EurovisionIn addition to Slovenia, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Iceland have also dropped out of the song contest this year due to Israel’s participation.
Slovenian the public broadcasting company plans to show films about Palestine instead of Eurovision, the public broadcasting company RTV announced on Thursday.
“We don’t broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest”, the head of RTV Ksenija Horvat said a British newspaper that told the news agency AP about it of The Guardian by.
Slovenia has announced that it will boycott Eurovision because Israel is allowed to participate in the competition.
According to Horvat, the broadcasting company will present a singing competition instead Voices of Palestine -film series, which includes Palestinian documentaries and films.
Also Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Iceland have opted out of visas this year due to Israel’s participation.
In addition to Slovenia, the broadcasting companies of Spain and Ireland have also refused to broadcast visas. The Dutch and Icelandic broadcasting companies, on the other hand, broadcast the singing competition.
The Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Vienna, Austria from 12 to 16. May. Finland participates in the competition Pete Parkkonen and Linda Lampeniuksen with a song Flamethrower.