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Man questioned by police over Eurovision incident as Dutch act misses rehearsals

Source: AP

A man has been questioned by police over allegations of threats at the Eurovision Song Contest.

It is not known whether the Netherlands’ act Joost Klein will perform in the final on Saturday, having missed two scheduled dress rehearsals on Friday while an investigation into an incident was carried out.

The 26-year-old rapper and singer qualified in the semi-final on Thursday with his up-tempo song Europapa, a tribute to his late parents.

Swedish news outlets have

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