Orf Wants to Allow at Song Contest Buh-Rufe and Palestine-Flags

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The Eurovision Song Contest organizers will not intervene if protests are heard during Israel's performance next year. This was announced at a press conference by the Austrian broadcaster ORF, which organizes the event. Palestinian flags are also permitted in the audience. "All official flags that exist worldwide are permitted, provided they comply with law and safety regulations and are of a certain shape and size," said executive producer Mich…

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The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 do not want to beautify anything. "Our task is to show what is," says executive producer Michael Krön.

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Austria's state broadcaster ORF, which is hosting Eurovision next spring, has no plans to ban the Palestinian flag from being flown at the contest. Nor will it lower its ratings if viewers express their displeasure during the Israeli representative's performance. The organizers announced this at a press conference today. Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has been controversial due to its atrocities in Gaza. Five countries, in…

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Audience members will be allowed to wave Palestinian flags at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna next May, and then the audience's cries of discontent during the performance of the Israeli song will not be drowned out on television by music.