Director-general Tim Davie has refused to say whether the BBC will take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest as controversy grows over Israel’s participation.

The national broadcasters of Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Iceland and Spain have all threatened to boycott Eurovision if Israel is allowed to take part. The European Broadcasting Union is consulting with members on how to “manage participation and geopolitical tensions” around the 2026 event.

‘Hypocrisy and division’

I don’t “just watch” Eurovision, said Pablo O’Hana in The Independent , I host an annual party with “custom LED wristbands, marquees, food from 35 countries and over 250ft of homemade bunting”. But it is impossible to overlook the “double standards” of organisers the EBU so far refusing to ban Israe

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