Ireland withdrew anyway on a fit of pique about comments by Israeli television about their act.
Eh? They were in the parade of entrants at the beginning of the show.
PSA announcement - the BBC subtitles have translations of the foreign language songs, if ever so slightly delayed. It's coming in very handy for this Spanish song.
Ireland withdrew anyway on a fit of pique about comments by Israeli television about their act.
Eh? They were in the parade of entrants at the beginning of the show.
PSA announcement - the BBC subtitles have translations of the foreign language songs, if ever so slightly delayed. It's coming in very handy for this Spanish song.
I misread - they only withdrew from the final dress rehearsal
from BBC
Earlier, the Irish contestant Bambie Thug withdrew entirely from the dress rehearsal, after raising a complaint about coverage of their performance on Israeli television.
The singer, who is non-binary, said comments made during coverage of their performance at Tuesday's semi-final breached the competition's rules.
Israeli TV station KAN referred to a "controversy" over Bambie Thug's song, whose lyrics reference witchcraft and the occult, then noted that the performer had "spoken negatively about Israel".
"But we can talk about that later," their commentator said. "Prepare your curses."
The comment may have been a reference to a lyric in Bambie Thug's song, where they put a hex on an ex-boyfriend, but the singer felt it had crossed a line.
The problem I have with the quieter songs is that there's a small local music festival going on nearby, so I have to turn the volume up higher than normal to hear the words. Then Ireland happened 😱
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from BBC
Earlier, the Irish contestant Bambie Thug withdrew entirely from the dress rehearsal, after raising a complaint about coverage of their performance on Israeli television.
The singer, who is non-binary, said comments made during coverage of their performance at Tuesday's semi-final breached the competition's rules.
Israeli TV station KAN referred to a "controversy" over Bambie Thug's song, whose lyrics reference witchcraft and the occult, then noted that the performer had "spoken negatively about Israel".
"But we can talk about that later," their commentator said. "Prepare your curses."
The comment may have been a reference to a lyric in Bambie Thug's song, where they put a hex on an ex-boyfriend, but the singer felt it had crossed a line.