{"id":129634,"date":"2024-05-11T12:31:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/11\/the-netherlands-eurovision-entry-joost-klein-disqualified\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T12:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T12:31:38","slug":"the-netherlands-eurovision-entry-joost-klein-disqualified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/11\/the-netherlands-eurovision-entry-joost-klein-disqualified\/","title":{"rendered":"The Netherlands’ Eurovision Entry Joost Klein Disqualified"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\tThe Netherlands won’t be represented on this night\u2019s Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> Grand Final after their artist Joost Klein was disqualified.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe European Broadcasting Union launched an announcement Saturday morning saying the Dutch artist, beforehand one of many breakout stars of this 12 months\u2019s Contest along with his track \u2018Europapa\u2019, wouldn’t be allowed to compete on this night\u2019s Final in Malmo, Sweden.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe assertion from the EBU mentioned: \u201cIt would not be appropriate for him to continue in the contest\u201d whereas the authorized course of takes place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe BBC studies that Klein has been despatched house after an allegation of intimidation <\/a>was made to Swedish police by a feminine member of the manufacturing crew. They quote the response of Dutch broadcaster Avrtotros, saying the choice was \u201cdisproportionate\u201d and that they’re \u201cshocked by the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKlein is being investigated by Swedish police after an altercation between him and a photographer, as reported by Eurovoix News. He was prevented from performing in Friday night\u2019s Jury Final (the place the nationwide juries watch the performances to vote), and a video of his semi-final efficiency the earlier night performed as a substitute.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is an additional problem for a Contest already mired in controversy over Israel\u2019s participation. While the Israeli entry Eden Golan received by way of the semi-final on Thursday and is now the second favorite to win the competitors,\u00a0protests exterior the venue attracted a reported 12,000 individuals,\u00a0<\/a>demonstrating in opposition to Israel\u2019s inclusion within the multi-national occasion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ad_1] The Netherlands won’t be represented on this night\u2019s Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final after their artist Joost Klein was disqualified. The European Broadcasting Union launched an announcement Saturday morning saying the Dutch artist, beforehand one of many breakout stars of this 12 months\u2019s Contest along with his track \u2018Europapa\u2019, wouldn’t be allowed to compete […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[3280,3277,3276,3278,3279,3275],"class_list":{"0":"post-129634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-disqualified","9":"tag-entry","10":"tag-eurovision","11":"tag-joost","12":"tag-klein","13":"tag-netherlands"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}