Bambie Thug declares ‘Fuck the EBU’ in post-Eurovision press interview

nme.com:

Bambie Thug has spoken out against the EBU during post-Eurovision interviews, claiming that they don’t fully represent “what Eurovision is”.The self-described ‘ouija-pop’ artist came sixth in the annual contest, which was won by Switzerland representative Nemo.

At the end of their performance, they proclaimed “Love will triumph over hate!”The Cork singer has also faced significant challenges throughout the competition due to their pro-Palestinian stance.

It was revealed they were forced to remove the words ‘ceasefire’ and ‘freedom for Palestine’ in a medieval script from their costume due to Eurovision’s political neutrality clause.

A now-deleted TikTok showed Bambie reacting to the decision, telling the camera: “It’s fucked up”.Now, they have criticised the EBU in more direct terms and also revealed that the atmosphere around this year’s controversial edition of the contest had been “so hard and so horrible”.“I’m so proud of Nemo winning,” they said, sounding close to tears. “I’m so proud that all of us are in the top 10 that have been fighting for this shit behind the scenes because it has been so hard and so horrible for us.