Nikkie de Jager will not be handing out points on behalf of the Netherlands during the Eurovision Song Contest final. It doesn’t look good,’ the makeup artist says in a video message shown at a preview of the finale.
In addition, the responsible broadcaster AVROTROS stated that it “does not feel called upon” to distribute points.
“Now that AVROTROS is no longer part of the Eurovision Song Contest final, we don’t feel called upon to hand out live points,” the presenter said. “In consultation with Nikki de Jager, who will be our spokesperson tonight, we decided against it. Just like Nikki, we imagined this evening very differently.
‘dream’
De Jager said on Instagram that displaying the points result would be a “dream” come true. But this moment should not distract from the goal: announcing the points. “Whatever I decide to do tonight, attend, make a statement, not attend, or say nothing, I don’t think I will be able to choose the right thing to do,” De Jager wrote.
The YouTuber and makeup artist “like many others” did not expect the evening to turn out this way. “Let’s hope music will actually unite us in the future.”
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