It's funny how absolutely butthurt some people are about Israel doing well in the televote as it goes against the narratives on Israel's popularity in Europe. Even in Ireland, they got 10 points which you wouldn't know based on online discourse. If I actually cared enough about this competition, I'd probably vote for her song too since while the song is generic her voice is nice and also because it must take a lot of mental fortitude to have such a good performance amidst a flurry of boos.
Let's be clear, these FPTP televote wins were often with 20-25% of those participating. Landslide!
Nobody serious has ever claimed that Israel has *no* supporters in the West - of course they do, and (without getting into conspiracy stuff at all) they are often notably vocal and well organised.
Didn't the italian vote leak show almost 40% support for Israel? Do we have detailed results for every country?
Only for Italy. Israel got 36% of their televotes in the semi-final and 26% in the final.
You can vote up to 20 times per phone though, so it's not quite comparable to FPTP. Israel supporters were very organized and willing to spend money to make a statement, and we know this because they were also very vocal in gloating about it. I'm not sure much can be concluded about Israel's popularity in Europe from this result.
