VRT Questions Future Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest

Criticism after the ESC in Basel. Among other things, this is about the controversial audience voting – with a view to the second-placed country Israel this year.

On Monday, Belgian television VRT asked Eurovision for "total transparency" in voting from the public.

Flemish broadcaster VRT threatens to stop Eurovision after massive Belgian public support for Israel song

VRT questions future participation in the Eurovision Song Contest

In a statement released early on Monday afternoon, the management of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT says that it is demanding full transparency from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with regard to the televoting that took place during the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Another debate about Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest: Have the spectator points reproduced a true picture of the audience's opinion? Some stations question this. The organizer reacts.

As the controversy swells around Israel's second place and the voting system deemed opaque, the Flemish public service threatens to re-title its future participation in the competitionThe Flemish public service media VRT calls on the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to take into account its concerns about the standards and values of the Eurovision competition. Without a "serious" reaction, it says to question a future participation. "We find th…