🇪🇸 commentators before 🇮🇱 Eurovision entry last night said their TV has asked EBU to review 🇮🇱 participation, mentioned Gaza death toll, stated this ‘isn’t a petition against any country, but a call for peace, justice & respect for human rights’ www.lavanguardia.com/television/2... - ThreadSky

richmondbridge.bsky.social • 38 days ago

🇪🇸 commentators before 🇮🇱 Eurovision entry last night said their TV has asked EBU to review 🇮🇱 participation, mentioned Gaza death toll, stated this ‘isn’t a petition against any country, but a call for peace, justice & respect for human rights’ https://www.lavanguardia.com/television/20250515/10687285/eurovision-2025-segunda-semifinal-yuval-raphael-israel-tony-aguilar-julia-varela-rtve-pmv.html

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richmondbridge.bsky.social•37 days ago

Now EBU has threatened RTVE with fines if their commentators speak on Gaza again. ‘Death tolls have no place in an apolitical entertainment programme’ says memo to 🇪🇸 head of delegation.

Broadcasters elected her incoming chair of contest’s Reference Group 2 months ago.

https://elpais.com/television/2025-05-17/eurovision-amenaza-con-multar-a-rtve-si-sus-comentaristas-vuelven-a-mencionar-el-conflicto-de-gaza-en-la-final-de-hoy.html

missdisco.bsky.social•37 days ago

Spain should tell them to pay for their own contest next year.

richmondbridge.bsky.social•37 days ago

For the sake of accuracy, English original of EBU memo to RTVE has surfaced now, and it’s ’casualty figures’ not ‘death tolls’ in the original. https://bsky.app/profile/escdiscord.com/post/3lpepdzhtnk2r

No memo like this, to public knowledge, after 🇮🇱 commentators’ comments re pro-🇵🇸 artists including Bambie Thug last year.

richmondbridge.bsky.social•37 days ago

Spain’s prime minister is currently at the Arab League summit calling for world leaders to put more pressure on the Israeli state to end its campaign in Gaza, so RTVE may be less worried about this than some broadcasters. https://bsky.app/profile/thenationalnews.com/post/3lper7v5kuk2s

richmondbridge.bsky.social•35 days ago

Now Spain’s PM directly calling for EBU to exclude 🇮🇱 from Eurovision as 🇷🇺 was excluded from international competitions in 2022.

Sends ‘an embrace of solidarity to the people of 🇺🇦 and the people of 🇵🇸 , who are living the senselessness of war and bombardment.’ https://www.lavanguardia.com/videos/20250519/10697281/sanchez-reclama-apartar-israel-eurovision-competiciones-internacionales-ctx.html

richmondbridge.bsky.social•35 days ago

Now leaked to this 🇪🇸 news site:

🔹EBU warning to 🇮🇱 TV over ‘intrusive, offensive & provocative’ behaviour to other #Eurovision delegations, & ‘discriminatory’ commentary re 🇮🇪, in 2024 (threatened fines; didn’t impose them)
🔹Internal EBU roadmap after post-2024 review

https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/analisis/eurovision-israel-uer-documentos-internos-muestran-eludido-propias-medidas-evitar-crisis_1_12311078.html

belovedofoizys.bsky.social•34 days ago

This was a great read, and my respect for Spain grows daily. I can't help but think, after reading that road map, that Eurovision has 1, maybe 2 years left.

richmondbridge.bsky.social•37 days ago

Looks like RTVE preceded their Eurovision grand final broadcast tonight with a message for human rights, peace and justice in Palestine. https://bsky.app/profile/josocjuan.bsky.social/post/3lpfa5aj2p22s

This one isn't going away 🇪🇸

eurokris.bsky.social•37 days ago

Proud of them!

soapachu.bsky.social•37 days ago

Eurovision is the most political thing ever ffs

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