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Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been dropped from Saturday’s Eurovision final just hours before the event is due to begin. Despite Klein’s disqualification being due to an incident with a female production crew member, there had been widespread speculation that it was connected to tension between Klein and the Israeli contestant. Klein had failed to perform at two dress rehearsals on Friday in the Swedish city of Malmo, and organisers had said they were investigating an “incident.” “Swedish police have investigated a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident f…

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