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2025 competition with his ballad, Wasted Love. A number of countries are boycotting the contest over Israel's participation. The Eurovision
Eurovision Song Contest is now facing its biggest boycott in its 70-year history. While 35 countries are participating in the 2026 contest, broadcasters from Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Iceland and Slovenia have withdrawn from
Eurovision contests in [Malmö](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68986410) (2024) and [Basel](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c331ndp780xo) (2025), anti-Israel protesters filled the streets and Israel's participants were given armed guards. Last year, Yuval Raphael, a survivor
participate in the event. The [Netherlands](https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/05/npo-broadcast-eurovision-2026-despite-netherlands-withdrawal) and Iceland also walked out of the event last December, but the contest will be shown on their respective national broadcasters, NPO and RÚV. This year
participation in the final of the Eurovision song contest 2025 in Basel in May. Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images It’s the same picture at the Eurovision song contest, gearing up for Tuesday and Thursday
2025 that “the neutrality and integrity of the Eurovision Song Contest is of paramount importance to the EBU, its Members, and all our audiences” and highlighted that “the fairness of the Contest is always protected