Netherlands leaves Eurovision as maxxing is named word of the year

Netherlands Public Broadcasting has withdrawn the Netherlands from the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. The stated concern is participation by Israel. The broadcaster is NPO. The contest year is 2027.

AVROTROS had already withdrawn in August. NPO then failed to find another broadcaster. The country withdrawal follows that failure. The concern named throughout is Israel participation.

The contest is the Eurovision Song Contest. The country stepping back is the Netherlands. The year of the contest affected is 2027. The earlier withdrawal month named for AVROTROS is August.

Separately, Dictionary.com named maxxing its word of the year for 2026. The reason given is a surge in use across social media. The word named is maxxing. The year of the designation is 2026.

The Eurovision decision is a broadcasting and cultural withdrawal. The word-of-the-year decision is a language designation. They are separate cultural reports from this period. One names Israel participation as the concern, and the other names social-media usage as the reason.

NPO is the Dutch broadcaster that completed the withdrawal. AVROTROS is the broadcaster that had withdrawn in August. Dictionary.com is the source of the word-of-the-year choice. The recorded cultural items are the Eurovision exit and the selection of maxxing.