2024-05-11 07:03:00
Israel will compete tonight (Saturday) in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. Eden Golan, who will sing “Hurricane” written by Keren Pels and Avi Ohion, is second in the betting tables for the win. His rise in the betting charts came after the publication of Thursday’s semi-final results, in which Italy’s IRA channel mistakenly indicated that 39% of the viewership votes in the country were for “Hurricane”. On behalf of the channel they said yesterday that this was “inaccurate information”. Croatia is in first place in betting for the win and with a significant margin still with “Rim Tim Tegi Dim” performed by Baby Lasagna.
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Although Golan will appear in sixth place in the final, it is not clear whether the song in front of her in the order of performance, “Europafa” by Dutch Joost Klein, will actually participate. Klein came yesterday to the first practice which took place in the afternoon. He went up as planned for the traditional “flag parade” at the beginning of the evening, but did not play the song. Subsequently, a message was published on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and accordingly Klein is suspended from all Eurovision previews until further notice. In Sweden it was announced that local police are investigating whether Klein was involved in a violent incident with a Swedish staff member. Klein was also absent from the judges’ preview yesterday, where 50% of the final score for the competition was determined. It is not yet clear whether he will take part in the final.
At the same performance yesterday, which was open to ticket buyers, Golan was booed again when she went up to perform. Tonight in the final these calls are expected to increase. Many competitors have expressed their displeasure at Israel’s presence in the competition since they qualified for the finals. Marina Sati, the representative of Greece, pretended to sneeze when Aden Golan spoke at a press conference. Ireland’s Bambi Thug told reporters yesterday that she cried when she found out Israel had qualified for the final.
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