Key occasions
I needed to deal with immediately that clearly the most important information story round this yr’s contest has been the requires Israel to be excluded, and requires a boycott of the occasion as soon as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) made it clear Israel would take part.
I’m going to observe the identical process I do when overlaying occasions just like the Olympics – as soon as the organising our bodies have made their resolution about who can take part, we cowl the occasion as is, so we’ll deal with Eden Golan and Israel’s track and staging like some other entry tonight.
I’m conscious that some Guardian readers and common Eurovision reside weblog followers can be glad to maintain the music and the politics separate – and in addition conscious that a few of you’ll discover that disappointing, and assume it’s the improper resolution.
It is usually doable that because the night time goes on the principle story of the night turns into one about protests in and across the venue and disruptions to the present. There’s a chance there could also be on-stage protests or artists refusing to carry out. We now have Philip Oltermann on the venue in Malmö, and he can be feeding into the reside weblog, and we are going to in fact embody any information of that within the reside weblog too.
Right here is an FAQ from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) web site explaining its stance on Israeli participation within the 2024 contest. You could find all the Guardian’s ongoing protection of the Israel-Gaza battle right here.
You don’t should take it from me, our head rock and pop critic Alexis Petridis has already sorted out what he thinks are the songs to look out for tonight …
Hallå! Salut! Howdy! Привіт! ¡Hola! Ahoj! Γειά σου!
Hallå! Välkommen until vår bevakning av den 68:e Eurovision track contest!
That’s about as a lot Swedish as I can handle. By which I imply that’s all of the Swedish that I put into Google translate earlier. The competition will get below means at 9pm CEST, which is 8pm BST, and if I’ve executed my maths proper, is 5am tomorrow in Sydney.
I’d love to listen to from you, so ping me an e-mail at [email protected] along with your ideas, and particularly footage when you’ve got canine watching the present.
I can be your host for tonight’s protection, not as effectively dressed or as clean as Malin Akerman or Petra Mede, however not as scripted both, so hopefully I’ll present an pleasant add-on if you’re watching, or a means of maintaining with it in the event you’ve not obtained to a tv.
