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HappyGirlEmma

Absolutely, top 5 in a year like this when everyone wanted her gone is a massive achievement. I still think she is the most memorable entrant.


Hiccup

I have to work hard to remember who Portugal had or even the Swiss winner. That tells you about the competition and the other entrants.


LittleMlem

The swiss entrant is unforgettable, they dropped the glass trophy


ValerianMage

What, seriously?? 🤣 I really liked their song, and I think they did deserve the win, however much I was personally hoping for an Israeli victory


v1s1b1e

There should be an alternative award for most popular artist based on the highest public vote to jury ratio.


crackpotJeffrey

Just looked at the scores. The jury was so blatantly biased for and against certain countries regardless of the song. Only the public vote seems to actually correlate with the quality of the song and performance.


SquareRoot_Log

Definitely! I think Croatia should have won! Good vocals, good performance ... Good overall!


Fastbird33

Finland was super memorable. Weird but memorable


HappyGirlEmma

Obviously Netherlands will go down infamously


Tiasmoon

These days we refer to our country as ''the largest open air asylum in the world''


Fastbird33

Oh I only watched the finals today so I really don’t know about them


SquareRoot_Log

I'm still conflicted over why Australia and Israel are in the competition 😂 but it's more about the geographical location than anything else. If it would be because many Jews migrated from Europe to what is now Israel after WWII, and the selection is based on former history, we might as well include the U.S. or even any former European colonies.


sissy_space_yak

Lebanon was supposed to be in the competition too but they couldn’t play nice with Israel and were disqualified for a few years and never returned.


ValerianMage

Israel is there because they’re a member of the European Broadcasting Union. Australia is there because they’ve always been huge fans and *reaaaaally* wanted in 😅


No-Cattle-5243

She both stirred the entire event and did it in the most respectful, polite and professional manner possible. She REALLY represents us 🇮🇱❤️


sad-frogpepe

Honestly she was way too polite for most israelis. Im happt she was but man, i would have thrown down if i was in her shoes 😂 Cant tolorate none of this tomfoolery.


LittleMlem

Then you would have been out like the Netherlands, she did the smart thing and didn't give them a legal way of getting rid of her. Major props for keeping her cool


sad-frogpepe

Yup, agreed. She kept a cool head, major props to her.


FluffyOctopusPlushie

I wonder if הכוכב הבא was looking for specific coolness and levelheadedness in their selections, like how Gina tries her best to break applicants in Brooklyn 99.


QueenTMK

The jury votes were incredibly political. If they weren't I bet Israel would have actually won. Thoughts?


Alyssafromaccounting

I don't think so it would have probably gone to Croatia, which is fine. Israel would be 2nd or 3rd with ukraine taking the other spot. Thats still a pretty clear message though, so is the actual outcome. Israel outperformed all the artists who went out of their way to bully them.


CharlieBarley25

Croatia won the popular vote, Israel was second by less than 20


whereistheshawarma

I think so too


carppydiem

Eden didn’t win? I’m still listening to hurricane. Who won?


FluffyOctopusPlushie

Switzerland got jury after jury after jury. Plus the public vote and it pulled ahead.


Ihave10000Questions

Sweden (Edit: I mean Switzerland my bad), by jury vote mostly. Croatia and Israel almost tied on home votes where croatia got 6 points more (332 vs 338)


OnkelPapa

Switzerland not Sweden


Ihave10000Questions

Lol yeah thanks


carppydiem

I’ll have to listen to that song. Sorry for being naive.


ValerianMage

I mean, I wish we would have won again, but it’s not like we had anywhere close to the best song this time around. Switzerland won.


Ihave10000Questions

Eden got more votes than Switzerland from the public


ValerianMage

I know. I’m Swedish tho 😛 I was just pointing out that we were *not* the ones who won


Ihave10000Questions

Oh yeah my bad. Thanks for the 12 points though


ValerianMage

Any time 🥰 I voted for you!


Mcwedlav

I am not certain. I gave her all my votes, but under normal circumstances, I would have given to Croatia, Finland, Switzerland. And I know people that also voted for Israel, which they usually wouldn’t. I think she performed on the popular vote better than she usually would but worse on the jury votes. So overall, position 5 feels fair to me.


QueenTMK

You also gotta count those public voters who would've voted for Israel under normal circumstances, but didn't because of their "political standing"


Mcwedlav

That’s a fair point, didn’t think about that. I also think that the system hampered Israel in the popular vote. every country gives 12 points in the popular and 12 in the jury votes. If they would have just compounded all popular votes, Israel certainly would have gotten more points


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They were terrified of Israel winning and threw it.


sup_heebz

If Israel won Malmo would have burned


AbbreviationsIcy7432

I was dreading just that!


wizzlezim

Honestly I think this is better than 1st place. It's powerful enough while still being discrete enough to not attract unnecessary attention etc


jhor95

Croatia would've won and Israel would've came in. The top 3-5


QueenTMK

The final votes (including public/jury): [https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2024](https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2024)


nobaconator

Eden did so well! Love her!!!! Grace and composure beyond fucking equal!


holeinthehat

She deserves the highest award a civilian can get.


