Boycotters Spain, Ireland, Slovenia will not show Eurovision
The withdrawals leave Eurovision with 35 entrants, and broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia are replacing the contest with alternative programming.
- RTé and public service broadcasters in Slovenia and Spain have said they will not show the Eurovision Song Contest this week as they boycott the event over Israel's participation.
- Five countries- Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain- are boycotting the contest over Israel's war in Gaza.
- Public service broadcasters in Iceland and the Netherlands will screen the competition, despite both pulling out of the 2026 event.
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The ForwardWriter of sitcom airing instead of Eurovision in Ireland calls broadcaster’s boycott over Israel ‘disgraceful antisemitism’
Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan accused Ireland’s public broadcaster of “disgraceful antisemitism” over its decision not to air this year’s Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel’s participation — even as his work will get prime airtime as a result. Instead of airing the annual international song contest’s finale Saturday, which Ireland and four other nations have boycotted this year over Israel’s participation, the country’s public broadc…
Last Tuesday, May 12, Eurovision 2026 gave the starting shot. And it did so before a truly historic edition, as there are several countries that have decided not to participate after the European Broadcasting Union (ERU) decided not to eliminate Israel from the competition despite its conflict in Gaza. Among those countries is Spain, so, for the first time in its history, since that first participation in the contest with Conchita Bautista, ther…
Instead, the Irish film and an episode of the sitcom Father Ted, dedicated to Eurovision, will be shown on the air.
Irish TV to air Father Ted episode instead of Eurovision final
Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ will air a classic episode of the sitcom Father Ted instead of broadcasting the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, as part of a widening boycott over Israel's participation in the contest. RTÉ 2 is scheduled to show "A Song for Europe", the sitcom's famous Eurovision-themed episode, on Saturday night in place of the grand final taking place in Vienna. The move follows Ireland's decision not to send a co…
The first round of Eurovision is over, and Slovenian forced donors to the public broadcaster RTV Slovenia are wondering why, despite paying their contribution, they are not allowed to watch the broadcast on national television, like all other Europeans. Unfortunately, we, along with the Spaniards, Icelanders, Dutch and Irish, are prisoners of far-left activists who have taken over state television and are leading an anti-Semitic policy of belitt…
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