Can it ridicule the reduction and manipulation of voting?

The voting system in the last festival Eurofigon It is in the midst of the entire controversy. It is not in vain. It was the popular vote that is the one who tested Israel From the fourteenth place in which I was after the votes of professional jurors in each country, to 2th, With 297 points from the audience (The country that got more than others), with 12 points in 13 countries, including Spain and many other countries that gave it 10 points.

First, let us half how the europhegen voting system works. Firstly, Professional jurors for each of the 37 countries sharing points on a scale from 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points. These points are half of the end result of each country, as they add to the audience’s voices, which can vote through SMS (the application referred to to vote for SMS) or calls.

Televoto points work like this: The most voted song by the audience in each country gets 12 points. The most voting, the second, takes 10, the following, 8, and from there to one point. This means that regardless of the number of people who vote in total, but what filtration has received more votes. Thus, in a country with a few population, get 12 simpler (and cheap) points from a country with the intensity of the great population.

According to the rules of the European Radiation Union (UER, EBU in its abbreviation in English), The special entity organized by the Eurovision, based in Switzerland And with a major sponsor called Morocanoil, an Israeli cosmetic company, Only 20 votes can be released for each mobile phone line She was unable to vote for a country from the same country. For example, a person in Spain was unable to vote for Spain.

The latter is incorrect. He also knew 20 minutesand Use VPN’s (Artificially adjusted programs where the computer or mobile phone is connected to the Internet) It is allowed to vote for a country while it is in the same country. This means, for example, that the person in Portugal can adjust his access point and appear in France, and he votes for his country.

On the other hand, there are other criticisms made on the voting system Which allows 20 votes for each mobile phone line or a SIM card. This does not require any personal identity, so A person or group organized, with many SIM cards (Even pre -payment) can vote widely. Only in some countries, DNI was asked to vote, but only because the legislation of that country requires this at the financial level, not because Eurovision took into account when the sounds are able to do so.

Las The price of calls was from 1.45 eurosWhile SMS and The votes cost from the application 1.09 euros. These two are actually themselves.

The official EURICIVISION app has more than 5 million downloads, with a note of 1.7 reviews, which is a catastrophic note of any application. The main complaint of users is that in reality, You cannot vote through the application, but when you give the voting option, it indicates the SMS charging platform With the corresponding cost. The application does not require a record, email, or another specifically.

RTVE has already requested Eurovision, which has no commitment to transparency because it is not a public entity, The original 142,688 votes are reviewed from Spain. Other countries were interrogated and also requested general explanations, such as the Netherlands.

EUROVISION is currently limited to saying that its voting system is “The most advanced in the world” and this “the results of each country are reviewed and verified A wide team of people excludes any suspicious or irregular voting pattern, “according to the festival director Martin Green, in response to the Spanish Agency’s questions.

No doubts about televoto processing are not treated only to the computer, With the potential use of robots or mobile farms (It is used regularly in developing countries of fraud and manipulation of the market, bets, etc.) But also towards advertising.

Campaign supporting Israeli professionals and political trends

Investigation of UUR himself, the government of the Israeli government, which works with the government, companies, government companies and public companies, Google ads to support Yuval Raphael nominationThe Israeli actor in Eurovision 2025.

Joal Rafael, an Israeli young man, was injured in Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 and what He never devoted himself to music before running for Eurovision. Your song, A new day will riseSpeak about losing their loved ones and overcoming pain.

UUR search reveals multiple evidence indicating that Israel has implemented a campaign and used institutional advertisements to promote to vote for its representative, for example with a YouTube account that published 89 video clips of the singer specifically targeting 35 countries, specifically, Ask to vote for Israel in different languages, Between 6 and 16 May, with 8.3 million perceptions.

This rules do not violate, but the analysis of the transparency center in Google ads confirms, according to the investigation that the ads were It was published by the account verified to the advertising agency of the Israeli government.

For a festival It declares “Apolitic” and that he is defending that nothing is related to political or religious issues in its armsThe truth is that Russia from Eurovision was expelled after the invasion of Ukraine, a country that won that year to obtain public support as victims of an attack.

Israel has started a huge operation against Gaza yet Hamas attacks, where the terrorist organization killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped 251 hostages. Since then, Israel has bombed and provoked the massive displacement of Palestinian civilians, This caused the death of about 50,000 people, including more than 30,000 women and children About 115,000 injuries, according to the United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Office.

This war Attract situations, so governments and citizens It is divided between those who support Israel and the invasion and those who claim peace in Palestine.

If there is a doubt that the result in Eurovision is affected by politics, it can be considered that The Israeli Minister of Diaspora and Combating anti -Semitism, amichai Chicli, addressed a message to the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez (Unlike the occupation of Gaza), according to Spain, Spain presented 12 points from Televoto to Israel: “It seems that the Spaniards have spoken and the slap we have heard here in Jerusalem.”