Israel is the only one of the competition’s 37 member countries that will not participate in the competition’s opening ceremony on Sunday.
The opening of the Eurovision Song Contest will be celebrated on Sunday, May 5 in Malmö, Sweden, at around 5:30 Finnish time.
The event opens with a turquoise carpet, which has become a tradition over the years.
Israel is the only country not participating in the opening ceremony due to Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Israeli representative Eden Golan. Eurovision
All other 36 countries and delegations will be seen at the event. The event will be started by the Belgian delegation. It’s Finland’s turn at number 22. The host country, Sweden, is the last to arrive at the opening.
The turquoise carpet will be hosted by two drag queen artists – a Swedish one Electricity and British star Tia Kofi.
Finland is represented this year by Windows95Man and singer Henri Piispanen. The duo won their representative prize in the New Music competition organized at the beginning of the year.
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