Lebanon
officially withdraws from the ESC 2005 (20 May 05)
According to Lebanese national legislation, Télé-Liban is not
permitted to broadcast the performance of the Israeli participant, thereby
breaching the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.
Big
Brother evictee sorry for Jew remark (18 May 05)
Big Brother evictee Nelson Russell has apologised to Australia's Jewish community
after being evicted from the reality TV series