This year’s UK Eurovision entry has rejected calls for him to boycott this year’s Song Contest in protest at Israel being included in the competition.
Pop star Olly Alexander responded Friday to an open letter from Queers for Palestine, signed by more than 450 artists urging him to boycott the event taking place in Sweden in May.
Alexander said in a lengthy post on X (formerly Twitter) why he thought it was right for him and other artists to remain in the Contest: “As a participant I’ve taken a lot of time to deliberate over what to do and the options available to me.
It is my current belief that removing myself from the contest wouldn’t bring us any closer to our shared goal.” He added that he had discussed the dilemma with entries from other nations, and they had come to the same conclusion.
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