Eurovision Removes Audience Member For Protesting During Israel's Performance

Eurovision bosses have confirmed that audience members were removed from the competition’s first live semi-final after political chants were heard during the broadcast of the Israeli act’s performance.

On Tuesday night, singer Noam Bettan represented Israel at the semi-final with his song Michelle, where he was chosen to go through to the next stage of the song contest at the weekend.

During the opening moments of the performance, chants of “stop the genocide” could be heard coming from the audience, particularly towards the beginning of the song.