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Netherlands’ Eurovision Contestant Disqualified From Finals After Incident With Crew Member

Hours before the Eurovision finals, the singer representing the Netherlands was disqualified from the contest due to an incident with a crew member.

Hours before the Eurovision Song Contest ’s finals, the singer representing the Netherlands was kicked out of the competition due to a backstage incident with a crew member. The Netherlands’ Joost Klein had qualified for Saturday’s finals following his performance of the song “Europapa” at Thursday’s semifinals, but was absent at Friday’s rehearsal, leading to speculation that he had been ousted from the competition. “Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his [Klein’s] performance in Thursday night’s semifinal,” Eurovision’s organizers said in a statement.

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