“Yuval Raphael places first in Eurovision televotes – Israel Culture”
Como se cube “sore loser”?
That’s the query Eurovision followers, whose votes put Israel’s Eurovision music “New Day Will Rise” by Yuval Raphael in first place with the viewers, after the Spanish Broadcasting Authority (RTVE) launched a press release Sunday that it intends to enchantment to the European Broadcasting Authority (EBU) demanding a reassessment of the viewers voting system utilized in Eurovision.
However the director of Eurovision, Martin Inexperienced, countered RTVE’s request by saying, “The televoting system currently used in Eurovision is considered the most advanced in the world today, combining advanced verification processes, data security mechanisms and analytical review of voting patterns. there is no suspicion of bias or irregularities in the awarding of points – not even in relation to the full score given to Israel by Spanish viewers.”
Spanish televoters gave Israel “douze points,” the very best rating, which was a part of Israel’s 297 viewers votes.
Spain’s nationwide jury didn’t give Israel any factors, however twelve nations plus the “rest of the world” vote gave Israel their high scores.
Spain’s music, “Esa Diva” by Melody, acquired solely 9 factors from televoters and no “douze points” from any nationwide juries. It got here in twenty fourth out of 37 nations.
Spain’s Eurovision broadcast contained political messaging on Gaza conflict
Spanish hosts Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar selected to touch upon the conflict between Hamas and Israel in the course of the second semifinal, saying, “The victims of the Israeli attacks in Gaza now exceed 50,000, including more than 15,000 children, according to the United Nations.”
Flagrantly ignoring the warning of the EBU to not inject political messages into the music contest, the Spanish nationwide public broadcaster aired the next message earlier than the ultimate started: “In the face of human rights, silence is not an option. Peace and justice for Palestine.”
On Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, also jumped into the Eurovision fray, putting aside less pressing responsibilities to call for Israel to be banned, saying that the EBU has a “double standard” because it allows Israel to participate but banned Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The EBU has repeatedly said in statements that Eurovision is a competition between public broadcasters, not governments, and that Israel’s public broadcaster did break any EBU rules, while Russia’s did.
The Spanish prime minister and the country’s national broadcaster weren’t the only ones expressing outrage about how Israel fared.
Another disgruntled also-ran, Erika Vikman of Finland, whose song, “Ich Kommen,” got here in eleventh, was quoted by the web site Euromix as saying, “Today, I read in the Finnish media that Israel managed to mobilize an enormous number of votes. I think it’s really unfair.” Finland’s public broadcaster, Yle, stated the broadcaster would ask the EBU to think about updating guidelines that allowed a single viewer to vote as much as 20 instances in the course of the ultimate.
Perhaps Spain and Finland were simply heeding the advice in “New Day Will Rise,” not to cry alone.
But not everyone begrudged Raphael her win or wanted her to be banned. According to a report on the website, EurovisionFun.com, journalist Dr. Martin Gak reported in the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet that the German public broadcaster ARD threatened to withdraw from the contest if the EBU decided to exclude Israel.
Gak cited an EBU source that claimed that ARD pressured other participating public broadcasters, saying if Israel were barred, Germany would also withdraw.
Raphael, for her part, praised the Eurovision winner, “Wasted Love” by Austria’s JJ, calling it, “Incredible.”
Jerusalem Publish Employees contributed to this report.
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