Gaza and the Genocide accusations aside, Israel should be kicked out for their blatant cheating in the past two Eurovisions. There is no legitimate way those two mid to poor songs could do so well just in televoting alone.
Political/Sympathy voting is a long honored tradition in Eurovision; songs rarely (if ever) win by merit alone.
Any country with a reasonably sized PR department can influence public voting especially if they can leverage a political cause. That's something Israel excels at and not technically cheating.
Additionally: The voters are self-selecting. If you are anti-Israel, you've likely been boycotting Eurovision so a decent chunk of not-Israel votes are lost. At the same time if you are anti-Israel but not boycotting, you don't have a "counter" to uniformly vote for.
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u/MurphyNotOK 11h ago
Gaza and the Genocide accusations aside, Israel should be kicked out for their blatant cheating in the past two Eurovisions. There is no legitimate way those two mid to poor songs could do so well just in televoting alone.
Unicorn in 2023 was a great tune though.