Spain's public broadcaster RTVE has requested an audit of the voting process following a spike in audience votes for Israel's Eurovision contestant, Yuval Raphael. Complaints were echoed by Belgian broadcaster VRT and Irish opposition TDs, citing political implications of the high votes for Israel. RTVE aims to review the voting breakdown with the EBU. The controversy centers around the awarding of points, as while televoters from multiple countries supported Israel, juries did not. The EBU stated it takes complaints seriously and is in dialogue with various broadcasters regarding the issue.
The request comes after Spain's public broadcaster RTVE called for an audit after a surge in audience votes for Israel's entrant Yuval Raphael in the final at the weekend.
'It has everything to do with politics and by Ireland participating, we are legitimising this normalisation effort... There should be an audit of the public votes.'
An EBU statement said: 'We can confirm that we have been in touch with RTVE and several other broadcasters since Saturday's grand final.'
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