It was Switzerland and Nemo who ultimately emerged victorious from the competitors with the track “The Code”
Nevertheless, fewer individuals selected to look at this 12 months’s Eurovision than final 12 months. Whereas 1.077 million watched the ultimate in Liverpool in 2023, solely 884,000 adopted the ultimate in Malmö on Saturday.
It’s in response to Campaigns the bottom viewership in 17 years. You must return to 2007, when the Norwegian entry with Guri Schanke was already out within the semi-finals, to search out such a low viewership.
Nearly 1.4 million nonetheless tuned in to the printed throughout the night, in response to NRK. The viewership was highest when Gåte went on stage, with 950,000 viewers.
This 12 months’s ultimate was extremely contested as Israel was allowed to take part regardless of the struggle in Gaza. There have been a number of massive protests forward of the ultimate the place individuals referred to as on the EBU to ban the nation. Many additionally boycotted the ultimate in protest.
A Norwegian jury member additionally apologized on Sunday night following violent reactions to the Norwegian jury giving Israel eight factors within the ultimate.
20-year-old Eden Golan nonetheless ended up in fifth place within the singing competitors, with the track “Hurricane”, which she devoted to the Israeli hostages who’re nonetheless being held captive by Hamas within the Gaza Strip.
Regardless of the controversy, Israel was the nation that acquired the second most votes of the European individuals, overwhelmed solely by silver medalist Croatia.
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2024-05-15 21:53:52
