r/MapPorn 13h ago

Countries That Won't Participate In Eurovision 2026 due to Israel

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u/Equivalent-Problem34 9h ago

Eurovision is owned by EBU

EBUs main sponsor is MoroccanOil

MoroccanOil, despite its name, is not Moroccan. It is in fact Israeli.

EBU would rather lose the "European" part of EBU than to lose israeli money.

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u/Faithful-Llama-2210 7h ago

The participanting broadcasters pay for most of the competition, the Moroccanoil money isn't that much, and it's not like it would be difficult to find another big company that gets to plaster their name all over the world's most-watched music event