Bambie Thug shares cover of The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’, shares “prayers for Palestine” as they speak out on Eurovision censorship

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Eurovision entry Bambie Thug has shared an eerie cover of The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’ and spoken out in support of Palestine ahead of this weekend’s finale.The non-binary singer will be representing Ireland at the final of the song contest in Malmö, Sweden, and has become Ireland’s first finalist since 2018.

They won their place in Saturday’s final (May 11) with a performance of ‘Doomsday Blue’ at Tuesday’s (May 7) semi-finals.They have been listed as in the top 10 favourites to win the competition this year, and told NME that they are hoping to “give the best performance I can and try to connect in those three minutes to those millions of viewers”.That being said, there has been pressure on contestants, including Thug and UK representative Olly Alexander, to boycott the event in solidarity with Palestine.

In a collective statement, the two reaffirmed their pro-Palestine stance whilst announcing they would not boycott.However, the singer has been vocal about their support for those in Gaza, and was recently forced to change their pro-Palestine message by the competition’s organisers.The decision came after they wore body paint in Ogham script – an early Mediaeval alphabet – which translated to ceasefire and freedom, but was later revealed to have “contravened contest rules that are designed to protect the non-political nature of the event”.Speaking of the change, Bambie Thug said: “It was very important for me because I’m pro-justice and pro-peace.

Unfortunately, I had to change those messages today to ‘crown the witch’ only (which was an) order from the EBU.”Now, they have shared an eerie cover of the classic Cranberries track ‘Zombie’, and reaffirmed their support for those suffering in Palestine.The song was originally.