At the 68th edition of Eurovision It is marked by controversy and there are more than four months left until its celebration. Israel’s participation in the Song Festival has raised all kinds of suspicions as a result of the conflict with Palestine in the Gaza Strip since last October 7. Thousands of Finnish artists signed a petition urging a ban on the Middle Eastern country participating in the next installment of Eurovision.
The European Broadcasting Union (EU) He ignored it and confirmed that Israel would be at the festival. Assi Azzarwho directs Rising Stara Benidorm Fest-style contest that decides the identity of the Israeli representative, has celebrated the international organization’s decision not to expel the country from the contest.
Many votes will go to Israel just as they went to Ukraine
He did it in an interview in The vanguardwhere he has also assured that Israel is one of the big favorites due to its current situation, just as happened to Ukraine a couple of editions ago. Many votes will go to Israel just as they went to Ukraine because of the war: international solidarity. No matter how good Israel’s song is, it will win Eurovision. Azzar assures that they have neither a song nor a singer, although the polls already show them as winners.
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Even so, the presenter has not offered clues as to who are the singers who will represent his country. Anonymous. I like some a lot, but I shouldn’t decide, I should be neutral. The Israeli presenter has a close link with Spain thanks to the architect Albert Escol, married in 2016 in a wedding officiated by Jaume Collboni. They both met at a Madonna concert in Barcelona.
I came to Barcelona in 2011, to the Madonna concert. I stayed at the Axel hotel and I saw him at the pool, so handsome, with friends… I didn’t dare speak to him. How shy… He spoke to one of his friends and asked him: Who is the boy on the deck chair? Quit, he’s straight, he told me (…) I stayed at the bar drinking mojitos. The third time Albert came and I told him: It’s a shame you’re straight. He looked at me: Who told you that? I asked myself.
