Among our northern neighbors, it seems that we still have not digested the disqualification during Eurovision. To the point that the Dutch presence is always compromised. Unless some changes are made in the competition.
Recall of facts. On May 11, during the competition in Malmö, Joost Klein was disqualified from the competition a few hours before the grand final. Police said the decision to arrest him was made after he made verbal threats against a person who works on the show’s production.
Avotros, the Dutch channel which broadcasts the show, said it was “shocked” despite “a threatening gesture” from the singer. “Contrary to the clearly concluded agreement, Joost was filmed when he had just left the stage and had to rush to the green room. At that point, Joost indicated several times that he did not wish to be filmed This was not respected”, comments the channel which does not say more so as not to harm the investigation still underway in Sweden, specifying however that “based on the information we currently have, we believe. still that the disqualification was unnecessary and inappropriate”, relays the NME site.
Avrotos then addressed the Netherlands’ potential absence from the next Eurovision contest: “The Eurovision Song Contest was created to connect countries and people through music and to encourage mutual brotherhood. This should be the point of departure for the organizers and all participating countries Until Avrotros is sure that structural adjustments are made, we will continue to consider participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.
