National broadcaster confirms it will not broadcast world’s largest live music event
National broadcasters in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia will not air the Eurovision song contest this year, after they decided to boycott the event over Israel’s participation.
Having already announced it would not submit a national entry, Slovenian broadcaster RTV confirmed on Thursday it would implement a broadcasting blackout of the world’s largest live music event and instead show a series of films about Palestine.
“We will not be broadcasting the Eurovision song contest,” RTV Slovenia’s director Ksenija Horvat told the Associated Press. “We will be airing the film series ‘Voices of Palestine’, featuring Palestinian documentaries and feature films.”
Spain’s RTVE reiterated its decision not to air Eurovision last week, meaning the musical extravaganza will not be shown on Spanish television for the first time since the country started participating in 1961. Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ announced last December it would neither broadcast nor participate in the event.
