Eurovision's executive board said it will have an "open discussion" with its members in December concerning calls to ban Israel from participating in the pan-national singing competition. By Scott ...

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced Monday that it will no longer hold an extraordinary online vote in November regarding Israel’s participation in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker and State Secretary Alexander Pröll of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) have reportedly declared that Austria should not host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if ...

Germany could pull out of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna if Israel is excluded, Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on Sunday. Speaking on public broadcaster ARD, Merz was asked whether ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that Germany should pull out of next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna if Israel were to be excluded. Asked in an interview programme on public ...

Amidst growing pressures to exclude Israel from the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, due to the ongoing war in Gaza that were recently described as a genocide by the UN's Commission of ...

Eurovision is supposed to be a celebration of the unifying power of music. But for the past two years, it has attracted protests and fan boycotts over its inclusion of Israel amid the country's ...

The European Broadcasting Union will have its members vote on Israel's participation after calls to exclude the country over the war in Gaza. Following calls to have the country excluded over the war ...

Amid growing pressure from European nations calling for Israel to be excluded due to the war in Gaza, the EBU has announced an extraordinary meeting will take place in November, during which an online ...

Eurovision organisers have announced that a vote will take place among its competing nations later this year which will determine whether or not Israel is permitted to return to the contest in 2026.

Eurovision Song Contest members will vote on Israel’s participation in the 2026 competition in November. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which oversees the event, confirmed the plan on Friday.

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most-watched cultural events worldwide, attracting hundreds of millions of viewers each year. However, in recent years, rising tensions in global politics ...