Eurovision Defends Voting System After Complaints over Israel’s 2nd Place Finish - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- The Eurovision Song Contest grand final took place last weekend in Basel, Switzerland, with Austria's JJ winning and Israel's Yuval Raphael finishing second.
- The Israeli government's extensive online campaign urging votes for Raphael, coupled with voting rules allowing up to 20 paid votes per viewer, prompted concerns over vote manipulation.
- Several European broadcasters including Spain's RTVE and Belgium's VRT formally questioned Israel's televote results, citing Israel's public vote dominance yet jury zero points.
- Eurovision director Martin Green defended the voting as reliable and unbiased, stating that an independent review process checks for irregular patterns and ensures result validity.
- The controversy led to calls for full voting transparency and an independent audit by the EBU, while some broadcasters warned they may reconsider future participation without resolution.
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Eurovision bosses hit back at 'rigged' voting row after Israel result: 'Most advanced in the world!'
Eurovision's voting system has come under intense scrutiny after Israel's second-place finish in this year's contest, with multiple broadcasters demanding an investigation into potential manipulation
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Read Full ArticleEurovision defends voting system after complaints over Israel’s 2nd place finish - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Organizers of Eurovision are defending its voting system after several countries’ broadcasters raised questions about Israel’s victory in the international song contest’s audience poll. Israel’s Yuval Raphael took second place in the widely-watched contest last weekend, buoyed by a runaway first-place finish in the audience vote, in which viewers in the competing countries can cast ballots up to 20 times for their favorite songs, at the cost of …
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