Really interesting. Of course many would have voted purely on the song itself, which was strong. But it also shows that there is a lot of hidden support for Israel across Europe. The loudest are not always the majority.
Or maybe not. Perhaps the majority support Israel. Have you been to Europe? Iâm actually here right now.
Sometimes people refuse to see the reality of a situation, particularly those caught up in a popular movement/protest. They canât accept theyâre not the majority, and have to look for some other âreasonâ. Similar situation with the Voice referendum. Many still canât accept the result and that they were in the minority.
Europe is still overwhelmingly a Judeo-Christian society. Are we forgetting the outpouring of support for Israel immediately following the October attacks? Even though the majority may not support whatâs happening right now it doesnât mean they agree with Palestine and Hamas either. Blaming bots or only angry âminoritiesâ for the results is ridiculous and classic confirmation bias.
yep and a lot of people boycotting voting at all in protest at Israel competing. Thatâs also going to tip the scales in Israelâs favour.
Also I saw on socials that Israel was also aggressively targetting marketing for votes, including a billboard at Times Square. It was alleged that this is not allowed under EBU rules but I am not aware of a specific rule that exists about that. Someone more fluent in ESC might know for sure.
We also canât rule out the possibility of bots being used to flood voting lines. I am not saying this happened here, but given such a politically-divisive issue has infiltrated the contest, to see an overwhelmingly high vote for Israel across so many countries it could have been possible.
Maybe, although some broadcasters have no ad breaks at all e.g. BBC. But weâve long known SBS to be a bit brutal with chopping out segments.
I wouldnât mind if thet delayed the telecast to fit in more ads so we didnât actually miss stuff. I guess we missed more audience and green room interviews.
Last nightâs telecast went to midnight as it was. They couldnât have stretched it any later.
there have been years weâve missed whole chunks of interval acts etc, particularly for the prime-time replay here so they can fit in their own content. The live broadcasts arenât as bad because itâs live and they wouldnât be splice in their own content in real-time as easily, which is why we only saw the Courtney Act segments in the prime time replays.
Mind you, none of this is the train wreck that was 2001 when SBS totally gutted the Eurovision coverage for studio-based coverage hosted by Effie
Israel has the worldâs largest propaganda budget. Iâd find it hard to believe they would let this opportunity pass.
The SBS unofficial viewer vote had Israel at the bottom on 30%, yet they got the top televote? How is that discrepancy explained? The rest of the votes aligned well, Croatia topping the sbs vote at 96%
Yes, it definitely seems like there was a bit of astroturfing on the Israeli delegationâs part. They only just managed to make top 5 based purely on how strong the televoting was for them, with only 52 points given to them in total by the juries themselves.
We shouldnât be having the Israel contoversy, quite simply they should have been expelled from the competition this year. I have no problem with the country, only itâs dictator PM who is intent on being at war just like Putin.
Onto another topic, how I miss the days of Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang. I am a Myff fan but if I had to hear her say one more time âthis is a great trackâ, I may have gone mad. Myff itâs a song contest, song Myff song. Tracks are on LPâs and CDâs, you know, like you used to introduce on radio. As for Joel he may be a good standup comedian but not a fan of his broadcasting talents (or lack thereof). And IMO they both take Eurovision way too seriously.
This is why they are criticising Erik Martin Ăsterdahl, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest. Russia was banned for the war on Ukraine but Israel was not.
The other double standard that is not getting much attention is that Belarus was kicked out of the EBU in 2021 because of the free press violations, yet they seem ok for Israel to remain after killing over 100 journalists in 6 months?
Eurovision delivers strong Total TV audiences for SBS, with more than 2.2 million Australians tuning in
Total TV national Reach across SBSâs live and prime time broadcasts of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest was more than 2.2 million people, with 150,000 watching exclusively on SBS on Demand.
The Grand Final achieved a Total TV National Reach of 1.3 million, with 80,000 viewers watching exclusively on SBS on Demand.
The firstSemi-final achieved a Total TV national Reach of 1.1 million, with 80,500 viewers watching exclusively on SBS on Demand.
The second Semi-final achieved a Total TV national Reach of 931,000, with 54,700 viewers watching exclusively on SBS on Demand.
Early rising Eurovision fans boosted BVOD viewership, choosing to tune in live on SBS On Demand for the morning broadcasts, compared to the evening prime time shows (see table below).
SBS Director of Television Kathryn Fink said, âSBS has been bringing Eurovision to Australians for more than 40 years as a celebration of diversity and culture through music, and this year we saw audiences come together in the early hours to watch our live coverage, and more tuning in to watch our special prime time evening shows across the weekend.
âFrom the beautiful and history-making performance of Electric Fields representing Australia in semi-final 1, to all the colour, chaos and key changes across performances that featured everything from dazzling light shows, spinning stages, and even doilies â it was fantastic to see so many Australian fans coming to SBS across TV and SBS On Demand for their Eurovision fix in 2024.â
Fan and jury favourite Switzerlandâs Nemo was crowned the winner of this yearâs Eurovision Song Contest with their song The Code being awarded a total of 591 points â 226 from the public and 365 from the jury. Croatiaâs Baby Lasagna placed second with Rim Tim Tagi Dim and third Ukraineâs Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil with Teresa & Maria.
The scores of the voting juries and viewing public in 37 countries (including Australia) â and for the first time â the rest of the world, were combined for the official results. Aussie Silia Kapsis who represented Cyprus with her song Liar finished in 15th place with a total of 78 points.
South Australiaâs powerful duo Electric Fields made Australia proud with their history-making performance of One Milkali (One Blood) in Semi Final 1 earlier this week at Malmö Arena, however they sadly did not qualify for this yearâs Grand Final, despite a powerful performance.
This year marked the seventh time Sweden hosted Eurovision after previously hosting three times in Stockholm (1975, 2000, 2016), twice in Malmö (1992, 2013) and once in Gothenburg (1985). It was also 50 years since ABBA won the contest with their song Waterloo, setting them on course for global success.
Easily explained. You probably had close to 30% of viewers put all of their votes on Israel whereas the rest of the audience was spread across the 24 other artists.
Also a completely different audience in primetime, many knowing the result and probably feeling compelled to vote against them in those polls.
The biggest controversy this year might ultimately be the reason that Joost Klein (Netherlands) was pulled from the final and it could affect certain countries decision to participate next year. Iâm hearing a fair bit of chatter that the Israel team (not necessarily the artist, but people from the team that came to Eurovision) were being pests to other artists behind the scenes. A lot of the artists requested to not be in videos or photos with the Israel team (which is fair enough given whatâs happening) but the Israel team werenât respecting this. Itâs the reason Kaarja from Finalnd pulled out of reading their televotes because they posted a photo of him with Eden Golan without his permission. Bambie Thug from Ireland is starting to become quite vocal about this regarding complaints to the EBU that many in the Top 10 made about the team, who were not respecting their requests which ultimately lead to the altercation with Joost (he was being filmed against his request, so snapped back verbally either to them or another production crew that was present).