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Eurovision 2019

Shira Yalon-Chamovitz (YouTube screen grab)
March 2, 2020, 9:24 pm
Election broadcast relaxes a harried news cycle for the cognitively impaired
Latest election day creates another opportunity to offer simultaneous translations of broadcasts for those who struggle to understand fast-paced reports
By Jessica Steinberg
Then-IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz has a snowball fight with a family of Palestinians along the West Bank's Route 60 on December 15, 2013. (Judah Ari Gross/Israel Defense Forces)
December 29, 2019, 12:59 am
12 stories in 2019 that made Times of Israel reporters cry, laugh, cringe, cheer
As the year draws to a close, our reporters reflect on the work that touched them the most, from clambering the cliffs of Qumran to boogying at the Eurovision
By ToI Staff
Icelandic band Hatari hold up Palestinian flags during the live grand final of the Eurovision in Tel Aviv, May 19, 2019. (Screenshot/YouTube)
September 21, 2019, 11:15 pm
Iceland fined for pro-Palestinian protest at Eurovision song contest in Tel Aviv
Its entrant, Hatari, brandished scarves with Palestinian flags even though competition bars political gestures
By AFP
Duncan Laurence of the Netherlands, center, celebrates after winning the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final with the song "Arcade" in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2019. He is flanked (from left) by the four Israeli hosts: Assi Azar, Lucy Ayoub, Bar Refaeli and Erez Tal (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 21, 2019, 5:29 pm
Netflix buys rights to screen 2019 Eurovision from Tel Aviv
Media service picks up US VOD rights to the three telecasts from Israel as well as those from next year’s contest in the Netherlands
By Marcy Oster
Icelandic band Hatari hold up Palestinian flags during the live grand final of the Eurovision in Tel Aviv, May 19, 2019. (Screenshot/YouTube)
June 7, 2019, 1:34 am
Furor after El Al fires staffer for Facebook post critical of Icelandic band
Critics threaten boycott of airline for sacking employee who posted seating info for Eurovision entry Hatari, apparently in revenge for group’s pro-Palestinian gesture
By ToI Staff
Sarah McTernan from Ireland (C) performs during the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest held at Expo Tel Aviv on May 16, 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Guy Prives/Getty Images via JTA)
June 5, 2019, 12:53 am
Irish Eurovision contestant says she got threats, abuse for performing in Israel
‘I got hundreds of threats … It did freak me out,’ says Sarah McTernan, adding she went offline in the days before her appearance at contest in Tel Aviv
By JTA and ToI Staff
Israel's Kobi Marimi performs the song "Home" during the Grand Final of the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 at Expo Tel Aviv on May 18, 2019. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
May 23, 2019, 4:05 am
Israel loses its Eurovision ‘douze points,’ retains rank
EBU announces error led host country to receive 12 points from Belarus jury; Kobi Marimi’s ‘Home’ remains in 23rd place with 35 televote points
By ToI Staff
Women who took their tops off at a protest by ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem on May 18, 2019. (screenshot)
May 21, 2019, 3:22 pm
Jerusalem Haredi protesters flee after women strip down to bras
Ultra-Orthodox males demonstrating against Eurovision Shabbat ‘desecration’ leave scene rather than look at immodestly clad females
By ToI Staff
Madonna performs at the 2019 Eurovision song contest (Screencapture/YouTube)
May 21, 2019, 3:24 am
Madonna posts edited video of her off-key Eurovision performance
After being criticized for quality of vocals, the pop star uploads a clip of her appearance fixed to be the way it was intended to sound; critics post comparisons between the two
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)
May 20, 2019, 7:25 pm
Eurovision official says he was mistreated at airport: ‘Never want to come back’
Member of Estonian delegation says he’s also heard of another guest who went through extensive questioning; Israel Airports Authority says laptop produced ‘suspicious finding’
By ToI Staff
Police sappers armed with anti-drone guns guard the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds during the Eurovision Song Contest on May 18, 2019. (screen capture: Channel 12)
May 20, 2019, 12:47 am
Cops on Tel Aviv roofs for Eurovision forced down 80 drones; none were attacking
Bomb squad chief says sappers with anti-drone guns neutralized but did not shoot the UAVs, which were flying near competition venues despite skies having been declared off limits
By ToI Staff
Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson, of Iceland's Hatari, sings at the May 18 finale of Eurovision 2019, while a sign language interpreter gives a spirited translation of his vocals. (Courtesy Twitter screen grab)
May 19, 2019, 11:20 pm
Clip of Eurovision sign language interpreter rocking out goes viral
Enthusiastic rendition of Iceland techno band Hatari’s ‘Hate Will Prevail’ at Saturday night’s final show has fans cheering for translator
By Jessica Steinberg
Madonna and Quavo sing "Future" at the Eurovision Song Contest as two dancers walk arm-in-arm with Israeli and Palestinian flags on their backs, May 18, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)
May 19, 2019, 4:08 pm
Israel’s Eurovision chief: Madonna slipped Israeli, Palestinian flags into show
Meital Cohen says organizers did not notice pop stars’ backup dancers wore political symbols banned by contest; Culture Minister Regev condemns ‘inappropriate’ display
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Bilal Hassani of France, right, performs the song "Roi" during the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 19, 2019, 1:45 pm
Puttin’ on the glitz: 7 things to know for May 19
Israel’s hosting of the Eurovision is heralded locally as a success. The same cannot be said of Iceland or Madonna’s attempts at bringing a political message to the show
By Joshua Davidovich
Icelandic band Hatari hold up Palestinian flags during the live grand final of the Eurovision in Tel Aviv, May 19, 2019. (Screenshot/YouTube)
May 19, 2019, 6:19 am
BDS rejects Icelandic group’s pro-Palestinian Eurovision protest
Boycott movement calls Hatari’s defiant display of Palestinian flags at contest finals a ‘fig-leaf gesture,’ chides group for performing in Israel
By ToI Staff
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