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Eurovision Introduces Official Code of Conduct for First Time to ‘Protect’ Artists, Competition: ‘We Show How the World Could Be, Rather Than How It Necessarily Is’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The Eurovision Song Contest has for the first time introduced an official code of conduct that all participants will be required to abide by.
Some of the controversies this year included the disqualification of Netherlands’ entry Joost Klein on the morning of the grand final after he was accused of “threatening” behaviour by a female crew member. There were also accusations of bullying both by and from the Israeli delegation, with Israel’s entry, 20-year-old Eden Golan, facing a barrage of abuse over her participation, forcing her to be largely confined to her hotel room for security reasons. And so what the reference group, who is the governing body who looks over Eurovision on behalf of all the 38 participants, and the [EBU] team have done this year, is ask them, “How can we make life better for our artists, particularly, but also our staff and our audience?” as any show should do on a year-round basis.
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