{"id":45142,"date":"2026-05-17T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/45142\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:06:13","slug":"eurovision-fans-fume-they-did-him-dirty-as-finalist-breaks-silence-over-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/45142\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision fans fume ‘they did him dirty’ as finalist breaks silence over blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Czechia act was denied the chance to reperform the song<\/p>\n

09:32, 17 May 2026Updated 09:33, 17 May 2026<\/p>\n

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There was reportedly a few blunders on stage(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

A Eurovision competitor has reportedly lodged a formal complaint following a technical error during their performance in the 2026 final. <\/a>While providing his commentary, Graham Norton disclosed that a camera operator had fallen while Czechia’s act was on stage.<\/p>\n

Daniel Zizka had been performing Crossroads, but as the song concluded, Graham paused to address the mishaps.<\/p>\n

He said: “A great performance vocally, but quite a few technical problems there. That did not happen in any of the rehearsals, the distorted picture. And I think the cameraman inside the mirrors, I think he fell? I’m not quite sure, but Czechia won’t be happy about that.”<\/p>\n

Introducing the subsequent act, Graham added: “But the show goes on!” Yet, according to the Super TV Twitter<\/a> account, a formal complaint has been submitted. The post on X stated, “The Czechia delegation submitted a complaint but has been denied a second go.”<\/p>\n

Below the post, they claimed, “There was a small camera issue during the performance of Czechia’s song at the Grand Final. The performance and audio were not affected, so the song will not be performed again.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool Echo has contacted the BBC for comment, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Zizka has a mishap during his Eurovision performance(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

The ruling divided fans, with one responding beneath the post, “Rightly so to be honest, it didn’t really affect anything! And not really a frontrunner.”<\/p>\n

Another said, “A SMALL camera issue?? … SMALL.”<\/p>\n

While a third added, “He is the best singer this year, but alas, they did him dirty.” Another viewer chimed in, “Yeah, people are NOT gonna agree with this decision.”<\/p>\n

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Following the Eurovision final, Daniel Zizka broke his silence on Instagram. He wrote, “No matter what happened, I enjoyed every single second of that performance, and I sang this song for YOU!<\/p>\n

“Thank you for all your incredible support, all your votes, your messages, and your love tonight. It truly means everything to me.<\/p>\n

“Spread love, not hate. Eurovision is about standing united.”<\/p>\n

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Czechia act was denied the chance to reperform the song 09:32, 17 May 2026Updated 09:33, 17 May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20858],"tags":[11004,20859,20863,20860],"class_list":["post-45142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eurovision","tag-bbc","tag-eurovision","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-eurovision-song-contest-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}