Austrian representative JJ would not want Israel to participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
JJ aka Johannes Pietsch won the Eurovision Song Contest with Wasted Love. Aop
Eurovision winner, JJ representing Austria or Johannes Pietsch hopes that Israel will be excluded from the competition.
Israeli’s involvement has been criticized for several years as the country is war in Gaza. The controversial Israel finished second in this year’s visa and received the largest pot of audience votes.
– It is a great disappointment that Israel is still participating in the competition. I would like to have next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna without Israel, commented by the Spanish winner El País magazine in an interview.
– But the ball is in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). We artists can only raise our voice in the matter, 24-year-old Pietsch continues.
In an interview with the magazine, the winner also hopes for changes to the voting practices of the Eurovision Song Contest.
– There should be more transparency in the voting system. This year there was something very strange about it, he tells the magazine.
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest states that he intends to use the visibility of the visas to defend the rights of the queer community, that is, the rights of gender and sexual minorities, and to speak for equality. He estimates that Europe has become and is becoming more conservative and something should be done.
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest outlined that people on the stage could only show the official flag of their country. Thus, for example, displaying rainbow tickets was forbidden for performers.
During the final, despite the rule, the winner tried to carry a rainbow flag. However, he was caught and the organizers noticed the flag in his pocket and it was prevented before he entered the stage.