Eurovision: why did our televoters vote so much for Israel?

by ShineLikeCookies

41 comments
  1. Conservative and right wing sadists vote for Israel just as a fuck you to the left and muslim people I believe.

  2. Don’t discount the possibility of Israel using their advanced bot farm for ends such as this.

    Other countries had similar results.

  3. Spanish public also voted 12 points to Israel. Afaik there is no Jewish community in Spain nor are they affectionate for Israel. Looks rigged as hell to me

  4. Not me though (i voted for Germany and Italy, and btw, Belgium is not Belgium anymore… 😑

  5. Not me tho.. i voted for Germany and Italy, and btw, Belgium is not Belgium anymore…

  6. To be expected. Sadly eurovision voting is heavily politicised. Pro israel people vote Israel, if Russia would participate I bet they would be 1 and 2 in the public vote because there is only a pro-vote and no anti-vote

  7. Same as last year. Either not very many people vote for this stuff in general (allowing a small, dedicated voter group each maximizing their 20 votes to dominate), but in a more conspiratorial mood, and considering the sponsors, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was (partially) rigged. Jury votes can’t be tampered with, but only EBU has the stats for the public voting.

  8. Idiots and bot farms. And of course the EBU that sees fit to even allow that shitty country to participate and insult other contestants.

    But the biggest sponsor is an Israeli company so no surprise there.

  9. Because it was one of the only decent songs?

    Personal opinion 1) Israel should have been banned
    Personal opinion 2) their song was one of the non-rubbish songs

  10. Last year Israel deserved their 5th spot, but this year it was a bit too obvious. I ranked them 8 or 9th.

    I believe Sweden should’ve won this year, Estonia 2nd and Austria 3th

  11. I think what’s happened here is that people who support Israel are very likely to support them *everywhere* which includes mass voting in a contest like Eurovision.

    On the other hand, people who do NOT want Israel to win can’t vote AGAINST Israel. Mass voting for other acts is also ineffective because of how many there are.

    Another factor could be that people who are against Israel’s participation will be more likely to boycott Eurovision by not voting, making the results even more skewed.

  12. Simple maths, really.

    Every anti-Israel vote is split among a dozen candidates, yet pro-Israel is all on one candidate.

    Also a shitload of ads, like actually massive spending to get people who don’t care about Eurovision to spend on this.

  13. Maybe they liked the song? Reminding you that it’s a song contest not a political debate

  14. Because they cheat, they have been for years. Same shit they do on every single social media app.

  15. The same reason why the far-right is taking over Europe. People just vote for Israel because they hate Muslims and Arabs.

  16. Pro genocide people have only one country to vote for.

    Anti genocide have dozen.

    Dedicated supporters.

  17. Because it’s rigged. Israel’s promote their music through social media, YouTube etc which is fully forbidden by the EBU. The only reason why Israel is still in Eurovision is because Moroccan oil (sponsor of Eurovision) is an Israeli company

  18. Isreal spends real money promoting their artists, its almost akin to bribing.

  19. Because anything related to Israel & Palestine is extremely politicised.

    If Palestine would be a recognized country and participate in Eurovision, we would probably see pro-Palestinian activists & groups mobilize to urge their followers/members to vote multiple times (one person can vote up to 20 times) for Palestine and it would score probably even higher.

    And now you have the same with Israel: big pro Israel activists & groups who mobilize their followers/members to vote multiple times (max 20 votes/ per person). So even if only a minority of the population would have favourable views of Israel, the dedication of the base and higher rate of voter mobilisation of this base makes a result like this possible.

  20. Because it’s obviously rigged as fuck. There’s nooooo way European public cares enough about the jews to actually give them that much votes.

  21. they didn’t it’s all fake. i used to quite enjoy Eurovision even though most of the music wasn’t my taste/genre. but it was still kind of a big event, it was something to do/watch. just some silly fun. at least it was 20 years ago. now it’s all just politics. nothing is real. isreal is getting so so so much bad press and haters so no way they could get those votes, but they still do because your voice, your vote doesn’t matter. t’s all decided beforehand. They might win despite 40% if the crowd there booing whistling or chanting. and a good portion of the word condemning them

  22. Eurovision: introduces jury voting to counter political influencers and voting for neighbouring countries.

    Jury: proceed to vote for neighbouring countries and politically influenced.

  23. Everyone I know found the results to be weird. Politically driven, rigged, whatever the methos… still too weird to be natural.

  24. It’s almost like most people don’t think like you and the people you’re hearing in your echo chamber isn’t it? Crazy 🙄

  25. Israel shouldn’t be part of Eurovision, its like having Canada or Mexico participating in Eurovision, Israel should be banned as its not European.

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