“It’s Never Not Political When It Comes to the Eurovision Song Contest” : A Reception Study on How Political Implications Affect European Viewership and the Vision of ‘Uniting by Music’
Journal: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Year: 2025

This thesis examines the viewership of the Eurovision Song Contest in relation to its 2024 edition, which showcased a range of issues that impacted viewership. These issues included controversy about the exclusion of Russia, the inclusion of Israel amidst the Palestine conflict, and the disqualification of the Dutch artist Joost Klein. Using a mixed method research design of netnography of a Reddit online community and semi-structured interviews with Eurovision viewers, this thesis aims to under