To be fair we don’t know exactly what he did. From what I’ve read it sounds like he somehow harassed an employee in the production crew, which honestly should be reason for exclusion. Assuming that is what happened, it doesn’t seem unjust and I don’t think the other participants should try to justify such behaviour.
According to the dutch news orgs, he made a “threatening gesture” towards a (female) camera operator, after he asked not to be filmed, repeatedly (there were not supposed to be cameras at that point, so the request was not unjustified). There was no physical contact.
According to Cornald Maas (the Dutch commentator for the Eurovision) the “threatening motion”, as far as he is aware, was Joost pushing down the camera/phone, after asking not to be filmed.
I’m hoping some of the other acts no-show or pull out in advance in support of him. The actions of the EBU have been opaque and frankly awful.
Yes, everyone but Ireland should pull out in protest!
To be fair we don’t know exactly what he did. From what I’ve read it sounds like he somehow harassed an employee in the production crew, which honestly should be reason for exclusion. Assuming that is what happened, it doesn’t seem unjust and I don’t think the other participants should try to justify such behaviour.
According to the dutch news orgs, he made a “threatening gesture” towards a (female) camera operator, after he asked not to be filmed, repeatedly (there were not supposed to be cameras at that point, so the request was not unjustified). There was no physical contact.
Here’s the source (in dutch)
According to Cornald Maas (the Dutch commentator for the Eurovision) the “threatening motion”, as far as he is aware, was Joost pushing down the camera/phone, after asking not to be filmed.
Source (also in Dutch)