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Eurovision singers Olly Alexander and Bambie Thug reject boycott call

Source: PA Archive

The UK’s entrant for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Olly Alexander, has rejected calls that he should boycott the competition over the inclusion of Israel.

More than 450 queer artists, individuals and organisations called on him to not perform his dance track Dizzy in Malmo, Sweden, amid the conflict in the Gaza strip.

In a Friday post, It’s A Sin actor Alexander shared a statement alongside Irish hopeful Bambie Thug and the entrant Saba –

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