In the Eurovision final, which Switzerland won, Israel was represented tornado, by Eden Golan, and received a large number of audience votes. There were a total of 323 points, and they finished second in this vote, which is equal to half the final score. More points than Israel, whose presence was the most controversial element of this 68th edition of the festival, were obtained only by Croatia with 337 points. The two countries are followed by Ukraine, which received 307 points.
But Golan ended up finishing fifth in the final table. The truth is that, in the vote of the international arbitration committees, which were announced first, it received only 52 points, meaning that it came in twelfth place. In total, from the jury and the audience, the two ended up with 375 points, thus becoming fifth in the overall standings. This happened despite, or perhaps because of, everything happening in Gaza, where more than 34,000 people have been killed since the Hamas attack on October 7, strong protests by some rivals and the public and demonstrations at Malmö Gate. The square and the rest of the Swedish city. In April for the newspaper Israel HayomGolan said that when he returns from Eurovision, he will perform his mandatory military service, the conscription of which was postponed due to the festival. He describes this military service as “important” – he used the same word to describe his participation in the Eurovision contest on behalf of the country – adding that he wants to “experience military bands performing”.
Who voted for Israel? In Portugal, the jury vote did not go to Israel, which in turn gave three points to our country. But he won the popular vote by 12 points. At Eurovision, in the television broadcasting system, introduced in 1998, each person can vote 20 times, giving a maximum of 24 points to the country they want, as long as it is not their own.
Other countries that gave the highest internal scores to Israel were, as can be seen in location Eurovision officialIneligible: Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. “Rest of the world”, countries that are not in competition and are therefore also grouped. Albania, Austria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Moldova and Slovenia received 10 points, the second highest score. Compare this with the votes of international juries, in which the maximum was 8 points for Israel, Cyprus, Germany and Norway, and in which each announcement from the official spokespeople was greeted, in the arena, with loud cheers.
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