Israel said to receive top points in Eurovision public televote from 14 countries

Israel’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest did not receive the maximum 12 points from any country’s jury in last night’s tally, but it did get top points in the popular vote from over a dozen countries, according to the Eurovision World fan site.

The countries that awarded Israel 12 points included France, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Switzerland the UK, Italy, Luxembourg, and Portugal, according to the fan site tally.

Israel finished in fifth place overall in the competition, which was engulfed by politics and controversies amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.

In total, Israel received 323 points in the televote, trailing only Croatia, which received 337 and wound up in second place overall.

A detailed graph of public and jury votes by country for Israel. Surprisingly, the Irish public gave Israel 10 points (12 is max). Amazing how many countries gave Israel max public points and zero jury points. pic.twitter.com/6GothPlgBb

— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) May 12, 2024