As participants prepare for the 70th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna this coming May, WIVB spoke with a former ...

Eurovision strives to put pop before politics, but it has repeatedly become embroiled in world events, particularly relating ...

Israel is set to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest after the European Broadcasting Union general assembly called off a vote over its participation. Next year’s contest, which will be the 70th ...

Israel can compete in the 2026 Eurovision contest after organizers decided not to hold a vote about whether or not to disqualify the country. “A large majority of Members agreed that there was no need ...

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands announced their withdrawals Thursday from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided that Israel will be allowed to compete. Organizers ...

Alessandro Altobelli, a 1982 Italy World Cup winner, is confident that the Azzurri will qualify for the 2026 World Cup: ‘This team can give us satisfaction.’ Italy legend Altobelli turns 70 today and ...

In this year’s contest, a campaign by Israel to encourage voting for its entrant drew criticism. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said on Friday ...

Italy World Cup winner Ciccio Graziani insists the Azzurri will need Federico Chiesa and Riccardo Calafiori to succeed in the play-off and hopes Francesco Pio Esposito will become a striker similar to ...

MOSCOW − Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a competition backed by President Vladimir Putin and conceived as a ...

Five countries have now pledged to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is permitted to compete. In an email shared with Newsweek, Martin Green, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, said ...

Momentum is building to exclude Israel from the world’s largest music competition as outrage grows around the world about its assault on the Gaza Strip. Spain, on Tuesday, became the latest country to ...

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), organizers of the beloved song contest, also said that reports Israel had been asked to compete under a neutral flag are false. By Lily Ford Eurovision 2026 is ...