Dutch fans ‘sad and disappointed’

Bambie Thug, who is representing Ireland this year, recounts in a story that he missed a rehearsal this afternoon due to another incident.

“Something happened while we were waiting to go on stage during the parade of flags rehearsal,” we read on Instagram.

“Something happened that required urgent intervention from the EBU – and the EBU took this matter very seriously. We discussed what action needed to be taken in office,” adds Bambie Thug without comment. reveal the nature of this incident.

The artist was forced not to participate in the final rehearsal and apologizes to his fans.

“Sad and disappointed.” This is what Dutch fans feel at the microphone of BFMTV after the exclusion of their candidate Joost Klein before the Eurovision final.

“I’m sad and disappointed. We really wanted to see Joost and we’re in the queue for the show but without Joost… So yeah, it sucks,” says a Eurofan.

“We don’t know everything that happened and I think someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. He should participate tonight,” adds another.

Due to the exclusion of the Dutch candidate, the EBU disrupts the course of the final. If the running order is not changed, there will be no song 5, the number assigned to the Netherlands. The tele-hook will therefore go directly from song 4 (from Luxembourg) to song 6 (from Israel).

The scores given by the jury during the second dress rehearsal on Friday were also recalculated so that the Netherlands had no points, according to the organization.

“For example: if the Netherlands were in ninth place in a national jury, the song in tenth place is now ninth in the ranking and will receive 2 points. The song that was in eleventh place is now tenth and will receive 1 period,” specifies the organization.

Dutch viewers can still vote in the final and the Dutch jury has been maintained. But no points will be awarded to the Netherlands in the final – and the country will not appear on the table listing all the scores for the evening.

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This is the first time since the creation of the Eurovision contest in 1956 that a candidate has been excluded from the final.

No country will replace the Netherlands in the final this evening. Joost Klein was to perform his song Europaa tribute to his father and the Schengen area.

The Dutch broadcaster Avrotros considers the exclusion of Joost Klein “disproportionate”. “We have taken note of the disqualification,” he said in a statement.

“Avrotros considers that this disqualification is disproportionate and is shocked by this decision. We deeply regret it and will come back to it later,” added the broadcaster.

Dutch public broadcasting system NPO called the decision “very radical”. “This is a disappointment for millions of Eurovision fans in the Netherlands and other European countries,” he said.

“We will thoroughly evaluate the course of events after the Eurovision Song Contest with Avrotros, the EBU and all other parties involved,” he added.

Joost Klein will not participate in the final of the Eurovision song contest, the EBU announced this Saturday.

“Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production team following an incident which occurred after her performance during Thursday evening’s semi-final,” the EBU explained in a statement. .

“While the legal proceedings continue, it would not be appropriate for him to continue to participate in the competition,” the text continues.

Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the exclusion of Dutch candidate Joost Klein from the 2024 Eurovision contest.

The singer will not participate in the final, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said on Saturday, which had suspended him the day before after an incident unrelated to Israel’s controversial participation.