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Eurovision’s Bambie Thug says Israel issue ‘completely overshadowing’ song contest
The Independent
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5/11/2024
Eurovision’s Bambie Thug said pro-Palestine protests were 'putting a cloud above everyone'.Source: PA
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Yesterday at the press conference, there was a sort of clear sense that some of the performers were frustrated that
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Israel is the issue is overshadowing the whole event. Is that a feeling that you share?
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Of course it is. It's a complete overshadow of everything. It goes against everything that Eurovision is meant to be.
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And
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you know, it's a big big community together and
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their contestant was never allowed to even meet us, you know.
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God forbid we have some conversation where minds might be changed, you know, and so
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it is, it's
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it's definitely putting a cloud above it for everyone.
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