Austria's JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with "Wasted Love." An estimated 160 million people from Europe and beyond were expected to tune in.
This was my highest surprise. To feel that there are many Europeans who are not only ok with Israel being part of the Eurovision while in a war, but also felt that they wanted to vote for them (both due to the song and as a signal value).
So your point about making a statement, by having people vote for ones country is valid!
I won’t go into theories as such on who has done what and why. But i wouldn’t hold the EBU to so high standards that it is unbribable
This was my highest surprise. To feel that there are many Europeans who are not only ok with Israel being part of the Eurovision while in a war, but also felt that they wanted to vote for them (both due to the song and as a signal value).
So your point about making a statement, by having people vote for ones country is valid!
I won’t go into theories as such on who has done what and why. But i wouldn’t hold the EBU to so high standards that it is unbribable
that’s the reason to game it. to convince you that you are being unreasonable. and alone.