The 25-year-old Swiss singer told News, “I felt very alone.” “I really hope they have things in place for the next year.”
Nemo, who won the competition in May, adding that the occasion had “in a way” been overshadowed by the political situation. They recently released their first single.
The organization that oversees Eurovision, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced that it has made modifications that will provide contestants “more clarity and protection” in the future.
There were pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the streets of Malmö, the Swedish host city, and calls for Israel to be disqualified from the competition in the run-up to this year’s Eurovision due to the nation’s military action in Gaza.
Nemo was among the competitors who allegedly received threats to quit the competition, while Israel’s Eden Golan was also said to have received death threats.
They stopped before responding when asked if the organizers had done enough to help the competitors at the time.
“Not at all. I don’t believe so,” they murmured. “Because it took a while for them to respond to artists who wrote to them, and I occasionally felt really alone with a lot of things, or at least with the other artists.”
