The 70th Eurovision Song Contest is off to a bad start with a number of countries announcing that they will be boycotting the 2026 show. The event is set to take place in Vienna in May of next year after JJ won the 2025 event for Austria with the song Wasted Love.

Spain and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organisers decided Israel would be allowed to compete.

The broadcasters who had threatened to boycott the event cited the death count in Gaza and accused Israel of flouting rules meant to guard the contest's neutrality.