The VRT is Questioning a Future Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. The Belgian Broadcaster Wants The Organizer, European Broadcasting Union, to Provide Full Transparency Regarding the Scoring. The VRT also Wants to Debate The Participation of Israel With All Countries.
“We have no indications that the scoring was not done correctly, but we do ask for full transparency from the ebu,” Says a Spokesperson for the VRT. “The Question is Mainly Whether the Current Voting System Guarantees A Fair Reflection of the opinion of viewers and listeners.”
The Statement From the Belgian BroadCaster Comes After the Spanish Public BroadCaster RTVE Asked The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for an Investigation Into The Viewers’ Votes. RTVE Finds It Strange That Israel, Despite Protests Against The Country’s Participation in The Song Contest, Received Twelve Points from the Spanish Public.
The Spanish Broadcaster would also like a broad debate about Israel’s participation. That initiative is supported by the VRT. “As vrt, we note that the song contest, as it is currently organized, is increasingly less of a connecting and apolitical event,” Says the VRT. “It is Increasingly at odds with the original norms and values of the event and those of the public broadcaster.”
The VRT Says It Works Well with the Ebu On “Many Levels”. But without a Clear Answer to its groups, The Belgian BroadCaster is Questioning a Future Participation.
VRT Cannot Decide on Participation in the Next Edition
The VRT Cannot Decide on Participation in the Next Edition. Then it is the turn of the French speaking Belgian Broadcaster RTBF, with which the VRT Alternates, to decide on participation in the event.
Israel Came Second in the Song Contest on Saturday Behind Austria. Israel’s Participation Has Been Controversial Since the 2024 Edition Due to the War in Gaza. The Ebu Defends Israel’s Participation Becoause the Song Contest, Accordance to the Organization, is A “Non-Political Music Event”.