Glitter, Glitter, And More Glitter

The recipe for what makes me latch onto a Dancing With the Stars contestant each season

They come out of the gate during premier night with TONS of personality and decent dance potential, really applying themselves to grow exponentially over the course of the season despite usually having a dance mishap at one point only for their effort not to quite pay off in the end

Except for the one time it did

The Netherlands, Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain have officially withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest. This is in the wake of Israel's participation being confirmed for the 2026 contest. All of the nations believe that allowing Israel to compete is unjust, and have cited this as their reason for leaving the competition.

AVROTROS, RTÉ, and RTVE have also said they will not be broadcasting the competition.

Additionally, according to RTVSLO, a vote to discuss Israel's participation never occurred, despite Spain, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Turkey, Algeria, Iceland, and Slovenia asking for one.

[Sources]

"AVROTROS neemt in 2026 niet deel aan het Eurovisie Songfestival," avrotros.nl.

"RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation," rte.ie.

"Izrael bo lahko nastopil na Evroviziji; med državami, ki jih na tekmovanju ne bo, tudi Slovenija," rtvslo.si.