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Eurovision Defends Voting System After Complaints over Israel’s 2nd Place Finish - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

  • Israeli entrant Yuval Raphael finished second in the Eurovision Song Contest grand final held in Basel, Switzerland, in May 2025 after winning the public vote but receiving zero jury points.
  • The event followed a campaign including Israeli government-funded videos urging viewers in multiple countries to vote up to 20 times for Israel amid ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict tensions.
  • Several European broadcasters, including Spain’s RTVE and Belgium’s VRT, raised concerns about the televote integrity and requested an audit of Eurovision’s voting system citing irregularities.
  • Eurovision director Martin Green defended the voting process as “the most advanced in the world” and affirmed results undergo extensive verification to exclude irregular voting patterns.
  • The controversy highlights tensions over Eurovision’s impartiality, with some calling for Israel’s exclusion and others demanding greater voting transparency, raising questions about the contest’s political neutrality.
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argia.eus broke the news in on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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