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Terve nädala kestnud Eurovisioonimelu kulmineerus laupäeva õhtul. Pingelises finaalis krooniti võitjaks Bulgaaria looga «Bangaranga». Teise koha sai Iisrael ning suurfavoriit Soome jäi alles kuuendaks. Loe Elu24 blogist, kuidas õhtu möödus!

Eurovisiooni 70. lauluvõistluse võitis Bulgaaria looga «Bangaranga». Tegu on täieliku üllatusvõitjaga ning riik peab hakkama kõvasti ajusid ragistama, et kuidas üritust läbi viia, kuivõrd varem on mitmeid kordi rahalistel põhjustel võistlusest kõrvale jäädud.

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VIENNA — Bulgaria won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating Israel to victory on a dramatic night in Vienna that was marred by several countries boycotting. Bulgaria won with 516 points, and will now host the competition in 2027. DARA, who represented Bulgaria with the upbeat “Bangaranga,” topped both the jury and public votes. Israel’s Noam Bettan, performing “Michelle,” came second with 343 points, in a nail-biting finish. The 70th edition of the iconic song contest was tainted by controversy surrounding Israel’s participation, which prompted five countries to stage a boycott of the event, plunging Eurovision into its deepest — and ongoing — political crisis in years. Tensions over Israel’s participation in the contest flared up earlier in the week, when artist Noam Bettan performed pop-ballad “Michelle” to audible boos and chants during the semifinal. Four audience members had to be removed for “disruptive behavior,” according to organizers. It was Bulgaria’s first victory in the competition, having debuted in 2005. Bulgaria was returning in 2026 after a four-year break from the contest due to financial constraints at the public broadcaster. Bulgaria’s booming dance anthem was a high-energy crowd pleaser in Vienna, but wasn’t originally tipped to win, up against more favored entries from Finland or Australia. The countries sitting out this year (Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland) said their decision was due to Israel’s war in Gaza — which was sparked by a violent attack on Israel by Hamas militants — and the resulting humanitarian crisis it has triggered.   Demonstrators also marched through Vienna on Saturday protesting Israel’s inclusion in the contest, chanting “boycott Israel, boycott ESC [Eurovision Song Contest]” and “no stage for genocide.” Later Saturday night, a separate protest against Israel’s participation resulted in 14 people being arrested, Vienna police confirmed. Police said the individuals were arrested because they would not remove masks that concealed their identity. The European Broadcasting Union, which organizes Eurovision, has repeatedly underlined that the song contest is not political and that any member broadcaster that follows the EBU rules is eligible to participate. Eurovision is “apolitical” but is “so big an event that it has a political impact,” EBU Deputy Director General Jean Philip De Tender told POLITICO on Friday. The EBU overhauled the Eurovision voting system this year, following suggestions that the Israeli government unfairly influenced last year’s results through a mass voting campaign. Israel’s national broadcaster KAN denied those claims. Speaking ahead of Saturday night’s final, Eurovision chief Martin Green told journalists that the voting system is “fair and secure.”

Thousands of people took to the streets in Vienna on Saturday to protest Israel’s participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, as the grand finale is set to kick off in the Austrian capital in the next few hours.   This year’s event is caught up in a geopolitical storm, as five countries are boycotting the contest over Israel’s participation. The countries say their decision is due to Israel’s war in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian crisis it has triggered. A number of demonstrations and events were planned in Vienna this week to protest Israel’s participation in the song contest, culminating in the large march that took place on Saturday. Event organizers estimate the crowd size surpassed five thousand. Other reported estimates placed the final turnout between hundreds and thousands. Vienna police declined to comment on the demonstration, or the size of the crowd that turned out, but police lined the demonstration route and a helicopter circled overhead on Saturday.  The crowd marched through Vienna chanting “boycott Israel, boycott ESC [Eurovision Song Contest]” and “no stage for genocide,” finishing up near the Weiner Stadthalle stadium where tonight’s final will take place. Two protesters scaled the scaffolding of a nearby building to hang a Palestinian flag, drawing cheers from the crowd. Wilhelm Langthaler, a member of Palestine Solidarity Austria which helped organize this week’s anti-Eurovision demonstration, told POLITICO that the main message is for Israel to be excluded from the song contest.   “The idea is there should be no stage for genocide,” he said. He said that although Eurovision is a “small event” in the grand scale of things, if Israel is allowed to participate, it “symbolically stands” for the “disaster and catastrophe” in Gaza being supported by other countries. The vice president of the Vienna police, Dieter Csefan, previously told POLITICO that security measures around the contest go “far beyond the usual level,” but that “security of the song contest and the right to freedom of assembly are not inherently in conflict.”  Norbert Kettner, chief executive of Vienna’s tourism board, told POLITICO that security measures around the city are “much more intense” than the last time Eurovision was hosted here in 2015.  “Yes, the security measures are extremely high. No big event in the free world can be made anymore without high security levels,” Kettner said, adding that the city is working to “protect people who want to celebrate peacefully, but also protect people who want demonstrate peacefully.”  He added that across the week, the energy among fans from different countries has been “peaceful and moderate.”   Eurovision’s organizer, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), has repeatedly underlined that the song contest is apolitical, and that any broadcaster can take part as long as they follow EBU rules.   Speaking at a press conference on Saturday evening, the director general of Austria’s public broadcaster (ORF), Ingrid Thurnher, addressed the protest. She said everybody has the right to their opinion, and “that’s the nature of democracy,” but as the final is tonight the focus should be on the stage.   “We would really like for a couple of hours to have music, have the whole attention at this Eurovision Song Contest. Everybody’s heard, everybody has his right to say his opinion tonight, but it’s the musicians who take the voice on this stage,” she said.  

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