Madonna was briefly prevented from entering the venue for the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel on Thursday morning for a rehearsal because she hasn’t yet signed a contract to appear on the show, according to local reports.
Madge and her entourage tried to enter the arena in Tel Aviv to rehearse her performance scheduled for Saturday’s final of the international song competition, the Times of Israel reported.
Eurovision executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand ordered that the star be denied access because of the unsigned paperwork, according to Israel’s Channel 2.
But sources close to the Material Girl refuted the reports of her delay in getting access.
“It’s all nonsense,” a pal told The Post on Thursday. “She walked right in with [her manager] Guy Oseary. There was no delay, no hesitation.”
The source added that, “It has nothing to do with the contract. The contract was agreed upon for some time.”
A local TV show reported Wednesday night that the 60-year-old singer was squabbling with the European Broadcasting Union, which runs the contest, over anti-Christian imagery in her 1989 hit “Like A Prayer,” one of the songs she plans to perform.
Eventually, an agreement was reached with the European Broadcasting Union and Madonna was allowed inside.
Sand had similarly instructed Wednesday that she not be granted access to the site in the coastal city but relented after the singer’s team threatened that she would cancel her performance.
In addition to “Like A Prayer,” which Madonna will perform with a choir of 35 singers, sources also confirmed to The Post that she will debut her new song, “Future,” with the Migos rapper Quavo.
A source also said the pop diva is footing most of the bill for her performance from her own pocket. Reports have said that Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams was picking up the entire tab for her appearance.
Madonna arrived in Israel on Tuesday night, defying calls by pro-Palestinian activists for her to boycott the event, which Israel is hosting this year.
In a statement before her trip, Madonna said she was determined to perform despite the boycott calls.
“I’ll never stop playing music to suit someone’s political agenda nor will I stop speaking out against violations of human rights wherever in the world they may be,” she said in a statement.
The Material Girl — who releases her 14th album, Madame X, on June 14 – posted a photograph of herself on Twitter on Thursday morning in which she is seen clutching a mike wearing oversized rings on each hand, including a large M and a red X.
“Madame X. Is. Praying,” she wrote, along with an emoji of hands in prayer.
Little known in the UN, the Eurovision Song Contest is watched by about 200 million viewers worldwide.