US EditionEurovision 2024 Winner Nemo to Return Trophy in Protest of Israel
- Last week, Nemo, Eurovision Song Contest 2024 winner and 26-year-old Swiss singer, announced they will send their trophy back to the European Broadcasting Union headquarters in Geneva after the EBU voted to allow Israel to participate next year.
- Arguing a values conflict, they said Israel's participation during what the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded to be a genocide contradicts Eurovision's stated values, and the contest was used to soften Israel's image despite EBU's insistence on being non-political.
- The 26-year-old singer, who became the contest's first openly non-binary winner last year, won with The Code and said on Instagram they no longer feel the trophy belongs on their shelf.
- Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced they will boycott next year's contest, with Iceland pulling out earlier this week; RTE will not broadcast while the BBC backed the EBU.
- Observers point out critics accused the European Broadcasting Union of 'double standards' after Russia was expelled, while the 4 December rules vote did not address Israel's entrant Yuval Raphael amid boosting allegations.
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Musician Nemo Mettler, who represented Switzerland at Eurovision 2024 and won the competition, announced that he would return his award to the organizers, the headquarters of the European Broadcasting Union in Geneva.
A few hours after Iceland's announcement not to participate in the next Eurovision Song Contest, 2026, to be held in Vienna from 12 to 16 May 2026, even the winner of the 2024 edition, Nemo, has made a clear decision against the participation of Israel. The Swiss artist winner of the 2024 edition of the Esc in Malmo, Sweden, has decided to return the trophy of the victory to the seat of the Ebu (European Broadcasting Union) in Geneva. If the val…
The artist underlines that Eurovision promotes unity and inclusion, but charges on Israel create a conflict with these values, the competition being used to improve the image of the State accused of abuse. His management, posted on Instagram, sends the trophie to the UER headquarters in Geneva with the message "living what you are". "Last year, I won Eurovision and once I won the trophie.
Several countries boycott the competition 2026 because of Israel's expected participation in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC).The Swiss Nemo has now returned its winner's cup from 2024.
The debate about the upcoming ESC takes a drastic turn. A former winner is now taking a clear step.
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