Eurovision Song Contest 2026

You're taking the actions of one extremist individual this week, fascistic in my opinion, after the contest had already taken place, and using them to retrospectively justify a boycott decision that was made beforehand. Those actions have also been widely condemned within Israel itself, based on a quickly look at their national media, including Bibi himself.

More broadly, many of the accusations you list are also levelled against other countries that participate in Eurovision, including Azerbaijan, yet there has never been a comparable campaign against their participation. That inconsistency matters, because it suggests the standards being applied to Israel are not being applied uniformly to everyone else, and that's where you've got a problem.

That selective outrage is key, and exploring what makes the target of the selective outrage unique reveals the true motive behind the campaign.

reveals the true motive behind the campaign.

What did you mean by this sentence? What "true motive" are you insinuating?

There's no way RTE left the Contest on a whim or for reasons other than the boycott. Eurovision is one of the main events in their calendar, alongside the Toy Show, Rose of Tralee, All Ireland Final etc. Also, the decision was taken by the Director General and the RTE Executive Board, not by the entertainment or news divisions.

It’s interesting that you believe that something I didn’t write is what I meant.

Im sure the poster can answer for themselves if they feel like. I can put forward my guess if I feel like. Thanks.

Ain’t gonna lie boardsies, the post-Eurovision depression is kicking in hard now!

If it was 1999, 2002, 2003, 2008 or 2010, the contest wouldn't have happened yet :)

Though i prefer the early/mid-May date, I didn't like those years when it drifted until late May, practically into June…too late.

I say, bring back Eurovision in March.

You're still largely assuming the conclusion rather than establishing the governing principle. Your argument only works if everyone first accepts:

1. that genocide has been conclusively established,

2. that the alleged Eurovision misconduct is uniquely disqualifying,

3. and that these are the standards Eurovision should apply for exclusion.

But those are precisely the contested points.

That’s why I keep asking the same question. I'll reframe, again, for a third and final time, it in the hope that you'll be better placed to respond this time around: what is the neutral, universally applicable principle here, and how is it being applied consistently across all participating states?

You can infer that, sure, but you can't really state it as fact unless you have access to the discussions or some explicit confirmation of the reasoning behind the decision. I could just as easily infer that the same people were unwilling to endure another humiliation on the international stage after Ireland was dumped out at the semi-final stage, yet again.

I'm merely arguing inconsistency in standards here, as outlined in points 1–4 of that post, so I don't believe that's a question for me to answer. My comment was simply a side note about the leap the other poster made. It surprised me, so I drew attention to it and questioned it.

You didn't answer the question. On each occasion, you assumed the conclusion rather than establishing the governing principle, even after I re-framed the question and switched to a numbered format in case the paragraph structure was the issue.

At this point, I don't think there's any value in continuing the discussion further, so I'm going to leave it there and return to discussing the songs, artists, performances, and the contest itself on this thread.

Have a nice day.

The greatest interval act in Eurovision Song Contest history in Oslo in 2010 and it genuinely felt like Europe was united by music on this night.Makes me really emotional anytime I watch this and I have seen it hundreds of times at this stage!

No mobile phones!Just everyone dancing and so much happiness and joy!

Really miss times like this!

Interesting to see some rumours going around in the last few days that Saturday 1 May is being considering as the date for the 2027 grand final. That would mean the semi-finals take place the last week of April, so we'd have our first Eurovision in April since 1994.

I doubt it'll happen, I think I've read previously that the EBU have always avoided choosing 1 May as the contest date, as it's a public holidays in most European countries.

Still, I'd love to see the contest move a little earlier in the calendar. There was a time when it seemed to be pushed later into May…2002 was held on 25 May, 2003 and 2008 (final) on 24 May, 2012 (final) on 26 May, 1999 and 2010 (final) on 29 May. That's too close to June, and I would have hated to see the contest move to June…it would been lost among the various major sports events held in June…every two years, June sees a major football tournament, for example.