Spain to quit 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Spain may exit the 2026 Eurovision if Israel participates, following RTVE's board decision. Spain joins countries like the Netherlands in this stance.
MADRID (Reuters) -The board of Spanish state broadcaster RTVE has voted on Tuesday to withdraw from next year's edition of the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel takes part in the event, the broadcaster said.
Spain is the fifth country doing so after the Netherlands, Slovenia, Iceland and Ireland.
(Reporting by David Latona; Editing by Inti Landauro)
The RTVE board voted to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026 if Israel participates in the event.
Spain is the fifth country to announce such a decision, following the Netherlands, Slovenia, Iceland, and Ireland.
The reporting on this decision was done by David Latona, with editing by Inti Landauro.
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