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Eurovision bans pride flags on stage
(metro.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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It used to be that artists are only allowed to wave their own national flag, or the rainbow pride flag, but now that exception is gone
As I've understood, previously, all flags of non-competing countries, e.g. Palestine, were banned on and off stage, for the artists as well as for the audience. The new rules allow the audience to wave any flag that is not forbidden by law, while the artists (for some reason) have been restricted to only use the flag of their participation country, i.e. not even necessarily their own national flag.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/30/entertainment/eurovision-2025-flag-restrictions-scli-intl/index.html
Hopefully, the Dutch broadcaster is successful with it's objection against restriction of non-territorial flags, like the different types of pride flags.