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boyinzanark
I'm all for Free Palestine but honestly why Olly took so much heat for this? The EBU made the terrible mistake of keeping Israel in the contest, not Olly. And Olly is one of the few ones who publicly and recently supported Palestine anyway. I don't see anyone saying the same things to the Switzerland or Croatia contestants.
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kristojk
I agree that the EBU is irresponsible and unfair because they should have made the decision to ban Israel instead of forcing individual contestants to choose whether they want to take part in the contest or not. But sadly EBU made the wrong decision, and the contestants had the chance to make a better one, but all of them chose to keep pinkwashing genocide. They can only blame themselves for that decision. And I personally have seen other contestants being called out a lot too, but if Olly really is getting more heat than others, then it's probably because he's a bigger name. Him boycotting the competition would have made a bigger difference than some of the other ones.
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boyinzanark
I feel you there honestly. It just sucks because so many of us love Eurovision and what is supposed to be about and stand with... which clearly wasn't the case this time. I'm glad that at least the audience made their discomfort loud and clear many times throughout the Grand Final and Semi-Finals.
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