EURO GLITTER

Spain’s Eurovision future is set to become clearer this week, as RTVE prepares to decide whether the country will return to the contest in 2027. The Spanish public broadcaster RTVE is expected to make a decision this week on Spain’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2027 , following the country’s controversial withdrawal from the 2026 competition. According to Spanish media reports, the RTVE Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, September 16 , to discuss whether Spain should participate in next year’s contest in Burgas, Bulgaria . Spain did not participate in Eurovision 2026 after RTVE decided to withdraw following the European Broadcasting Union’s decision to allow Israel to remain in the contest. RTVE had previously stated that Spain would not participate if Israel took part. The decision for 2027 comes at a particularly important moment. The official registration deadline for broadcasters is September 15 , although participating broadcasters have an additional month...

Political tensions and broadcast censorship in Bosnia & Herzegovina are casting a dark shadow over the country’s Eurovision future. Recent domestic events have sparked widespread debate, showing that political polarization inside the country is pushing a potential return to the contest even further away. While the national public broadcaster BHRT has repeatedly expressed a strong desire to return to the Eurovision Song Contest once its financial obligations to the EBU are met, the deep-rooted political divide between the country's public broadcasters continues to stall any real progress. Broadcast Censorship and National Scandals At the center of the recent controversy is RTRS , the pro-Serbian public broadcaster operating within Bosnia & Herzegovina under the BHRT umbrella organization. Tensions erupted after B&H's primary telecommunications provider censored RTRS for airing live coverage of the funeral of convicted Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić, who recently pas...