DUBLIN CALLING... MUSINGS ON EUROVISION 2024 BY SANDRA HARRIS.
DUBLIN CALLING… MUSINGS ON EUROVISION 2024. BY SANDRA HARRIS. © Jiminy Jellikers! This year’s Eurovision Song Contest was the most exciting in years, for a myriad of mad- and sad- reasons. My kids and I were completely wiped out with exhaustion by the end of Saturday night, after four of the most intense hours of television so far this year, and that’s not even taking into account all the shenanigans and news accounts and rumours we were all keeping track off in the run-up to the contest. Would the contest ban Israel from performing because of the war in Gaza? Would Israel pull out themselves, after all the bad vibes and hostility from protestors who made their presence known in Malmo in the days before the world’s biggest singing competition was due to take place? Would Israel’s act be booed on the night, or would pro-Palestinian activists rush the stage armed with red paint and smoke bombs? In the end, the Israeli act, the song HURRICANE , performed powerfully by a gorgeou