Eurovision, The Israeli public broadcaster CAN transmit a comic miniseries about a terrorist planning an attack would ” at the Eurovision song Contest for the moment. The broadcaster has therefore decided, after consultation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is responsible for the organisation of the international liedjesfestijn.
The series, which the title of ‘Douze Points’, tells the story of a homosexual muslim that France represents during a competition that is very similar to the Eurovision song Contest. He is being blackmailed by Islamic State, that the singer wants to force an attack to commit to the finals of the event in Tel Aviv.
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The three-part series in may to be broadcast just before the Eurovision song Contest in Tel Aviv takes place. France will be represented this year by Bilal Hassani, a gay singer with Moroccan roots.
‘Important consequences’
The EBU approached the Israeli public broadcaster in February when the series was announced. In the first instance, these discussions not lead to a different course of CAN. But the European Broadcasting Union did not exert pressure. The organization sent last week an urgent letter, with the broadcast of the skit “important political and legal consequences” would be for the collaboration with MAY.
According to insiders, would the EBU, this imply that the final of the song Contest moved could be to a different location. ‘Douze Points’ is now airing over after the Eurovision song Contest, reports news agency AFP.