Eurovision 2021: COVID and Israel-Gaza conflict threaten to overshadow show as stage is set for final

• The stage is set for a musical European showdown tonight, as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest prepares to get under way. Last year's competition had to be scrapped completely owing to the emergence of coronavirus across the world, making this the first Eurovision since 2019. Undoubtedly, with one of the favourites Iceland having to self-isolate after one of act Dadi Freyr's group testing positive for the illness.