2024 Twitter: @Cokedupoptions 2. 🚨🚨🚨DEAL ALERT 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/uq3OFA78IQ — ratman (@CoalPowers) May 18, 2024 Twitter: […]
Turkey’s president has taken a swipe at the Eurovision Song Contest, accusing the annual event of encouraging “gender neutralisation” and threatening the traditional family. In a speech following a Cabinet meeting, Recep Tayyip Erdogan described participants at the contest as the “Trojan horses of social corruption” and said his government was right to keep Turkey […]
The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have said that they will review the competition after some delegations “didn’t respect the spirit of the rules”. The event at Malmo Arena in Sweden, where Nemo of Switzerland took home the trophy with the song The Code, was plagued by a number of controversies. The European Broadcasting […]
It wouldn’t be Eurovision without a little controversy, but this year’s Song Contest was on another level. If the reports of backstage tension between delegations weren’t enough to overshadow the 68th installment of the competition, then a nasty fight over Israel’s inclusion and the shock disqualification of the Netherlands’ contestant over an allegation of intimidation […]
The Eurovision song contest continued to spawn unprecedented controversy days after the winner was crowned, with the 27-nation European Union criticising organisers for their “incoherence” in banning its flag from the concert hall during the final. In an unusually sharp letter, EU Commission vice president Margaritis Schinas wrote to the Swiss-based European Broadcast Union, which […]
The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest, who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the grand finale, is likely to be charged with making illegal threats, Swedish police said. Joost Klein had failed to perform at two dress rehearsals on Friday and the organiser, the European Broadcasting Union, said that police were […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the grand finale will likely be charged for making illegal threats, Swedish police said Monday. Joost Klein had failed to perform at two dress rehearsals on Friday and the organizer, the European Broadcasting Union […]
The German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, has condemned the protests against Israel’s participation in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend. “It is a common anti-Semitic trait to hold Israelis collectively liable for the actions of their government or their army, which they themselves often condemn,” he told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper. […]
Switzerland’s Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, becoming the first artist identifying as non-binary to claim victory, in a competition marked by controversy over Israel’s participation during the war in Gaza. Twenty-four-year-old Nemo’s “The Code” won the highest score from nations’ juries, and enough of the popular votes to get 591 points, edging […]
Israel’s Eurovision contestant felt forced to practise her power ballad to the sounds of booing and chants of “free Palestine” in preparation for her performance as the competition descended into chaos on the day of the final. Eden Golan, Israel’s 20-year-old act, was filmed singing Hurricane to the backdrop of her team imitating the sounds […]
Irish Eurovision contestant Bambie Thug reportedly cried after learning Israel had made the finals of the song contest. Thug, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, made the admission in a backstage interview in Malmo, Sweden on Friday night, per The Independent. A snippet of the interview was shared to X, showing Thug wearing a […]