When the artist of the Netherlands Joost Klein was going to perform his contribution “Europapa” he was stopped. This was during Friday’s rehearsal.
The production skipped the Netherlands’ starting number five and instead went from Luxembourg with starting number four to Israel with starting number six, writes SVT on its website.
According to the European Broadcasting Union, EBU, it is an “incident” between Klein and a photographer. There must have been a physical confrontation between the two.
Here the artist refuses to be in a picture with Israel’s Eden Golan
Eurovision artist distances himself from Israel’s Eden Golan
EBU: “He will not rehearse”
The EBU writes the following in a statement:
“We are currently investigating an incident reported to us involving the Dutch artist. He will not rehearse for the time being. We have no further comment at this time and will update in due course.”
It is not yet clear whether he will be washed completely from the competition.
Refused to be in a picture with Israel’s Eden Golan
Earlier on Friday, Klein refused to appear with Israels Eden Golan on picture. Instead, the artist wore a flag over his head.
When Golan was asked if she thought she was putting other participants in danger by participating in the competition, the host of the press conference, the Swedish journalist Jovan Radomirthat she did not then have to answer the question.
Then Klein burst out:
– Why?
The text is updated.
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