US EditionEurovision lifts ban on Palestinian flags in the audience but puts stricter rules on artists
- The European Broadcasting Union and Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR updated Eurovision's 2025 flag policy, allowing Palestinian flags in the audience but restricting artists to official national flags only.
- This change follows prior bans on Palestinian flags and reflects Eurovision's ongoing challenge balancing cultural celebration with political pressures, including controversies over Israel's participation last year.
- The policy relaxes audience rules by permitting any flags allowed under Swiss law while banning flags with racist, discriminatory, or terrorist symbols and imposing stricter limits on performers' flag displays in official spaces.
- LGBTQ+ groups like Outright International and COC Nederland criticized the ban on Pride flags for artists, calling it 'downright ridiculous' and warning it weakens Eurovision's spirit of diversity and freedom.
- The new policy highlights Eurovision's increasingly fraught position as a non-political contest amid political realities, with the EBU aiming to balance artistic expression and clearer guidelines for delegations.
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Eurovision 2025, new rules for flags: artists show off only their country, the public is free to exhibit from the Palestinian one to LGBTQIA+
To avoid discontent or any diplomatic “incident” of any kind, the organization of Eurovision Song Contest 2025 — which will be held from 13 to 17 May at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland — has enacted new rules for displaying flags on stage. Therefore, all contestants will be able to display only the flags of their country, while the public is given full freedom provided “that the displayed flag does not violate Swiss law.” In short, it will…
Eurovision overturns ban on Palestine flags in audience
The Eurovision Song Contest has lifted its ban on waving Palestinian flags in the audience after facing backlash for prohibiting them in 2024, however restrictions are still in place regarding what can be shown on stage, according to Danish media reports. The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) obtained this year's official policy on national and political emblems, which states audience are members allowed to wave any flag permitted under Swiss…
Eurovision lifts ban on Palestinian flags in the audience but puts stricter rules on artists
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has updated its flag policy for the Eurovision Song Contest, overturning a ban on banners such as the Palestinian flag in the audience, but introducing tougher restrictions on artists.
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