[UTVLifer]

Full interview with Graham and Olly

youtu.be 

[RhysJR]

Israel's proposed entry is considered 'too political' on the lyrics, which hints at the Hamas war.
tvtonight.com.au 

Israel has agreed to change some of the lyrics of their entry.

www.bbc.co.uk 

Eurovision 2024: Israel agrees to October Rain lyrics change - BBC News
Contest bosses had ruled that references in October Rain to last year's Ham…
  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

[PATV Scunthorpe]

A few more changes this year…

- The Big Five and Sweden will perform their songs live during the Semi Finals, slotted in alongside the competing semi finalists, rather than the snippets being shown during the interval.

- Grand Final voting will open at the beginning of the show, as 'all acts will have performed live' already, and they feel there won't be an unfair advantage to the Big Five.

- Rest of the World voting opens after the jury shows, giving 24 hours for non-competing countries to vote.

eurovision.tv 

Major changes for Malmö: Big Five & Sweden perform LIVE in Semi-Finals and y…
SVT have announced a number of changes being introduced in 2024 to make the Euro…
  Source: eurovision.tv

[UTVLifer]

Just seen a very interesting tweet from Edward af Sillen, who is back writing for this year's shows, saying that the backlash to Loreen's win last year from fans almost caused him to turn down the gig for 2024

x.com 

[UTVLifer]

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ABBA's win, BBC Four will be rebroadcasting the 1974 Grand Final on Sunday 7th April - complete with a special introduction from Hannah Waddingham

x.com 

[jlmiller]

The running orders for the semi-finals were announced a few days ago - now also including the positions where the pre-qualified finalists (BIG 5 + Hosts) will perform their songs in full:

m.youtube.com 

m.youtube.com 

[JamieMurph25]

Well this happened at BBC Scotland (their main building in Glasgow, plus 4 other locations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Selkirk and Dumfries) today (6th April), as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered there calling the BBC not to broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's inclusion: planetradio.co.uk 

'Boycott Eurovision' demos to be held across Scotland
Protests are taking place across Scotland on Saturday, urging the BBC to boycott…
  Source: planetradio.co.uk

[RhysJR]

Iceland's usual commentator will not attend this year in protest against Israel's involvement.

twitter.com 

[UTVLifer]

New EBU statement calling for all participants to be treated respectfully

x.com 

[agemame]

Well, it seems to have worked, everyone is now turning their ire directly on the EBU instead for not issuing a direct ban, like they had with Russia and Belarus.

I sense this could get a lot worse, shades of the situation in 1979 potentially