Overview

• The EBU will convene an extraordinary online General Assembly in early November to decide Israel’s eligibility for Eurovision 2026 by simple majority.
• Sixty-eight member organizations are being invited to vote, with associate broadcasters such as Australia’s SBS excluded and suspended members like Russia and Belarus not participating.
• Denmark’s DR stated it will not vote to expel Israel if rules are followed and signaled it plans to stay in the contest under a secure, apolitical framework.
• Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia have confirmed plans to boycott while the war continues, and Spain and the Netherlands have issued similar warnings, heightening financial risk because Spain is a Big Five funder.
• Israel’s broadcaster KAN urged the union to preserve the contest’s apolitical character and warned that disqualification would carry significant consequences for the event.