This was the scene when Israel's Yuval Raphael, our guest on last week's show, performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland.
Now, in the run-up to the competition, Yuval faced demonstrations, threats, and boos.
The media told us that Israel's entry was controversial and contentious despite being in Eurovision since 1973 and winning four times.
And yet, by the time the contest was finished, Israel had almost won, finishing a close second.
Spanish TV put up a defamatory slide before the show was broadcast, but the Spanish public gave maximum points to Israel.
Irish TV tried to intercede with the contest organizers to ban Israel, but the Irish singer crashed out in the semi-final when Israel went through.
Oh, and the Irish public gave Israel its second-highest votes.