Outside of North America, Eurovision is a global annual song contest, with this year’s slogan, “United by Music.” Important to note that jury voters gave a ridiculously low number of points to the performance from Israel; Despite this, the public votes propelled Israel into 5th place. The jury awarded Germany (12th place) and Luxembourg (13th place) double Israel’s 52 points. However, the public proved their appreciation for the Israeli people, and for Israel’s songwriting and performance by awarding 323 points.
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Israel’s singer Eden Golan performed the song “Hurricane,” and passed all the rules for non-political messaging. Some of the song’s lyrics:
Someone stole the moon tonight
Took my light
Everything is black and white
Who’s the fool who told you boys don’t cry?
37 nations competed, but only 25 became qualified for the contest (Netherlands was disqualified for behavior after the semifinal).
Notable headlines:
Eurovision organizers rebuke [non-competing] performer who wore keffiyeh during first semifinal show
Notable Mentions: Croatia (2nd place) with the funniest lyric: “Hey, I’m a big boy now / I’m going away and I’m selling my cow.”
