“An incident occurred following final Thursday’s efficiency. In opposition to clear agreements, Joost was filmed when he had simply gotten off stage and needed to rush to the inexperienced room,” writes AVROTROS.
“At that second Joost repeatedly indicated that he didn’t wish to be filmed. This was not heeded. This led to a threatening motion from Joost in the direction of the digital camera. Joost didn’t contact the digital camera lady.”
There was no additional contact with the camerawoman concerned, AVROTROS director Taco Zimmerman stated. “She has refused any contact. With us and with Joost.”
In keeping with Zimmerman, Klein is “extremely unhappy. It’s in sackcloth and ashes.”
For the primary time
Of EBU introduced earlier on Saturday followingnoon that Klein is disqualified. The lady has filed a grievance. “It might not be applicable now to permit Joost to take part,” stated EBU.
AVROTROS calls the disqualification of Joost Klein for the ultimate of the Eurovision Track Contest “disproportionate” and “is shocked.”
It’s the first time within the historical past of the Eurovision Track Contest {that a} candidate has been disqualified in the course of the occasion. Klein would compete fifth within the ultimate together with his Europapa.
‘Huge disappointment’
EBU emphasizes that it has a “zero tolerance coverage” in relation to inappropriate conduct. “We wish a protected working atmosphere for everybody across the competition,” the group stated. “Joost’s conduct is opposite to our guidelines. That’s the reason there are actually solely 25 candidates within the ultimate.”
EBU provides that “opposite to what some (social) media reported, this was not an incident involving an artist or a member of a delegation.”
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The NPO calls the EBU’s choice to disqualify Joost Klein “very drastic” and a “main disappointment.” A spokesperson for NPO boss Frederieke Leeflang stated this.
Rumors
Cornald Maas, who’s a member of the Dutch choice committee, states on X that the incident for which Joost Klein has been disqualified is hardly vital. The Eurovision knowledgeable additionally emphasizes that the incident “has nothing in any respect to do with Israel or the Israeli delegation.”
These rumors unfold on social media. Israel’s presence on the Eurovision Track Contest has been resulting in protests and unrest in Malmö for days. Maas calls the entire scenario “hell for connector Joost Klein & his crew.”
Hij stelt in het Engels nog: „lengthy stay the way forward for Eurovision – not. With this @EBU_HQ something can occur sooner or later.”
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AVROTROS discovered the disqualification of Joost Klein from the ultimate of the Eurovision Track Contest to be “disproportionate”. It’s unclear what the broadcaster will do now. “We’ll come once more to the content material of this later,” the broadcaster stated.
Indictment
It was beforehand introduced that the Swedish police are investigating a grievance filed towards singer Joost Klein because of an alleged risk. The police in Sweden reported this to the ANP on Saturday. The incident is alleged to have occurred on Thursday night within the Malmö Area. The complainant is an worker of the Eurovision Track Contest.
The police interviewed Klein, the complainant and quite a lot of witnesses. The investigation was referred to the Public Prosecution Service on Saturday. It would now look into the matter.
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The EBU, which organizes the Eurovision Track Contest, introduced that it’s investigating the “incident”, because the group describes it. Klein was not allowed to take part within the gown rehearsal for the ultimate on Friday night.
NPO boss Frederieke Leeflang is now in Malmö. Her go to had already been deliberate earlier than the Klein affair emerged. However she does have an emergency assembly with EBU and AVROTROS on Saturday morning. A spokesperson for the NPO can not say what the precise objective of the dialog is.
Transferred
The Public Prosecution Service in Sweden confirms that the case surrounding Joost Klein has been transferred by the police. A spokesperson mightn’t say whether or not that is now with a public prosecutor or not.
“The police say they’ve handed over the case to the prosecution authority, however I do not know to whom,” the spokesperson stated. She factors out {that a} prosecutor is current exterior workplace hours and on weekends for instances the place suspects have been arrested. The Dutch participant within the Eurovision Track Contest has not been arrested.
It’s subsequently at present unclear what the course of the investigation will seem like. It seems that the case might be settled on Monday, however the spokesperson doesn’t rule out that the Public Prosecution Service will situation an announcement regarding Klein this weekend. This can then be shared by way of the Public Prosecution Service web site, the spokesperson says.
AVROTROS registers a protest
AVROTROS will protest to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) towards the “course of occasions” surrounding Joost’s disqualification. AVROTROS director Taco Zimmerman stated this within the broadcast of EenVandaag.
That doesn’t imply that there’s nonetheless an opportunity for Klein to take part within the ultimate on Saturday. “We did all the things we might to get Joost on stage tonight,” stated the director. Discussions have been held with the EBU to have Klein make a public apology and, for instance, to situation an announcement. However in accordance with him, the EBU caught with disqualification. “We might have most popular that Joost would simply carry out.”
An indignant Zimmerman reiterates that he finds the disqualification disproportionate. Klein is now not allowed to take part following he made “a threatening motion” in the direction of a digital camera as a result of he didn’t wish to be filmed. “However nothing greater than that,” stated Zimmerman at EenVandaag.
NPO additionally objects
The NPO has objected to the disqualification of Joost Klein, partly on behalf of broadcaster AVROTROS. The general public broadcaster introduced this on Saturday night. The objection was submitted shortly earlier than the beginning of the ultimate.
