Audio Analysis: Eurovision Broadcaster Muted Sounds of Crowd Booing and Shouting “Free Palestine!”
theintercept.com
Despite Eurovision denials, an audio analysis shows booing and a "Free Palestine!" cry during Israeli singer Eden Golan’s 2024 performance.

Despite Eurovision’s denials, an analysis reveals that the broadcast silenced crowd discontent during Israeli singer Eden Golan’s performance.

  • fluxx1@lemm.eeEnglish
    140·
    2 days ago

    This article is about last year’s performance, not this year’s. Just FYI.

  • RizzoTheSmall@lemm.eeEnglish
    111·
    2 days ago

    There was a great bit in the UK broadcast where Graham Norton gave the game away by saying “I don’t know what you can all hear at home. A very mixed response here in the arena” 😆

    • Obelix@feddit.orgEnglish
      528·
      1 day ago

      Or maybe people really liked the performance? If you are posting such theories, do you have any proof?

      • FleetingTit@feddit.orgEnglish
        7·
        18 hours ago

        The performance by the Israeli artist was boring af. But they weren’t alone in that: this years ESC was just terrible. Only one participant was really fun to watch, 2 or 3 songs were actually good, but the rest was below mediocre.

        • Zykino@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          16 hours ago

          I mean Ukraine 2022, just after the war began. 439 points from the public, 192 jury, 631 in total. By comparison Israel this year got “only” 297 points from the public, 60 jury, 357 in total. Last 2 years Israel was also 2nd and 5ft on the public votes. Last year it even had more public points than this year with 323.

          This show can be very political on contemporary events.

          Note: country residents cannot vote for their own country. I think this is to prevent more populated countries from winning each time. Maybe Israel have some advantage in this system since we cannot vote against. If Palestine had a candidate, the Ukraine scenario was possible. But since it has no representation, vote “against” Israel are just dilutes all over.

          • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            52·
            15 hours ago

            Israel literally bought ads globally to advise people on how to vote for their entry in the finale.

            Not a random marketing company or the artists label or even their public broadcasting company. The actual country.

            Shady as fuuuuuuck

        • Obelix@feddit.orgEnglish
          21·
          10 hours ago

          Yeah, it was a really touching song about recovering from being attacked by genocidal fanatics during a music festival. That was really an emotional song and Europe seems to be moved by it, too.

          • shaserlark@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            31·
            9 hours ago

            You have to be some special kind of person to be Zionist in 2025 and before you think this is a compliment it’s certainly not.

  • TanteRegenbogen@feddit.orgEnglish
    274·
    1 day ago

    Eurovision is a farce anyways. There is no way Germans are dumb enough to vote crappy musicians that get last place every time.

    • Theobroma@feddit.orgEnglish
      91·
      16 hours ago

      Let’s just say there have been some prospective bands that tried to represent germany in the past few years, namely Electric Callboy and Feuerschwanz. Both have been disregarded by some undemocratic processes through “experts” deciding against them. So, we understand it as german broadcasters being unwilling to win, either they refuse to host the next episode of the ESC or want someone else to get that PR boost. Maybe Israhell, which is lacking any kind of positive news due to their ongoing genocide in gaza?

    • Takios@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      62·
      19 hours ago

      Last I checked, Germany did not get last place this year and even got more points than last year.

    • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      1 day ago

      I’ve heard that it’s because their selection process is dumb and dominated by a handful of out of touch “experts” and the public only votes in the finals.

      • ECB@feddit.orgEnglish
        20·
        1 day ago

        That’s basically it.

        A famous example was a few years back when Electric Callboy wasn’t even invited to the national finals for selecting the song because the selection committee knew they would win but “didn’t feel the song was fit for radio”