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Eurovision Announces Major Changes After Controversy Over This Year's Voting

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Austrian singer JJ celebrating his win at this year's Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision bosses are introducing several new measures ahead of next year’s competition.

On Friday morning, it was revealed that there would be several tweaks to the voting system at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026, which is due to take place in Vienna following JJ’s win for Austria earlier this year.

Voting has been a contentious issue for the contest in the last couple of years, with many participating broadcasters taking issue with Israel’s government paying for cross-platform advertising which encouraged people to vote for their representative during last year’s final.

Similarly, others issues raised questions about the fact that Israel’s song – Yuval Raphael’s New Day Will Rise – finished in first place at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest among Eurovision televoters, despite getting just 60 points from the competition’s jurors.

Despite its apparent popularity among Eurovision voters, it was also later pointed out that Israel’s song had not even been among the top five most-streamed tracks from the competition on Spotify’s global chart after the event.

At the time, Eurovision director Martin Green insisted that the organisation took all........

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