Dutch act barred from second Eurovision final rehearsal amid ‘incident’ probe

Dutch act barred from second Eurovision final rehearsal amid ‘incident’ probe
Dutch Eurovision act Joost Klein (LocalEyes/Alamy)

Joost Klein, the Eurovision Song Contest entrant for the Netherlands, will not perform in a second dress rehearsal for the grand final while an investigation into an unspecified “incident” continues, the organisers have said.

The 26-year-old Dutch rapper and singer qualified at the Malmo Arena venue in Sweden on Thursday evening with his up-tempo song Europapa, a tribute to his late parents.

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