2024-05-13 01:17:13
Dutch artist Joost Klein has been excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest. This now has consequences.
The Dutch public broadcaster (NPO) has lodged an official complaint with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) following the exclusion of Dutch candidate Joost Klein from the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). This happened shortly before the start of the final on Saturday evening in the name of the participating TV channel Avrotrots, as the Dutch news agency ANP reported.
“Today we were informed of the EBU’s decision to disqualify the Dutch delegation from today’s ESC show in Malmö. On behalf of NPO and Avrotrots, we hereby officially announce that we do not agree with this decision and have strong objections” , the broadcaster wrote to the organizer EBU. The NPO wanted to submit substantive arguments for the complaint later.
Police are investigating
The EBU excluded the Dutch candidate from the competition on Saturday following an incident on Thursday that is being investigated by police. According to Avrotrots, the incident is related to film recordings that were unwanted by Joost. Because of these recordings, Joost made a threatening movement towards the camera without touching the camerawoman. The incident was reported.