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13 March Armenian entry

You can add that Armenian entry will published on 13 March 2003:E4:3702:28C0:808E:57A0:F743:5E5C (talk) 23:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1997

In 1997 televoting only started after the songs KlokkoVanDenBerg (talk) 17:30, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Slovenia: Andrej Hofer confirmed as commentator

Source: https://evrovizija.com/andrej-hofer-bo-znova-komentiral-pesem-evrovizije/

Please add to the Broadcast section Qcumber (talk) 21:39, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ásdís María footnote

I'm questioning why we need this footnote, both on this article and within Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Certainly it's a relevant piece of information to be captured within prose in the Iceland article, however I feel that the footnote on both articles is WP:UNDUE. Her statements on the song going to Eurovision I believe have zero bearing on the contest or the credits for the Icelandic entry, and given that in all relevant sources she is still listed as a songwriter on the track, including the EBU, I do not see how relevant it is to clarify her position in this manner. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 11:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. If she "cuts ties" (whatever that means) and she's removed from the credits, then her name can be removed. We don't need a note 'in anticipation' of something that may or may not happen. Grk1011 (talk) 13:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I totally get the reasoning. I just found the situation to be worth specifying as it is unusual that a songwriter does not want to be associated with a song they wrote when they are being credited all over. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 15:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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In the "Participant countries" chart, in the Netherlands, add a note to the language cell that says "Dutch" specifying that there are some verses in English, German and Italian. Lallamaflamenca (talk) 21:41, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. Only the main language of a song is now being listed here to keep things simpler and consistent across all songs and all articles. Exceptions are only made when there is a substantial portion of the lyrics in another language, or where there are repeated phrases throughout the song. In the case of the Dutch song, the large majority of lyrics are in Dutch and any phrases or words in another language are incidental and are not repeated. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#Languages within participants tables for the full discussion on this point. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 22:20, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading/false: "risk of potential terrorist attacks..."

Under Israeli participation it currently reads: "the risk of potential terrorist attacks as a spillover of the war".

That is incorrect, incomplete, misleading, and the used source is biased.

The current high terror alert in Sweden has multiple reasons. The expected protests against Israel's participation in Eurovision are a factor, but not the main reason for potential terrorist attacks. (those risks were already present before the Gaza war even started).

The threats against Sweden were triggered by Quran burnings and a disinformation campaign against Swedish social services (conspiracy theories about them abducting Muslim children). Threats were made against Sweden and Denmark calling for attacks against police, security guards, markets, festivals, football and concerts.

There was also a shooting of Swedish football fans in Brussels last October, as a result of that. Swedish authorities also points to the possibility of covert foreign interference, specifically mentioning Russia, Iran and China.

Source: https://www.dn.se/kultur/trots-hojd-terrorhotniva-och-protester-ingen-riktad-hotbild-mot-eurovision/

The source you used ("Eurovoix") published an editorial statement about Israel on 20 Nov 2023, stating they would not report on Israel's selection for Eurovision, and boycott the country in reaction to the Gaza war. Therefore you cannot use "Eurovoix" as a neutral and unbiased source on this topic. 2A02:A212:26C0:C180:51D7:C360:96D9:E90F (talk) 18:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eurovoix has long been one of our most relied-on sources, and what their editorial team decides to cover has no bearing on its reliability. That being said, if other factors play a role, the sentence could and should be expanded and/or reworded and placed in a new separate section on security. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 20:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: checking on the very Eurovoix article, there is not even mention of terrorism—we retained that from a different, less reliable source which we had used in earlier revisions. I’ll try to rework the section. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 20:43, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Big 5 + Sweden in semi-finals

I think Big 5 + Sweden should not be mentioned in between the semi finalists in the contest overview section as they are not participating in semis. They are just guest acts. 185.251.84.42 (talk) 06:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. They're not competing so we don't include them. doktorb _words^deeds 07:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]