It's never happened before at the Eurovision Song Contest: a country kicked out of the final because of an "incident" caused by the singer.

Joost Klein will not be singing in the final of the festival, which starts later today at 8pm.

The Dutchman is being investigated following a complaint lodged by a member (a woman) of the event's production team.

The organizing body, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced the singer's expulsion on Saturday, the day of the final.

In a statement, the EBU explains that, as legal proceedings are underway against the singer, it would not be "appropriate" for Joost Klein to take the stage.

It's not clear what happened. Swedish TV station SVT reported that Klein assaulted either a photographer or a cameraman.

And now the EBU confirms that there has indeed been a complaint from someone in the production - but without revealing the content of the case.

The EBU also guarantees that the incident did not involve anyone from another country taking part in the festival. There had been rumors of an assault on someone from the Israeli entourage, after the Israeli had allegedly mocked the death of the singer's parents (Europapa's lyrics are dedicated to his parents).

With "zero tolerance for inappropriate behavior", the EBU decided to expel the singer from the Netherlands.

On Friday, the accused singer no longer took part in a kind of dress rehearsal and the Dutch flag was removed from the performers' area.

A journalist from Israel tried to approach Joost Klein to tease the Dutchman: "Where have you been? We missed you on stage"

There had indeed been a tense moment with Israel's singer Eden Golan during a press conference on Thursday.

When the Israeli was asked if her participation was a security risk, elements of the EBU told Golan that she didn't need to answer.

"Why not?" asked the Dutchman from across the table. And during the Israeli's answer, Joost Klein covered himself with the Dutch flag and crossed his arms, apparently disgusted.

The Netherlands were at the top of the favorites to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Along with Israel or Croatia.

In fact, on the eve of the final, the New York Times published a list of favorites and the Netherlands was the first country on the list.

In a final with 25 countries, Portugal will be the 17th to appear. Iolanda will "shout" to the whole world.