{"id":583507,"date":"2026-08-13T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/583507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:34:09","slug":"eurovision-song-contest-2027-to-be-held-in-burgas-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/583507\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision Song Contest 2027 to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, organisers of the song contest updated their rules<\/a> to state that if a country involved in an armed conflict wins the competition, it will be ineligible to host it the following year.<\/p>\n

The amendment was approved by the contest’s governing body, following feedback from participating broadcasters after Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.<\/p>\n

It stated that winning countries will also be disqualified from hosting if a “sensitive geopolitical situation” affects the “security, safety or stability of their state or immediate region”.<\/p>\n

The update has been interpreted as a reaction to Israel’s continued presence at the contest, amid criticism of its military actions in Gaza and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Last November, following a failed attempt to have Israel suspended, five broadcasters announced they were boycotting the competition – including Eurovision powerhouses Spain and Ireland.<\/p>\n

Despite the protests, Israel’s Noam Bettan ultimately took second place with his song Michelle.<\/p>\n

It marked the second year in a row that Israel had taken the runners-up position – and some participating broadcasters have privately expressed safety concerns over the contest being staged in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, should the country win in the future.<\/p>\n

Although Israel will undoubtedly be seen as the target of the rule change, it will also affect Ukraine, which has been engaged in a protracted war since it was invaded by Russia in 2022.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra went on to win Eurovision that same year, in a symbolic show of public support.<\/p>\n

Following their victory, Eurovision organisers undertook a “full assessment and feasibility study” to decide whether the 2023 contest could proceed in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

They ultimately decided the security risks were too great, and the UK stepped in to host the competition in Liverpool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, organisers of the song contest updated their rules to state that if a country involved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-583507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}