Eurovision’s Bambie Thug says Israel issue ‘completely overshadowing’ song contest

Eurovision’s Bambie Thug said pro-Palestine protests were 'putting a cloud above everyone'.Source: PA

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00:00Yesterday at the press conference, there was a sort of clear sense that some of the performers were frustrated that

00:08Israel is the issue is overshadowing the whole event. Is that a feeling that you share?

00:13Of course it is. It's a complete overshadow of everything. It goes against everything that Eurovision is meant to be.

00:20And

00:22you know, it's a big big community together and

00:27their contestant was never allowed to even meet us, you know.

00:30God forbid we have some conversation where minds might be changed, you know, and so

00:37it is, it's

00:41it's definitely putting a cloud above it for everyone.