Joost Klein and the Demand on Eurovision's Artists 

Every artist at Eurovision has three minutes to showcase their talent. Every artist at Eurovision also spends six months of their life, building up to this one moment. They need respect, they need personal space too

Joost is also neurodivergent and therefore it was important to AVROTROS that he was protected. That is why these boundaries and agreement was put into place with the EBU before his performance. He is known to get overwhelmed when he is emotional and needs a few moments to collect himself afterwards. Although this doesn't justify anything, it does explain why he reacted the way he did and why this agreement was made in the first place - to protect himself and others around him. He apologised straight after many times, showing what happened was not intentional.

You say "if he's found guilty, he's [...] going to face the consequences" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="377">6:17</a> The problem is, he has faced the consequences before he's found guilty. He isn't even tried yet. A basic law in probably all of Europe is: you're innocent until proven guilty, but the EBU has crushed even such a basic principle. If Joost is found "not guilty", how are they going to make up for it? Do the complete event over? Turn back time? It was a stupid decision. It's also a slap in the face of all other contestants, for they will never know if they truly earned the spot they got, seeing that Joost's song was the most played song on Spotify for instance. The EBU has disgraced the contest and they should face the consequences.

You said if guilty Joost will have to face the concequences i agreee that's the way it should be! It might be forbidden to make any unwanted move towards employers or even break swedish law. But by removing Joost his team and the entire Dutch nation that supported him was already judged prosecuted and sentenced before truth finding..

But after all; Joost is now the most famous participant ever, and his "Europapa" is a big hit world wide. As Johan Cruijf once mentioned; 'Elk nadeel heb zijn voordeel.'

Interesting, but why do you brush aside a possible connexion between what Joost said during the press conference and his disqualification? As a neurodivergent person, I can tell you that every single one of our actions or remarks, because they are unpredictable and embarrassing (his was in this case just a question, and the hiding under the flag thing - all of this seems quite relatable to me but it is only the tip of the iceberg) piss off so many top brass who think themselves beyond any reproach or question that they frequently take every opportunity they have to get rid of us. The psychological factor is important too.

I don't understand, if the problem was associated that she was filming, then there is clear film of what happened. Why would they not release any of that and let us see what exactly happened?

Poor S10, she thought it must have been a cultural difference that the EBU was so pushy and demanding to her, like it was different in Italy compared to the Netherlands. This seems like something of a "me too" movement among Eurovision artists is going on.

Really, all the other participating countries should have stood in and stopped the disqualification with the threat all walking. That is what solidarity looks like.

For what reason do they have a need of filming the artists on their entire way to the green room? And if it really was that serious that cameraperson could just have done a complaint to the police on her phone in five minutes. The police interpretate things in a way that benefit them and they were so sure they had enough "evidence" to charge him with. In Sweden you're unfortunately punished for protecting your boundraries, your property especially after metoo. If the dutch delegation intended to solve it with her, it could have been done with just like that. It's on her for not taking that peace-offer. This is disproportionate and really a waste of taxmoney. Even if she didn't knew about any agreements she should have just had listen, that's it.

And the winner with 0 points is... Joost Klein!

This years Eurovision was a total disaster. All the artists are constantly being watched and they need respect and personal space. And after a bit of theorizing I do believe Isreal was intentionally behind his disqualification, especially after watching how the Isrealian team was constantly harassing artists that challenged Eden. Joost, Bambie Thug, Nemo and a few other artists that voiced their opinion in some way was basically targeted by the isreali team. When it comes to what actually happened back stage: I am a firm believer that Joost had no malicious intent towards the camerawoman, she did not respect his boundaries and to be disqualified over standing up for himself is such a drastic thing to do. Its sad to see how his dream got crushed in this way, especially when Europapa was dedicated to his dead parents and him being very emotional after his performance. Allthough we have to take everything with a grain of salt unless Avrotros og Joost himself makes a statement. Both fans and "haters" are quick to spread misinformation about this whole situation.

