The Politics of Song: Eurovision's Thorny Relationship with Israel The 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest has concluded, its grand finale a spectacle that belied the controversy simmering beneath.
As Finland took top honors, protests raged outside Vienna's Wiener Stadthalle arena, with hundreds demanding Israel's exclusion from the competition.
The issue has become an annual thorn in Eurovision's side, testing the contest's willingness to engage with geopolitics.