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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Philip Oltermann European culture editor

Sweden closes investigation into barred Eurovision contestant Joost Klein

Joost Klein of the Netherlands performs, wearing a blue suit with enormous shoulder pads.
The singer was barred from performing his song Europapa just hours before the Eurovision final on 11 May. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Sweden has closed an investigation into the Dutch Eurovision contestant Joost Klein, who was disqualified from the 2024 final in Malmö after a camera operator accused him of “threatening” behaviour, the prosecution authority has announced.

The singer was barred from performing his song Europapa hours before the Eurovision final on 11 May, after a female member of the production crew claimed he had made a threatening movement towards her after his semi-final performance two days earlier.

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