Netherlands to Skip Eurovision Again, Citing Lack of Neutrality
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The Netherlands will not join the Eurovision Song Contest again. This is the second year without the country in the show.
Eurovision is a big music contest. Many countries in Europe send a singer each year. People watch and vote for their favorite song.
The Netherlands says Eurovision is not neutral anymore. Neutral means fair to everyone, with no one side.
Some people ask if this withdrawal can hurt the future of Eurovision. A withdrawal means you stop joining something.
Other countries have not said they will leave too. But some people worry more countries could follow the Netherlands.
Vocabulary15 words
- Eurovision
- a big music show where countries in Europe send a singer to compete
- contest
- a competition where people try to win
- neutral
- fair to all sides; not choosing one side
- withdrawal
- stopping being part of something
- compete
- to try to win against others
- consecutive
- happening one after another without a break
- boycott
- to stop joining something to show you disagree
- vote
- to choose who or what you like best
- singer
- a person who sings
- future
- the time that will come
- fair
- right and equal for everyone
- join
- to become part of a group or event
- announce
- to tell people something important
- country
- a place with its own government, like France or Spain
- worry
- to feel afraid something bad will happen
Quiz
Answer key
1. It will not join Eurovision again 2. It thinks Eurovision is not neutral 3. False