Dutch Eurovision singer Joost Klein has been banned from rehearsals after an incident with an Israeli contestant

Dutch Eurovision contestant Joost Klein was mysteriously excluded from dress rehearsals ahead of tomorrow’s final and is now the subject of an investigation by the European Broadcasting Union over an unspecified “incident”. Klein was abruptly pulled from the morning rehearsal on Friday and was absent from the evening rehearsal that evening, potentially affecting his chances of winning the singing competition as national juries vote on the performances of those dress rehearsals. However, the EBU provided little information about the reported incident billboard reported rumors of a backstage incident between Klein and another person on the show. The night before, Klein attacked Israeli singer Eden Golan during a press conference, asking her if her participation posed a security risk to everyone else. When the moderator told Golan she didn’t have to answer, Klein burst out: “Why not?” Israel is in sixth place, just behind the Netherlands.