Pro-Palestine demonstrators have marched on Eurovision with faux blood smeared on their faces in Basel amid fury over Israel’s entry in the grand final of the contest.
Droves of protesters flocked to Barfüsserplatz in the heart of the Swiss city, which is hosting this year’s Eurovision contest.
Ahead of tonight’s much anticipated grand final, crowds of Palestinian supporters held signs which read ‘boycott Israel apartheid’ and ‘no stage for genocide’.
One woman held up a prop, representing a body bag, smeared with fake blood across it and her own face.
It comes amid fury over Israel’s controversial participation in the competition as Nova Music Festival survivor qualified for the show’s grand final this evening.
A woman holds a prop, representing a body bag, as pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a protest, on the day of the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel
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