Eurovision Issues Formal Warning to Israeli Broadcaster
The union said KAN broke voting rules after videos urged fans to cast all 10 votes for Israel, prompting a formal warning.
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Israel has received a ‘formal warning’ from the EBU, the broadcasting umbrella that organizes the Eurovision Song Contest, that it is no longer allowed to call for ten votes for the country. Yet, this happened last week. On social media, the Israeli participant called on people to cast all ten available votes for Israel in a series of promotional videos in multiple languages.
Israel's actions speak volumes.
En reklamkampanj om att rösta på Israel i Eurovision Song Contest stoppas, skriver Aftonbladet.
The Eurovision Song Contest continues its extreme protection of Israel. After the revelation of its latest massive campaign to garner votes for its representative, the EBU has left the Middle Eastern country's delegation unpunished for this action, which the new regulations they approved to avoid a vote for its expulsion "discourage." According to several media outlets and experts such as ESCGabe, the Contest organizers have only issued a warnin…
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