Awarded by Israeli Netta Barzilai last year, the Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled for next May in Tel Aviv. A location that aroused the protests of many supporters of the Palestinian cause, some of whom invaded Saturday evening the set of Destination Eurovision , live on France 2.

A flash appearance on the screen. Ten minutes after the start of the show, which is to select the candidate of France for the event, four protesters were introduced on stage. Last year's winner had just finished her song Toy when a woman holding a "No to Eurovision 2019 in Israel" sign briefly appeared on the screen. The camera almost immediately swung onto a wide shot, so that viewers only glimpsed it. The activists were quickly evacuated, and the second semifinal of the competition organized by France 2 resumed normally.

"No to Eurovision 2019 in Israel!": The plateau of #DestinationEurovision briefly invaded pic.twitter.com/h800QoiwUp

- Grégory Leclerc (@GregLeclerc) January 19, 2019

The happening was claimed on Twitter by the pro-Palestinian movement "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" (BDS). "Live on @ France2tv, BDS activists disrupt the #DestinationEurovision broadcast to protest the holding of Eurovision 2019 in Israel No public service in the service of apartheid!", Welcomed collective.

Live on @ France2tv, BDS activists disrupt the #DestinationEurovision broadcast to protest the holding of Eurovision 2019 in Israel. No public service at the service of apartheid! # # DestinationApartheid BoycottEurovision2019pic.twitter.com / 7rxISQKq83

- BDS France (@Campagnebds) 19 January 2019

"Dialogue between peoples". Protesters will not be prosecuted, according to information from 20 Minutes , who spotted the incident. France 2 has simply recalled in a statement France's willingness to participate in this new edition of Eurovision, a "must-see variety show" that "focuses on conveying humanistic values". "Eurovision is above all an entertainment of an international scale [...] with universal ambition for dialogue between peoples, openness and living together," said the channel.