Next year’s contest will be held in May in Vienna.<\/p>\n
Slovenia’s national broadcaster, RTVSLO, has also said it will withdraw from the competition if Israel participates.<\/p>\n
Spain’s Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun has said that his country may also not take part should Israel participate. <\/p>\n
Stef\u00e1n Eir\u00edksson from Iceland’s national broadcaster R\u00daV said its involvement in the 2026 contest was “subject to the outcome of the ongoing consultation process within the EBU, due to the participation of the Israeli state broadcaster KAN in the competition”. <\/p>\n
Mr Eir\u00edksson added that R\u00daV “reserve the right to withdraw from participation in it if the EBU does not respond satisfactorily”. <\/p>\n
In a statement on Thursday, RT\u00c9 said: “It is RT\u00c9’s position that Ireland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, if the participation of Israel goes ahead, and the final decision regarding Ireland’s participation will be made once the EBU’s decision is made”.<\/p>\n
It added: “RT\u00c9 is also deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza, the denial of access to international journalists to the territory, and the plight of the remaining hostages.”<\/p>\n