Joost’s laywer has seen even the initial evidence of this case and allegedly believes that he could be acquitted. However: As someone who has followed Joost since December and witnessed all of his pre season promotional campaign: If you really want to nitpick: “WHY NOT” was not Joost’s first indirect to direct challenge of the EBU / Eurovision. Over the entire reason, he has kept trying finding reasons to challenge their promotional content, insert pro-peace anti-war political messages into their promos (the same kind of messages artists were censored and punished for during the Grand Final disaster as they lost any and all control with their own bodily autonomy) with him wearing activist shirts, he has name dropped the EBU before in a negative yet joking light without realizing the weight of his words, he removed and unpinned from view his collaborated Eurovision Instagram stuff that he had pinned, he posted next to nothing irl about anything related to Eurovision, he made some promotional videos become embarrassing and laughed about it, he supported his colleague’s post critiquing Eurovision back in March… I truly believe that if you want to search for possible other reasons as to why they possibly unfairly and borderline even illegally, harshened “it” to the point of disqualification, the evidence is there, but in small tidbits. It did not start at “WHY NOT”. He challenged them and possibly provoked them a tiny little bit for months. WHY NOT was the first public televised moment where things became very clear. And curiously: I did an Instagram marketing analysis on how often artists were promoted, and Joost, despite being consistently believed to be in top 5 most popular and betted on Artist, was the THIRD LEAST posted during the entire season all this time. Personally, about this incident thing, it speaks volumes that his lawyer thinks he could get all charges dropped in the court of law for a police investigation that was lacking of core witnesses present at the scene according to the latest updates from Swedish legal system. An EIO (European Investigation Order) has been issued and its now up to The Netherlands to investigate and interview the key witnesses that were missing from the incomplete police report and subsequent investigation that two boards at the EBU unanimously based their decision to disqualify on. All of this time we have had at least 2 of Joost’s eye witnesses neglected and ignored.

Thanks for exposing your thoughts based on facts, impartially and in detail. It would be interesting in your next video that includes the state-funding voting, to also present in how many languages Eden spoke so as to attract votes from other countries (using AI short videos). As far as I know, she spoke greek, not knowing a single word of it, I suppose. A similar - though less - advertisement was done back in 2019 when Netta performed for Israel. However, this total 'ad thing' goes in contrast to the equal handling of the songs, which brings inequalities in their winning chances and destroys the sense of a fair contest, when some countries choose to advertise their songs, while some others not.

As a previous Eurovision multiple participant (over a span of 35 years) Eurovision has always been a celebration between artists, press, fans closely monitored by EBU who usually protects the organizing broadcaster/production. What happened this year was beyond belief. BUT what every participant should know is the huge amount of attention they will receive and endless exposure to media as well as various other obligations. It is a fine balancing act between PR, rehearsing and performing at the top of one’s game. Every artist should be prepared for this, both physically and mentally. Just saying.l It’s not an easy task, especially without the proper support team around you. I truly hope that such unprecedented nonsense and controversy will never happen again. OH, and no more double standards from the “untouchables” at EBU

There is only 1 in EBU who can disqualify persons. He does not have to say why. The EBU were putting everyone at risk. So saying that this has nothing to do with "that" incident is stupid.

Many people would ask for justice for Joost and it’s not clear that what is happening is justice. The deliberate baiting of a neurodivergent person in defiance of the protocols which were agreed to protect him is unethical and also may constitute an offence in many countries-and in fact may constitute in itself an assault-depending on the video which surprisingly has NOT been released . This incident may also indicate a willingness of the Swedish authorities to use Swedish law or for political purposes.The gold standard on this concept is the case of Julian Assange, a journalist currently fighting extradition to the US for offences in connection with the Wikileaks publications.Assange has spent over a decade fighting the Swedish authorities, in connections with cases which many commentators believe to be extremely weak.The fact is that the extradition of Assange to Sweden, where he could be readily extradited to the US and where he may face the death penalty was politically expedient.He is currently fighting extradition in the UK’s highest courts and the outcome is uncertain. It is not beyond credibility that Swedish authorities were prepared to manoeuvre to ensure there was no scandal for the contest if Israel had won which, at that point seemed quite likely -due potentially to the intense campaign conducted on behalf of its participant.

