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Asturies-Llion wrote:

I suppose you have seen the amount of public vote Israel got... I think I hate this continent even more rn

I did. I had heard that was the result of an online campaign to skew the results. I also have heard vague reports of intimidation of some of the other performers by the Israeli delegation.
I suspect Joost's "Why not?" comment to Golan/the EBU moderator had more to do with his disqualification than we are told. I feel some vindication that Israel didn't crack the top 3.
But again, as an American there is little coverage over here for me to confidently draw conclusions with. I can only hope the Israeli invasion ends soon (and the Russian one too) so we can all enjoy the music without politics & bloodshed next year.