Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together Mismanagement and political campaigning have sucked the joy out of an event meant to bring people together For the past two years, amid intensifying controversy over Israel’s participation in Eurovision , I and most other Eurovision superfans have stuck by the contest, despite clear misgivings. This week, however, as the usual collection of power ballads and jokey songs compete in Vienna,