{"id":302042,"date":"2025-12-05T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/more-countries-consider-pulling-out-of-eurovision-2026-as-israel-cleared-to-compete\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:00:03","slug":"more-countries-consider-pulling-out-of-eurovision-2026-as-israel-cleared-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/more-countries-consider-pulling-out-of-eurovision-2026-as-israel-cleared-to-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"More countries consider pulling out of Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/d3TbGwfGWRI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"More countries consider pulling out of Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d3TbGwfGWRI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>More countries are considering pulling out of Eurovision after four countries quit the 2026 contest.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Following an investigation into alleged Israeli vote manipulation, Eurovision organisers, the EBU, announced a series of changes to the voting rules for 2026. The new rules were accepted which meant that Israel has been allowed to compete next year angering Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia who now say they will no longer compete.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Israel finished top in the public vote despite coming joint 14th in the judges vote amid some viewers and competing countries calling for its exclusion over the conflict in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More countries are considering pulling out of Eurovision after four countries quit the 2026 contest. 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