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Not sure I understand this voting system, but think UK live (paying) voters gave their votes to Israel, but the UK jury ('deep Eurovision') votes went to Portugal. Doesn't look like the jury voters can vote for their own company but can give max of 12 to someone, and something less to other(s)l The jury votes are half the total, kind of like all the special party votes for the Dem nominations, and gave a huge boost to the LGBT Swiss 'winner.' Sounds like the 'public' vote is divided and maxed by country, so one big country can't swamp the total.

I've only seen parts of the vote results, but it appears Israel, who was 5th overall got 323 votes from the public. Croatia, overall #2, got 337 from public of its 547. Swiss winner got 591, but only 226 from public. Ukraine was 3rd, France 4th, Israel 5th and Ireland 6th overall apparently although I don't know the vote totals for latter two. To finish 5th Israel got, at most, and probably less than, 121 jury votes.

Ah, now have votals for all entrants. Israel won 52 jury votes, barely more than the 46 granted to UK. UK, which won zero public votes. Israel, as the public vote was counted, came in 2nd. And for those liberals who want to overturn the electoral college I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out Israel had won the raw popular vote.