UK Sees Lowest Viewing Figures for Eurovision Final Since 2010

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• Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Someone please explain again why Israel, a country that is definitely not in Europe, is participating in a european competition.

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  • anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because it’s a contest for members of the European Broadcasting Union. Technically Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia could enter if they wanted to.

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    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh. Still doesnt really make much sense but hey ho.

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Their wiki page pretty much covers it.

    tl;dr, Any country that is a member of the European Broadcasting Area or Council of Europe can participate.

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  • MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I still don’t understand how they came in 2nd

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    • ReluctantlyZen@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Votes are pretty easily astroturfed. You vote by buying votes and can vote more than once if you have multiple debit and credit cards

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    • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because all the people who didn’t like them boycotted it.

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    • khannie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can vote up to 20 times in the public vote. It’s scandalous.

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  • ji59@hilariouschaos.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was surprised too, but I can tolerate Israel as being close enough. But having Australia in Eurovision is completely insane.

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    • Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah idk about you but most people really can’t tolerate a country committing genocide in real time

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  • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could’ve masked your hatred by including Australia in there too.

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    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They’re literally murdering thousands of people, but me questioning why a non-european country is participating in a european event is hatred?

      Bore off

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• Sunspear@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, yknow, there’s the whole israel thing

  And even the article’s thumbnail has an israeli flag, who would have thought people might have issues with that…

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• anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good, I gave it a miss and I’m normally a regular viewer. Not surprised Israel did well since those left watching are more likely to be pro-Israel, I half expected them to win.

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  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not to mention the astro-turfed voting by Israel last year (and presumably this year but I didn’t watch)

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Israel came second

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just imagine how low next year would be if Israel had won…

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  • DavidGA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If Israel had won, there wouldn’t be one next year.

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    • anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Almost certainly it wouldn’t be held in Israel, like when Ukraine won in 2022 it was held in the UK the next year. It’s a convention not a rule that the winning country hosts it the next year. Unless you mean that Israel winning itself would destroy the competition, that’s possible.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Reform voters might start watching

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• Babalugats@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good, and the viewing figures will likely continue to drop globally while KAN (Israels broadcaster) are allowed in.

  Death to Eurovision!

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• Aria@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Still 5.2 million too many. Though the UK is probably one of the more Israel-friendly countries after Germany, so maybe they’re hurting worse everywhere else.

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• notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The British are crap at singing, except for dick van dyke in Mary poppins.

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  • abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol. Yeah the UK has never had a famous singer or popular band in the last century. Can’t think of a single one. <eyeroll>

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    • notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but note how my ridiculous comment ONLY got SIX downvotes? I’m touching a nerve.

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