As Eurovision approaches: where are all the protest singers?

Ahead of Eurovision and calls for Bambie Thug and other artists to boycott the competition, Suzanne Harrington wonders if protest singers are a dying breed

Bambie Thug performing Doomsday Blue wins The Late Late Eurosong Special to represent Ireland in Malmö, Sweden in May of this year at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. Photo Andres Poveda

As the Eurovision looms, the sugary pop event has been poisoned by the presence of Israel. 

Unlike Russia, Israel has not been excluded from the competition, despite its ongoing massacre of Palestinian civilians.