2024-05-31 15:15:08
Polish jury member Natalia Zastepa stated that she lowered Israel’s factors within the Eurovision last due to the combating within the Gaza Strip.
In an interview she gave to eska.pl radio final week, Zastepa admitted: “I assumed for a very long time about what to do on this scenario (with the evaluation of Israel), and ultimately I made a decision to offer the Eden Golan a low rating to point out my disagreement with Israel’s participation within the Eurovision Music Contest. I didn’t need to offend this woman a lot, so I didn’t give her the bottom rating, however she was among the many final.”
Furthermore, Zastepa admitted that Eden Golan is a superb and proficient singer.
In reality, by doing this, she emphasised that her voting was not goal and was not based mostly on musicianship and efficiency, however purely on politics.
It’s value noting that just lately one of many Norwegian jury members, Daniel Johansen Elmrhari, stated that he ranked Israel twenty third out of 25 within the last on account of political concerns.
He posted a video on Instagram chanting “Free Palestine” and wrote: “We have now been instructed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to not connect significance to an artist’s gender, faith, nationality or political opinions, or to evaluate songs on every other foundation. Nevertheless, “I could not ignore what was occurring within the Palestinian territories. It was heartbreaking and I could not assist Israel’s actions. Israel mustn’t have been allowed to compete this yr.”
Such confessions, made one after one other, increase questions in regards to the legitimacy of the jury’s vote at Eurovision.
Earlier, Cursor wrote that Erdogan disgraced himself along with his assertion about Eurovision.