🇨🇭 Eurovision 2025: New Flag Rules for Fans and Artists

The audience at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland is welcome to wave whatever flags they want – including pride flags and the Palestinian flag.

The audience can wave flags more freely than in Malmö, according to the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Stricter rules apply to competitors.

The organizers of Eurovision 2025 have introduced a new flag policy: Under the policy, the audience will be allowed to wave all flags as long as they do not violate Swiss law. This policy also includes the waving of the pride flag and the flags of non-participating countries, such as the Palestinian flag, which was banned last year due to the uproar surrounding Israel's participation in the contest. As for the singers participating in the contes…

Basel prepares for celebration – but also for concerns about political statements • Changing flag policy will allow greater freedom of expression among the audience, alongside new restrictions on the artists themselves

The European Broadcasting Union has announced a new policy regarding flags at the contest, with the audience being able to bring into the hall any flag that does not violate the law - even of countries not participating in the contest. The meaning: fear of Palestinian flags being raised in the hall as a protest against Israel The post New rules at Eurovision: Will a Palestinian flag be raised at the contest? appeared first on Crochet.

🇨🇭 Eurovision 2025: New Flag Rules for Fans and Artists

Danish broadcaster DR reports that they have obtained a copy of the new rules on flags for fans and artists at Eurovision 2025. According to the broadcaster, the show’s new flag policy states that while “political messages should be avoided”, the host country Switzerland “places a high value on freedom of expression”. As a result, fans attending the Eurovision 2025 shows in Basel will be allowed to bring in any flag they want, so long as it comp…