Joost Klein will not perform in the Jury Show
According to several news outlets, Joost Klein will not perform in the Jury show of the ESC for the Netherlands.
It’s still open whether he will perform in the Grand Final or not.
A Dutch article additionally states that
Joost Klein is not allowed to participate in the jury show of the Eurovision Song Contest. The investigation into the incident that came out earlier on Friday has not yet been completed, AVROTROS reports. Klein does not miss out on any points: the professional jury assesses his performance in the second semi-final.
https://nltimes.nl/2024/05/10/dutch-singer-joost-klein-kicked-eurovision-jury-show-yet-finalOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
Video of the audience booing after hearing the news: https://twitter.com/VocaISuspension/status/1789006225746625009
Dutch media found Joost somewhere (looks like in his hotel) and tried to interview him, he only said "have a good day":
https://www.nu.nl/308381/video/joost-klein-negeert-journalist-na-uitsluiting-juryshow-heb-een-fijne-dag.html
Meanwhile, the crowd at the Jury Show still vibed with the Europapa recording that was played:
https://youtu.be/3N5o5EP5IHI?si=ljFRWx1D-plsvncK
The EBU has also postponed the opening of the "Rest of the World vote" for the final until an ongoing investigation regarding the Dutch participant has been concluded.
https://www.esc.vote/
According to SVT (the Swedish broadcaster), Malmö police is now informed as well:
I'll just share this comment I found by u/__vane__ because I found it really funny:
https://lemmy.world/post/15246177
Yeah, that’s where most of the discussion currently is. But I thought this was such major news that it deserves its own post.
Sorry - to me it looked like it was the same topic - isn't it?
Yeah, it kind of is. But I thought it's a major update and many people don't click on posts (or even refresh them later) but just see the titles and headlines and I thought it makes sense to still reach them with this update. But I agree that this is a grey area; I could have also made it a comment.
It is pretty wild though i will agree!