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What coordinated voting ? They definitely got way more points from televote than I expected, but she did perform well.
I know that they did - same as last year - massive state funded information campaigns online just to gain votes for themselves. Regardless of song or anything, this is a state actively using eurovision for their political goals, which is not allowed.
Sadly as I'm going to sleep I can only provide you a source that I have saved, which is in Finnish: https://yle.fi/a/74-20162154 (finnish national broadcasting company)
I hope someone chimes in with english source while I sleep.
I just know from personal experience (also in Finland) that the advertising on Youtube has been significant. I don't remember ever seeing an ad for a ESC song, right there among the phone/service provider, furniture store, food and whatever ads. This time it was all the time, and always just Israel. It was jarringly propaganda. My friend who was over for the watch party commented that she kept getting "an ad for some song" too, and recognized the performer, and she isn't even an Eurovision fan.
Edit: Also think I'll be joining the boycott next year. Maybe take a look at the semifinal songs, but this "is this the year the country doing a genocide manages to pay themselves to victory, or which of these contestants might stop it" takes all the fun out of it.
Edit2: Also much congratulations to JJ! It was certainly of the most memorable shows and countertenors are amazing. (Though "opera pop" isn't my genre, and sounded like he still has a ways to go to make it sound effortless.)