The message from the public service company Danmarks Radio (DR) comes after boycott threats from Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain, whose TV companies do not intend to send any artists to the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) next year if Israel is allowed to participate.
"DR supports ESC as a cultural event which since 1957 has united countries through music. Our participation takes place on the condition that there is still a strong international community, safety can be guaranteed and the competition remains apolitical," says Gustav Lützhøft, program manager for DR's culture, debate and music editorial in a statement to DR.
Australia is coming
In Australia, the issue has also caused political debate. The Green party is demanding that Australia boycott the competition.
"The Eurovision motto 'music unites' is difficult to take seriously when a participant carries out ethnic cleansing, starves civilians and kills children," says the party's foreign policy spokesperson David Shoebridge to Guardian Australia.
However, the public service company SBS has announced that the country intends to participate next year as well.
In the United Kingdom, the debate is also intense regarding the country's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. When BBC's general manager Tim Davie was questioned in a committee in parliament the other day, he explained that the TV company is waiting for what the organizing EBU comes up with in the Israel issue.
SVT is waiting for EBU
EBU has extended the registration period for next year's competition and is now conducting a "consultation" with the European TV companies before making a decision on Israel.
Eurovision has never been about politics, it should be a musical and cultural highlight that unites people. We'll see what EBU comes up with, said Davie, according to BBC.
SVT is also waiting in the matter and tells TT that they are waiting to take a stand until EBU is finished with its consultation.