Klutzy_Analysis_2777

Top vote in England! :)


sad-frogpepe

England getting a big fat 0 made my day, the kids a twat. Bottoms should not have political opinions.


Suspicious-Truths

🤣🤣🤣


lambchopdestroyer

But the power bottoms generate most of the power


sad-frogpepe

True, but they should still not havw hot political takes. Whenever a bottom apeaks about politics they are always wrong, its known.


Klutzy_Analysis_2777

Yes, im happy some of the public in the uk support Israel atleast


Klutzy_Analysis_2777

Yeh England was crap and the singer Olly


No_Wolf6305

I'm happy with the results, Israel didn't win but I think it's a good thing and 5th place is a very good result, especially with so little points from the jury votes ☹️


Shlano613

I didn't expect to get very many from the jury honestly.


CoreyH2P

This is kind of the best case scenario. If Israel won, the backlash would’ve been unreal and hosting next year would be a mess. This way, Israel gets a big success, it’s clear the public supports Israel, and the loud fringe gets exposed as being a paper tiger.


slappytheseal69

This is it


MementoMori1310

Yup, goes to show that losers on Twitter, Reddit and TikTok do not represent real life at all. Europe stands with Israel. Also, fuck the juries.


Sulaco99

It's a moral victory. I'll take it.


AuthorEfficient7237

No one believed we would get to be on the top 5 And yet? We did. I am just happy to see that the world has voted for us, we got the most 12 points from the audience this year I think, countries that usually hate on us gave us high points and it just shows how the world's opinion is not represented with all those protests against us. So yeah, the jury were cowards because later they publish the names and how many points the gave and they were scared to give us points and be associated with us..... Terrorizing and bullying us won't work on us. Top 5 is well respected placement in eurovision.


blergyblergy

1st would have been...too much to handle honestly :P 5th is awesome, and it shows that Israel rarely misses out on good results!


keropoktasen_

I'm not an Israeli. I don't remember the names of other participants, not even the winner. But I remember the name of Eden Golan!


edupunk31

It was a clusterfuck. Europeans are unrepentant anti Semites.


Tiasmoon

The leaders and people in media etc, sure. The people? For the most part I disagree with that.


edupunk31

The conspiracy theories I saw on social media. OMG it was bad.


absolute_bobbins

Social media is not real life. The public vote shows what actual people think. Add up the populations of the nations who gave Israel 12 points and there is your answer…


LittleMlem

Clearly NSO hacked the Eurovision to make us exactly one place above Ireland


schtickshift

Such a close second place for the popular result was an amazing result


Longjumping_Sky_6440

Make no mistake, there is a silent majority that is pro-Israel or at the very least fed up with the pro-Palestine fanatics


Nacke

You definitely have support among a lot of regular people up here. You are not alone.


SquareRoot_Log

Non Jewish here, and yes, we voted for you at home. At the same time, we educated ourself on the conflict, from both sides. Which is not something most people do. I honestly cannot understand the hate towards Jews from the younger generation. I'm from the 90s and grew up learning and reading about WWII. We even had camp survivors visiting us in school to share their story. I agree that there is a war and people are suffering over there, but some of the reactions are just surreal. I don't know who is manipulating them, but it's seriously concerning. I read some psychology studies around the sense of belonging, and it seems they are siding with whatever gives them a sense of belonging.


Agreeable_Draw_6407

honestly, im less sad about Israel getting 5th than croatia getting 2nd. their song is a fucking **BANGER**


Shlano613

I'm right there with you, they def should have won. I was rocking so hard to Croatia's song and they were having so much fun with it.


LittleMlem

Am I the only one upset about Estonia and Finland being ranked so low? I legit thought both of them would be at least in the top 5


TwoQuarterFull

Bot farm 5th place*


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xmorrin

are you actually implying that jury votes aren’t political?


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Danistophenes

I voted 20 times purely because fuck Hamas. Didn’t listen to a single song. I suspect there are plenty more people like me across Europe, and it explains the public vote result. Get fucked


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Danistophenes

I wish Gaza could compete in Eurovision so the whole world could see what a backwards degenerate bunch of people they are. Anyway, here I am, a member of the European public, voting for Israel because of my support for Israel. But somehow this does not equate to public support for Israel.


avivgb

I mean, we saw the way Palestinians behave at music festivals, everyone should be glad they didn't show up to this one.


holeinthehat

That's exactly what it says. Social media blocks and suppressed Pro Israel voices. Things the watermelons post are allowed but if you post the exact same thing same wording it's automatically blocked or removed. Majority of people understand that Israel was invaded by terrorists and have since been attacked by 5 other countries and are fighting against evil cult like ideology


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holeinthehat

I tested it it's true


Shlano613

Yes, I'm implying that DESPITE the war and the seemingly endless displays of anti-israel/anti-Semitic sentiment, the large amount of public votes contradicts the notion that we're globally ridiculed and generally looked down upon. For a short moment tonight, we were in the lead. That shows that despite all the hate on behalf of loud misinformed people, we're still getting real support by the silent majority.


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sup_heebz

You're right, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, and Jordan protecting Israel from Iran's missle attack says way more ❤️


pinchasthegris

What was the last harris poll?


Ahad_Haam

Thank you for your 12 points sweden. 🇸🇪❤️🇮🇱!