Love for Russia and disqualification from the Eurovision Song Contest: the scandalous Joost Klein is going to represent the Netherlands at the contest in 2025. What is known

The Dutch broadcaster RTL reported that the controversial singer Joost Klein was going to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on behalf of his country after he was disqualified from the contest due to a clash with a cameraman backstage. The official response from the show's representatives is still unknown.

Joost Klein received a lot of support after he was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final. His Eurovision hit Europapa is still widely listened to around the world. Therefore, he decided to see it through and try his luck again at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025. Eurovision Fun writes about the secret negotiations between Joost and the broadcaster Avrotros.

"On Saturday night, RTL Boulevard reported that Joost Klein is in talks with Avrotros about his potential participation in the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Basel. Avrotros told Boulevard that it has no news to share at this time," the source said.

RTL Boulevard journalist Aran Bade suggests that in early November it will become known whether Joost Klein will actually represent the Netherlands, as there will be no national selection in the country.

In particular, the source drew attention to Joost Klein's hint about his negotiations with the broadcaster. "On Friday evening, Joost Klein posted a screenshot on his Instagram page showing the phrase Joost Klein 2025 on his laptop screen. It remains unclear whether this post appeared after possible negotiations with Avrotros," Eurovision Fun writes.

Back in July, the controversial Joost Klein was offered to participate in Eurovision 2025 on behalf of Belgium. At that time, the Belgian broadcaster VRT Studio Brussel published a post with the following text: "Belgian broadcaster invites Joost Klein to represent them at Eurovision 2025?"

According to Suspilne, citing the head of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Jean Philippe de Tender, the artist's disqualification does not prohibit him from participating in future Eurovision contests.

However, Joost Klein has his own skeletons in the closet. Two weeks after the start of the full-scale invasion, the Dutch musician collaborated with Russian rapper CMH (Ruslan Tushenkov) and released a track called Jackass. In the single, Joost sings about his love for the aggressor country and its women.

In February 2023, another song by Joost Klein was released in tandem with the Russian Village Boys. It is not known how conscious or unconscious the artist's position is.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) criticized the Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros' version of events regarding the disqualification of the Dutch participant. Avrotros stated that the incident was allegedly caused by a "threatening movement" towards a woman, but the rapper did not touch her. However, the EBU protests, and witnesses say that in fact there was a quarrel between them, which resulted in property damage.

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