Netherlands breaks silence after Joost Klein’s Eurovision disqualification and slams ‘disproportionate’ ban

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The official page of the Netherlands' Songfestival, which sends acts to Eurovision Song Contest, has finally broken its silence on Dutch act Joost Klein's disqualification.They revealed that the incident leading to Joost's disqualification involved him being filmed despite his repeated objections.The statement from the Netherlands' Songfestival also mentioned that Dutch radio and television broadcaster AVROTROS found Joost Klein's disqualification "disproportionate".

Detailing why Eurovision officials have barred Joost from participating in Saturday's final, the statement read: "An incident occurred after last Thursday's performance.

Against clearly made agreements, Joost was filmed when he had just gotten off stage and had to rush to the greenroom." "At that moment, Joost repeatedly indicated that he did not want to be filmed.This wasn't respected.This led to a threatening movement from Joost towards the camera.

Joost did not touch the camera woman." "This incident was reported, followed by an investigation by the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and police.