Israel in Eurovision 2024

Episode notes

Our discussion of Israel and their involvement in Eurovision 2024.

The ongoing war in Gaza has some Eurovision competitors calling for a boycott until Israel is removed from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. We talk about the reasons countries have been removed from the competition in the past, and how that relates to Israel’s participation in Eurovision this year.

The NY Times article about Netanyahu’s efforts to dismantle Kan: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/business/israel-government-public-television.html

A deeper dive on the connection between Eurovision, Kan, and their struggle with Netanyahu’s government: https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-kan-do-how-israels-public-broadcaster-ended-up-in-the-governments-firing-line/

PBS had this to say about proposed cuts to public broadcasting in the US.

Contact your Congressperson and tell them you support a ceasefire in Gaza.

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Jeremy Bent

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Dimitry Pompée

Host

Oscar Montoya

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Eurovangelists is North America’s top Eurovision podcast, and a Signal Award winner.

The Eurovision Song Contest is the seven-decade spectacle where music, chaos, and national pride collide on a global stage. Each year, the countries of Europe (and Australia!) submit original songs performed live by dynamic artists armed with wind machines, pyrotechnics, and flawless finesse to determine which nation’s song reigns supreme. And somehow, this exhibition of eccentricity is also one of the most important tools defending free speech and independent public broadcasting across the world.

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