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Networks demand probe after Israel came second (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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The national broadcasters for Spain and Belgium have complained to the competition's organisers after Israel came second and won the public vote by a landslide.

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[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have they never seen Eurovision before? That's how it works pretty much every other year.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure but has it been done to help whitewash a genocide before?

[–] alex@jlai.lu 17 points 2 days ago

Yes, last year.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yea they should have come last.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

For moral reasons, yes.

In terms of song quality and performance it was fine. Not especially good. It definitely shouldn't have left sided over Poland, Denmark, and Spain.