One theory is that the full DQ of Joost came because they wanted some kind of distraction, since there where lots of issues, issues the EBU did not want or could not do anything about. But hopefully there will be some clarity after the case is done but that will take some time Oh and NL is participating since the beginning 1956, so them considering to pull out does say something. Same with Norway who also did consider to pull out, who are participating since 1960.

Moroccanoil! "It's in the game"!

I know my idea is crazy and way out of the box, but maybe we should only let EUROpean counties compete in the EUROvision songcontest. And to be totally honest I would also prefer going back to the original concept of every country having to sing in their own language.

Wheres the video footage of the joost incident?

So, we don't know the real story yet

If you annoy an organization, like Joost did at the press conference, you shouldn’t be surprised if they turn against you. Doesn’t mean that they had to do what they did. He was sentenced by EBU before the trial even began. The Swedish police said there was convincing evidence of bad conduct and the process would be a fast one. We still have to see this convincing evidence. It could exist, but we simply don’t know. But I think it isn’t a clear cut case, otherwise it would have been over by now. What should happen besides the police investigation, is an inquiry of the EBU and their decision process in this case. Transparency is the word here if we want to have another ESC next year.

Artist? Don’t make me laugh. This has nothing to do with music.😂

If you take part in the contest you are on show 24/7 during your time there. If an artist feels uncomfortable with that then do not enter. An artist cannot "pick and choose" and behave like a diva as Joost did.

I think Israel's interest got him refused. When he asked 'why not' he pointed at Gaza, let alone security risks. But the Israel lobby really didn't want them to be questioned, something that needed to e done very much!

Idk if this is controversial but I personally think some people aren’t able to handle all the stress and fuzz that comes with participating in Eurovision. While Joost should not have been filmed if there was an agreement, at such a large event it isn’t surprising not everyone was made aware. Things will happen and as artists it’s important to handle it gracefully, all eyes are on them and they will constantly be watched. I don’t believe anything towards Joost was done maliciously and I don’t believe something like this needed to need to be escalated to the police. As for S10 and her getting attention from staff. Of course, like I said, all eyes are on them. I’m not saying it’s an easy process but that’s just the situation you put yourself in as artists. Naturally I can’t say nothing happened that went too far but what S10 described didn’t seem like anything out of the ordinary. It’s true that netherlands is particularly strict on things like this (I’m Dutch myself) but I find that’s more an issue on our part that on Italy or Sweden.

I do not think that disqualifying him only because he did not want to be filmed for some moments was fair. But I feel no pain because that song was not my favourite anyway. It's melody was half way good. But I did not get what it was about?

And, so what. When was the eurovision ever about music? Duh

Can we please stop with this out dated woke show?

Hahaha is this some sort of a joke? These guys want the attention. They enroll for this. Then tbry think they're "divas" and "want to be alone"? Give me a break. It's obvious they will be filmed from every angle 24/7 during the period they are involved in this.

LOL Did you really need to talk for nearly 8 minutes and give examples from 2016 just to say you wanted Israel out of the competition? LOL

His whole behaviour was childish. From what I heard he was also acting partially like a Megastar backstage which rubbed a couple of people from the staff the wrong way. Then he verbally attacked the camerawoman while going after her camera, calling her names and making inappropriate gestures even she was allowed to film? Well no wonder he got DQued. The thing with the flag or t-shirt over his head had nothing to do with israel though, he had it on his even when Marina that was interviewed first over his head already and he kept making noises or saying things during the interviews of the others aswell.