Ankur Desai

Well, this is the thing.

No matter what happens, there are countries threatening to pull out next year.

If Israel stays, some say they won't share the stage with them.

If Israel is disqualified, then Germany, one of the biggest financial backers of Eurovision, is going to pull out.

I think the interesting thing is that we've also seen a kind of block of the Nordic countries who are saying that if the measures to protect voting are passed today, then they feel that is enough.

And as long as there are enough countries still taking part in Eurovision, they hope it will go ahead in Vienna next May.

And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later.

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This edition was mixed by Chris Ablakwa and the producer was Alice Adderley.

The editor is Karen Martin and I'm Ankur Desai.

Until next time, goodbye.

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