""Last year I won Eurovision and with it I was awarded the trophy. And even though I'm immensely grateful for the community around this contest and everything this experience has taught me both as a person and artist, today no longer feel this trophy belongs on my shelf," they wrote."
""Eurovision says it stands for unity, inclusion, and dignity for all. Those values made this contest meaningful to me.""
""But Israel's continued participation, during what the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry has concluded to be a genocide, shows a clear conflict between those ideals and the decisions made by the EBU," they added."
Nemo will return the Grand Prix trophy to the European Broadcasting Union in protest against Israel's inclusion in the 2026 contest. Nemo became the first non-binary performer to win Eurovision in 2024. Nemo no longer feels the trophy belongs on their shelf despite expressing gratitude for the contest community and the personal and artistic growth from the experience. Eurovision is identified with unity, inclusion, and dignity for all, values described as central to the contest's meaning. The UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry has concluded that actions amount to genocide, and Israel's participation is framed as conflicting with those ideals and EBU decisions.
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