Ireland’s Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug is one of the favourites to win this year's contest, but should the Cork musician – and the public - be boycotting the competition altogether? With Israel’s participation continuing to provoke intense debate, calls for the country to be removed from the competition appear to have fallen on deaf ears. 
 
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