The Eurovision Song Contest is changing rules around voting and promotion following the controversy caused by Israel’s result at THIS YEAR’S COMPETITION and allegations of “interference” by the Israeli government.

This comes after several countries requested an audit after Israel topped the public vote at the contest in May. Israel finished second in this year’s competition once the jury votes were taken into consideration.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which runs the music extravaganza, said that the changes ahead of next year’s edition in Vienna were “designed to strengthen trust, transparency and audience engagement.”

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“We’ve listened and we’ve acted,” said Eurovision director Martin Green. “The neutrality and integr

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