Another aspect is that the votes of those who don't vote for israel spread over the wide diverse field of the remaining contestants.
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Exactly that. Even someone who supports their war should want to kick them out of the competition for ruining the voting.
It's mad. Ireland 🇮🇪 of all places gave them 10 points in the audience vote and 7 in the jury.
It's almost as if it's a scam
This is exactly the same issue as with first-past-the-post elections. Diversifying votes on one side of an issue weakens that side. Eurovision isn't meant to be a political game, so when political forces become involved like this, the votings become extremely broken, and if this continues, the only natural endgame is a two-party system.
I don't think the votes in eurovision has ever been this politically driven. I have been receiving adds from several sources. It's disgusting.
Audience votes are pay2win.