Switzerland and the Netherlands, two of the favourites to win Eurovision 2024, secured spots in Saturday's grand final alongside Israel despite large protests against the country's participation and booing during its performance.
MALMO, Sweden, May 9 - Switzerland and the Netherlands, two of the favourites to win Eurovision 2024, secured spots in Saturday's grand final alongside Israel despite large protests against the country's participation and booing during its performance.
Swiss rapper and singer Nemo was among those who qualified from the second semi-final on Thursday with the song 'The Code', as was Joost Klein of the Netherlands with his song 'Europapa'., 20, and her song 'Hurricane' qualified on Thursday alongside nine others for Saturday's grand show, which will feature performances from 26 countries.
More than 10,000 pro-Palestinian campaigners, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, staged a non-violent protest in the hours ahead of the semi-final, waiving Palestinian flags and shouting "boycott Israel". Hundreds of artists in Sweden and elsewhere had urged that Israel should be blocked from taking part, as did two BelgianIn a video statement earlier on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Golan for her participation.
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