But Golan ended up finishing fifth in the final table. The truth is that, in the vote of the international arbitration committees, which were announced first, it received only 52 points, meaning that it came in twelfth place. In total, from the jury and the audience, the two ended up with 375 points, thus becoming fifth in the overall standings. This happened despite, or perhaps because of, everything happening in Gaza, where more than 34,000 people have been killed since the Hamas attack on October 7, strong protests by some rivals and the public and demonstrations at Malmö Gate. The square and the rest of the Swedish city. In April for the newspaper Israel Hayom Golan said that when he returns from Eurovision, he will perform his mandatory military service, the conscription of which was postponed due to the festival. He describes this military service as “important” – he used the same word to describe his participation in the Eurovision contest on behalf of the country – adding that he wants to “experience military bands performing”.
Who voted for Israel? In Portugal, the jury vote did not go to Israel, which in turn gave three points to our country. But he won the popular vote by 12 points. At Eurovision, in the television broadcasting system, introduced in 1998, each person can vote 20 times, giving a maximum of 24 points to the country they want, as long as it is not their own.
Other countries that gave the highest internal scores to Israel were, as can be seen in location Eurovision official
