Eurovision 2026: Survey shows how British fans feel about the return of Israel
A new survey shows that the majority of British Eurovision fans will be in favor of the excluding Israel’s next year’s event.
Israel’s participation in Eurovision has been a controversial issue for several years due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which led to a completely call of some critics’ boycott of the activity.
In the last few weeks, a few countries have seen that the national publishers said they would withdraw from Eurovision if Israel was invited in 2026 with a vote on the issue due to the future of this year.
Research Learn now I found this 82 % Similar to how the British were excluded from competition after the occupation of Ukraine in 2022, they supported Israel’s ban on Eurovision.
This figure rose 87 % Only Eurovision fans, which covers the competition at least four years of the last five years.
Meanwhile, 69 % The respondents said that Britain should be withdrawn from Eurovision if Israel returned next year.
Political consultant and Eurovision Superfan Pablo O’HANA said: “Abu was right to exclude Russia after Ukraine’s not provoked and illegal occupation of Ukraine, and I was proud of my country when we hosted Liverpool on behalf of our neighbors under siege. Britain was the best possibility of England and Eurovision.
“But organizers are now at risk of tearing the soul. Ebu’s refusal to apply the same principle to Israel, forcing members to take an attitude or to face a reliability crisis.
“The British people can see this double standard – and they want Britain to walk with our allies such as Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands.”
HuffPost UK contacted BBC for comment.
In the meantime, the company’s general manager Tim Davie said at the beginning of this month: ”We are very aware of your concerns. Eurovision has never been about politics and there should be a music and culture celebration that brings people together. This is really important, which we try to protect. “
A Eurovision representative previously told HuffPost UK: uz We understand the concerns about the ongoing clashes in the Middle East and have deep opinions.
“Publishers have to approve of whether they want to participate in the next year’s event in Vienna until mid -December. Deciding whether they want to participate in the contest is up to every member and we will respect the decisions of the publishers.”
The reign of Eurovision, JJ, also supported the deportation of Israel like his predecessor Nemo, who was told to HuffPost UK earlier this year: orum I support Israel’s call to exclusion from the Eurovision song contest. The actions of Israel are fundamentally strange with the values that Eurovision claims to respect peace and human rights.
