BBC News
By Drew Miller Hyndman
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This year s Eurovision entry from Norway, TIX, has arrived with more than just music on his agenda. To me Eurovision is not much about the contest, especially this year. It s the biggest arena to talk about diversity, acceptance and inclusion.
TIX - real name Andreas Haukeland - takes his name from the tics he has due to his Tourette s Syndrome.
During the semi-final on Tuesday, TIX showed his tics live on stage by removing his sunglasses.
He describes that moment as one of the most difficult things I could ever do as his tics just go bananas .