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Eurovision not to be aired in Spain, Ireland, Slovenia

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · · 410 words · By Roshni Majumdar
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Eurovision not to be aired in Spain, Ireland, Slovenia May 11, 2026The public broadcasters of three European countries, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia, on Monday, announced that they would boycott the 70th Eurovision Song Contest by not airing it.

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What happened

Eurovision not to be aired in Spain, Ireland, Slovenia May 11, 2026The public broadcasters of three European countries, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia, on Monday, announced that they would boycott the 70th Eurovision Song Contest by not airing it.

Why it matters

The song contest has been at the center of controversy with several countries calling on Eurovision's organizers to exclude Israel following the Gaza war.

Common ground

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland and the Netherlands announced last year they were going to boycott the 2026 song contest over Israel's participation.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Selective Omission: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.dw.com/en/slovenia-spain-and-ireland-wont-air-eurovision-over-israel…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the contest remains highly popular, attracting some 160 million viewers on television.”
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Claim 2: “In 2025, Israel finished in second place”
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The provided evidence for Israel consists of general country descriptions; there is no data regarding the 2025 Eurovision results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Celebrate Israel's natural beauty Join The Times of Israel Community today and get a tote bag with one of Israel's native birds Claim Your Bag & A Tale of Two Sisters Unexpected roommates during a war
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Israel is a country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem is the seat of government and the proclaimed capital, although the latter status has …
https://www.britannica.com/place/Israel
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt t…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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Claim 3: “Spain... will run its own musical special, "The House of Music."”
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The provided evidence for Spain consists only of general geographical and historical facts from Wikipedia and World Atlas; there is no mention of a musical special titled 'The House of Music'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Spain, [g] officially the Kingdom of Spain, [h] is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. [i] Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the larg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 18, 2023 · Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its western neighbor, Portugal. To the north, it borders France and Andorra, with the Pyrenees mou…
https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/spain
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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago · Spain, country located in extreme southwestern Europe. It occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its smaller neighbor Portugal. Spain is a storied coun…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain
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Claim 4: “The EBU was born in post-war Europe in 1957.”
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Claim 5: “Israel joining the association of public broadcasters in 1973 and Australia in 2015.”
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Claim 6: “Ireland's RTE will stream a Eurovision-themed episode of the popular 1990s Irish-made sitcom "Father Ted" during the final on Saturday.”
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Both France 24 and another independent news source report that Ireland's RTE will screen a Eurovision-themed episode of 'Father Ted' during the final.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a 2020 American musical romantic comedy film directed by David Dobkin, written by Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, and starring Ferrell, Rachel McAdam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest:_The_S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an episode list for the sitcom Father Ted created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, and was produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. It stars Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Father_Ted_episodes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RTÉ One is an Irish free-to-air flagship television service owned and operated by RTÉ. It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as Telefís Éireann on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTÉ_One
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Claim 7: “The song contest is organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) every year in May.”
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Claim 8: “Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland and the Netherlands announced last year they were going to boycott the 2026 song contest over Israel's participation.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands, and Iceland announced boycotts/withdrawals from the 2026 contest due to Israel's participation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026, held at Wiener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will be organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the national broadcaster …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of football games played by the Netherlands national football team between 2000 and 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_…
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Claim 9: “Instead of the Eurovision circus, the national television program will be colored by the thematic program series 'Voices of Palestine,' Slovenian broadcaster RTV said.”
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Both France 24 and another news source explicitly state that Slovenian broadcaster RTV will air the program series 'Voices of Palestine' instead of Eurovision.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May and a final on 11 May 2024, held at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Swede…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2024
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026, held at Wiener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May and a final on 18 May 2019, held at Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2019
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Claim 10: “In 2022, Russia was banned from the contest for invading Ukraine.”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources explicitly confirm that the EBU excluded Russia from the 2022 contest due to the invasion of Ukraine.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia was set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. However, on 25 February 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) exclud…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia will not be allowed to participate in the final of this year's Eurovision song contest, the organiser said on Friday, after Ukraine and several other European public broadcasters had called ...
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/broadcasters-call-russia-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — It follows the announcement that football's 2022 Champions League final would be played in Paris, after Russia was stripped of the match following the invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60530513
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Claim 11: “The public broadcasters of three European countries, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia, on Monday, announced that they would boycott the 70th Eurovision Song Contest by not airing it.”
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Multiple independent web search results (France 24 and other news reports) confirm that public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia announced they would not air the contest.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 1995 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, and presented by Mary Kennedy. It was organised by th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1995
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will be organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the national broadcaster …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026, held at Wiener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026
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Claim 12: “The winner of the song contest is chosen by a combination of a panel of music professionals and a popular vote.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific voting mechanism for the winner.
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Claim 13: “The organizers also reduced the number of times an individual can vote from 20 to 10.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding changes to the individual voting limits.
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Claim 14: “Iceland and the Netherlands will broadcast the contest, that is set to run between Tuesday and Saturday, on television even though they aren't taking part.”
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While web results confirm Iceland and the Netherlands are boycotting participation, there is no specific corroboration across multiple sources that they *will* still broadcast the event on television; the evidence primarily focuses on their withdrawal from competing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026, held at Wiener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Michelle", written by Nadav Aharoni, Noam Bettan, Tzlil Klifi, and Yuval Raphael, and performed by Bettan himself. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is set to be the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will be organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the national broadcaster …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest…
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