The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 has begun at the Expo Tel Aviv venue in Israel, with a performance by a cohort of the musical extravaganza’s former stars. The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 has begun at the Expo Tel Aviv venue in Israel, with a performance by a cohort of the musical extravaganza’s former stars. Eurovision Song Contest grand final kicks off in Tel Aviv without Ireland in the raceHowever Ireland crashed out of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday night after Sarah McTernan failed to make it through. The 25-year-old singer from Scariff, Co Clare, was given slim hopes of getting through, but delivered a solid performance of her pop song '22' in Tel Aviv in Israel. The Eurovision contest has come under fire from the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which is accusing Israel of using music to 'whitewash' its policy towards Palestinians.

Source: Irish Independent May 18, 2019 19:49 UTC