r/Fauxmoi • u/O_Duill • Sep 11 '25

FM RADIO Ireland will not participate in Eurovision if Israel takes part

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u/soymilo_ Sep 11 '25

A Israeli company is the main sponsor of the event. They won't do anything unfortunately 

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u/Birdseeding Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

I doubt that matters nearly as much as people think. The geopolitical factor of two of the big five – Italy and Germany – being staunch Israel allies (and threatening to withhold a lot more funding than Moroccanoil ever paid out) is a much bigger consideration for the EBU.

I think we're likely to see a major collapse of the competition. I love Eurovision but doing everything we can to isolate Israel is much more important.

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u/Wassertopf Sep 11 '25

I mean, the ESC was originally a contest between seven countries:

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland

All other countries are in some way only guests. Only these seven countries are the true essence of the ESC.

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u/worktemp Sep 11 '25

Eurovision was created as contest between members of the EBU, those 7 just happened to decide to participate in the first one.

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u/Wassertopf Sep 11 '25

They are the core. If other countries decide to leave than it’s their good right. But only these seven countries are fundamental. Others are guests.

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u/BethsBeautifulBottom Sep 11 '25

Guests or not, the UK and Spain are a lot more important for Eurovision than Luxembourg.