Ryan Clark appears to have skipped his elevator interview with Israel Eurovision entry Eden Golan.
The TV presenter, 35, who is part of the frontman of the BBC's Eurovision coverage interviewed the participants in an elevator before the match TikTok page.
However, when it came time for Eden's elevator interview, Rylan was nowhere to be seen and she instead answered questions in an automated voice.
Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been controversial, with some believing the country should not be included given the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
While it is unclear why Rylan was not present for the interview, fans on social media have speculated that the host may have made a political statement.
Rylan Clark appears to have skipped his elevator interview with Israeli Eurovision entry Eden Golan
When it came time for Eden's elevator interview, Rylan was nowhere to be seen and she instead answered questions in an automated voice.
Some users wrote: 'So even Rylan didn't want to be with her'… 'I love how Rylan refused to film with her.'
“Why wasn't she interviewed by Rylan?”… “Not Rylan refusing to film with her”… “Not Rylan refusing to do Eden Golan's elevator interview.”
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Rylan Clark for comment.
The European Broadcasting Union decided to allow Israel to do this Participatewith Deputy Director General Jean Philip De Tender noting that 'The Eurovision Song Contest is a music event… and not a competition between countries or governments.'
Golan reached the final following a public vote after thousands of protesters demonstrated in Malmö demanding she be excluded from the competition.
The 20-year-old singer took to the stage in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest to sing the emotional Hurricane, which reworked from an earlier song called October Rain, presumably referring to the Hamas attacks on Israel.
She opened with a back bow, before launching into her song and receiving claps and cheers from the audience while dressed in a flowing sand-colored dress.
It comes next That was Golan was ordered to remain in her hotel room earlier today by her country's national security service, when thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters called for her to be excluded from the competition.
Rylan, who is part of the BBC's Eurovision Song Contest coverage, interviewed the contestants in a lift for the competition's TikTok page.
Golan reached the final following a public vote after thousands of protesters demonstrated in Malmö calling for her exclusion from the competition.
Golan was booed on Wednesday by some spectators watching the rehearsals and was reportedly shouted about “free Palestine.”
It was previously reported that Israel's Shin Bet national security service had warned Golan not to leave her hotel room except for performances as Malmö anticipated the wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
The prediction was correct: as many as 5,000 people took to the streets today, including the young Swede – who was pictured wearing a keffiyeh, a black and white scarf usually used to show support for Palestine, around her body in central Palestine . the crowd in a sea of Palestinian flags.
“Young people are leading the way and showing the world how to respond to this,” Greta Thunberg told Reuters. She declined to comment on why she joined the protest, saying only that it was “fine” when the march took place.
During the demonstrations, smoke canisters in the colors of the Palestinian flag were set off and demonstrators, some of whom had dogs, young children and bicycles with them, carried signs with images of Gaza civilians injured during the Hamas-Israel conflict.
While it is unclear why Rylan was not present for the interview, fans on social media have speculated that the host may have made a political statement.
Other banners read, among other things, “welcome to the genocide song contest” and “stop using the Eurovision Song Contest to whitewash Israeli crimes.”
The Hamas attack killed about 1,200 people in Israel and about 250 people were kidnapped by gunmen and taken back to Gaza. Since then, Israeli attacks on the coastal area have resulted in more than 34,000 deaths and a humanitarian catastrophe.
According to the Malmö police, there is a high degree of security around the delegations from all countries. “We are of course keeping a little extra eye on Israel because of the situation,” police incident commander Lotta Svensson told Reuters on Sunday.
The EBU, which organizes the event, has resisted calls to exclude Israel but has asked the country to change the lyrics of the original song 'October Rain'.
Despite concerns about her safety, Ms Golan says she has received a lot of support and has not seen any negative comments about her previous song October Rain.
Commentators felt that some of the original lyrics, such as “There's no air left to breathe” and “They were all good children, all of them,” were about the victims of the Hamas attack and were therefore considered too political.
“I was quite shocked when the European Broadcasting Union did not approve the song,” Ms Golan said.
“I don't think the first version was political. The song is about a girl going through her own problems and her own emotions. It had nothing to do with October 7.”
Initially, Israeli state television network Kan, which provided the song, said it would prefer Eden withdraw from the competition rather than change the lyrics.
Eden Golan from Israel celebrated reaching the final during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö
The 20-year-old singer took the stage to sing the emotional song Hurricane
The song Hurricane is reworked from an earlier song called October Rain, presumably referring to the Hamas attacks on Israel
Only after an intervention by the country's president, Isaac Herzog, who called for the 'necessary adjustments', was it relented.
Mrs. Golan told the Mail that the controversy 'caught me off guard'.
She said: 'I was shocked and confused. But when they said we had to change the lyrics, I said, 'Let's do everything we can to make it happen.'
'I feel that our participation in the Eurovision Song Contest this year is very important and has much more meaning than any other year.'
After several revisions, October Rain was renamed Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
Musically it's the same song, but the lyrics are more generic, the references to the massacre replaced by phrases like “every day I'm going crazy” and “I'm still broken from this hurricane.”
The ending of the song, which Golan sings in Hebrew, has also been changed.
Golan was ordered by her country's national security service to remain in her hotel room as thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated in Malmö, calling for her to be banned from the match.
The original payout, which referenced poisoned air and dead children, has been changed to: “No big words needed, just prayers.” Even when it's hard to see, you always leave a little light for me.”
The singer – who arrived in the city last week wearing a yellow pin symbolizing support for the release of hostages held by Hamas – insists she is safe in Malmö despite the threats against her.
“I get a lot of love and support from my family and from the professional team that has become like a family.”
She added: “Protests are obviously not pleasant, but I can't wait to get up there on stage and try to make people feel something in the three minutes I have.” I am very focused on my mission.”