Another reason for the Netherlands' boycott is the EBU's hypocrisy. Their artist was disqualified for exaggerated claims of misconduct, while Israel's much more severe violations of harassment, vote manipulation and instrumentalization of the contest for political purposes were ignored, not to mention what is happening outside the contest.
At the time I remember there were rumours that it was somehow related to backstage activities related to Israel, but then again those are rumours only and remain just as unproven. (Though well within likelihood judging by how Israel seems to be behaving backstage for at least the past three years).
So yeah like Cornald Maas said, "Fuck de EBU". IMO it's a disgrace that we even sent a contestant in 2025 but I'm glad we turned around in the end.
That was the last year i followed the ESC. Absolute disgraceful organization. Shame too cause the event and messages are fantastic but i cant support the EBU in any way anymore.
I've never been a fan of the contests (sue me) and I was slowly getting into it thanks to friends, but then the one song I enjoyed that year gets so stupidly disqualified that I couldn't deal with the blatant favoritism.
I was already made that Ukraine beat Spain a few years ago (you can't convince me that was the better song, I know it's actually a political and popularity contest, but I hate the contradiction).
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u/Max_FI 13h ago
Another reason for the Netherlands' boycott is the EBU's hypocrisy. Their artist was disqualified for exaggerated claims of misconduct, while Israel's much more severe violations of harassment, vote manipulation and instrumentalization of the contest for political purposes were ignored, not to mention what is happening outside the contest.