While organizers look into a backstage incident, the Dutch participant in the Eurovision contest will not be performing at Friday night’s dress rehearsal. The nature of the “incident” involving Joost Klein has not been disclosed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organization that is in charge of the event.
Jurors from all over Europe observe the evening dress rehearsal to determine their scores for the grand final.
The Netherlands’ representative in Saturday’s Eurovision final is Joost Klein.
Rather, jurors will see a videotaped performance from earlier in the week. One of the favorites for this year’s competition is Klein’s song Europapa. It is devoted to his parents, who passed away when he was a young boy. They had been assured by the performer that he would participate in Eurovision one day.
On Friday afternoon, during the first dress rehearsal for Saturday’s broadcast grand final, his suspension became evident.
A production manager told Klein that his props needed to be taken down as they were being set up on stage inside the Malmö Arena.
After that, his song was abruptly stopped, and Eden Golan, the next competitor in the running order, from Israel, took his place.
A statement was then released by the EBU stating that they were “investigating an incident that was reported to us involving the Dutch artist”.
Shortly before the start of the jury rehearsal, at 19:30 BST, or just after 20:30 CET, the statement was revised.
The statement said, “An inquiry into the event involving the Dutch performer in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is still ongoing.
by juries from each of the 37 participating countries, while the investigation is still ongoing. “His performance from Semi Final 2 will be used instead.”
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Together, EPA Joost Klein (left) and Eden Golan (second right) made an appearance at a press conference on Thursday.
At first, rumors circulated that Klein’s suspension was due to a fight with the Israeli delegation.
Along with growing civilian deaths and a worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, the nation’s participation in Eurovision has been controversial. Protests have also taken place in the Swedish host city.
Questioned on Thursday at a press conference for Eurovision, Golan was asked whether she had “ever thought that by being here you bring risk and danger for other participants and public?”
Klein added, “Why not?” As she was informed by the moderator that the Israeli singer was not obliged to answer the question.
Following the moderator’s announcement that the Israeli singer was not required to answer the question, Klein jumped in and questioned, “Why not?”
Klein had already responded as follows when asked if his song could live up to the Eurovision motto of “uniting people through music”: