Israel wins Eurovision 2018 | Results reaction 

There were some crazy differences between jury vote and televote.

Ukraine is last in jury vote! That's ridiculous!

Saara Aalto again second! But this time second to last. Oops.

The jury seriously needs to be questioned.

The fact that all of you didn’t see Italy coming so high is a perfect example of the detachment between the press/jury and the public sentiment Italy has always been a fan favourite, from the very beginning. And never gave in. If you saw in detail comments on RU-vid, Facebook, Reddit and other social media you would realize how big and compact Italy’s fanbase was. Plus the performance was very high impact, especially if you’re not an Anglophone and you read the lyrics in your language. If that isn’t a message of unity amongst all cultures I don’t know what else could be so. Truely one of the best performances. Sorry for ranting but I just needed to pull all of it out of my chest.

Who was robbed by jury is Ukraine. I was just shoked, as it seemed that the juries just did not watch or listen to Ukraines performance. I am not a melovinator, however he was good and his vocals were on point. Top 10 from televoters and last for jury. It looks like they need to be replaced. Also the thing about countries finishing on high spots with jury and vad results from public vote. It is just unbeliavable and sad same time. Best wishes from very sad ukrainian. And Melovin, you need to know that you are awesome!

The whole jury voting is a crime this night! I'm so sad for Melovin! He deserved to be in Top10

Italy's performance was so powerful. Such strong song. Europe cleary saw that and I'm so happy!

JURY DRUNK!!!

I cant believe that Austria won juries and that Italy was placed so low by the juries

Italy deserved to win!! Haha.. The jury vote tho.. Omg!!! But thank God for the televote.. So happy for Germany and Italy and also Albania!!! Still don't understand, Austria won the jury's vote??? 🙄

So sorry for Melovin! he did a great job, and jury just robbed him. how is it possible to put him in the last place???

Have you seen Salvador's face when he gave the trophy to Netta? It wasn't the best moment of his life 😂😂😂

Reading the comments like: everyone robbed by everyone 😝

The fact that the top 2 with the jury didn't even come close to what the public picked was really strange. I also don't understand how Austria won the jury vote, I REALLY like the song but it didn't scream Eurovision winner at all. This has been the most wacky Eurovision ever but to be honest, I'm loving it.

I wasn't surprised by Netta winning, but I expected Cyprus to be the more likely winner. Finland came second to last, but this year, with these contestants, that was really as high as we could go with Monsters and the chosen staging. I enjoyed Australia's performance, the singer was so positive and happy.

Bulgaria 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 why are you 14th

🇵🇹 Portugal 😢😢😢

So surprised, that austria won the jury vote. It ws an ok/good song, but definitely not a winner.😂

Personally i would have preferred Estonia, Cyprus or France, but I can't say Netta wasn't a worthy winner

France again underrated 😖😞😢

Sweden's jury result is outrageous. Austria's jury result is unexpectedly high. Like... I liked his song and wanted him to do well, but 1st place??? Seriously? Australia being last place in the televote is hilarious :D And I can't even say that it was undeserved. She just couldn't control her vocals. Ukraine and Denmark being so low with the juries is outrageous. That one jury that gave Norway 12p should be ashamed of themselves. Czechia did so well in the televote, super happy for him! Albania was 7th with the juries!!! I'm so pleased with that! :) Germany on 4th place overall! Thanks to everybody who voted! We really needed that

It was so unexpected voting. I'm confused what to think. But what do You think about Ukraine being last with the juries? Cause this is totally unfair.

I’m surprised that Saara came 25th or SECOND Last. SHE IS STILL CURSED.

Damn... Portugal was last, Europe is cold.

“Eurovision is a lifestyle, it’s not just for one night!” Love it Padraig!

the portuguese jury was very professional 12 points to Estónia

And why did that guy from the Israeli delegation aggressively push away Cesar as he tried to congratulate Netta? Very rude and uncalled for, as if he were a beggar or a mugger.

Im so sad Portugal came last... I didnt expect to win but hoped for a better position.

Next year I really hope they do something with the juries! Each year they're getting worse and worse!

I'm so sad that Cyprus didn't win this year

I absolutely loved Denmark and so did the people at home (5th place!). Such a shame the juries didn't fall for it.

GO ON GERMANY! From the UK but I'm so proud of Michael. But despite coming 24th, SuRie was so professional and what a woman!

The jury is crazy. Completely forgot Denmark, thank god for the televote put them in the top 10. And what happened to Ukraine???? It was SO good!! Deserved to be in top 5, if not winner

What's wrong with the judges? Mélovin's performance is one of the best! 😭

Estonia was totally robbed by the jurys. Still, 8th place is good!

The most shocking thing for me is the fact that Ukraine was last in jury votes?! What the hell, he has such a good voice, performance was spot on, I just can't wrap my head around it! 🙄

Ukraiineeee😟

My winner is France 🇫🇷 It's really odd that they did so poorly with the jury while Sweden did so well! Why don't they reward quality songs? Seems a bit pointless to have the jury vote, after all 😑

I gotta say I didn't like this year's song from Italy, BUT I really, really, respected them and their song, as well as I respect Italy as a country for performances and art overall so I would NEVER understand the "hate" that exists from the juries to Italy...

The juries were impressed by Cesar's vocals and on paper, it's a good song. The whole package with the staging was too boring for televoters and that's why they tanked in the televote.

Why the jury's results being different from the public is a problem? What's the point of having them if they have to follow the televote?

I think it's really bad form that Cyprus and Israel juries didn't give each other anything, they are completely playing games.

Probably the most strange Eurovision voting EVER. So many differences between jury and televote, and so many surprises.

Italy, Germany and Austria were the best. Why Israek won? I honestly don't know why. Another year that i hate televoting, OMG!

I cannot believe that Melovin was last place in jury. At least he was 4th in televote

I respect different opinions but I just don't get how someone can say that Italy's performance did nothing to them? Like do you have a heart, can't you see and feel their emotion?

As for Italy guys, I was watching ESC with 10 of my friends, none of us had Italy even in the top 10 leading up to the final, but after the performance we all scored them 12. I got chills all the way through, it touched me and especially the moment I saw their lyrics in Croatian on screen. They absoultely for me deserved even higher than 5th place. So sad for Almaia, they were in my top 10 for sure, as well as France. Jury needs to go. Sweden should've been in the last 5.

So unfair for Ukraine. So sad. They deserve at least to be in first 10. Eurovision died for me after this.

i kinda understand Austria being so high. he def has one of the best male voices in the competition and he seemed very professional and relaxed on stage and then the song is quiet radio friendly. Cesar got the same televote as Israel in the semi final, so it's not just a jury's song.

I'm so happy that Austria won the jury vote, he was my favourite. Beside that though, I did not understand the jury vote. I'm surprised that Italy did not do better with the juries.

Italy ans serbia biggest growers... Italy My favorite 🤤😔

I think the EBU should do something with the juries it is clearly not professional and clean. Netta we love you!!!

Jury killed Hungary as usual I got used to it but Australia finished higher than us made me shooketh Congratulations Bulgaria, you inproved a lot since the first semi! Cyprus and Israel, well done Girls❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Why was Portugal last? :(

Just trying to understand the outcome of this evening... I guess there are 3 groups out there: - people listening to the songs many times before the TV shows, they easily forget about their first impressions, changing their opinions quite often, connecting with each of the songs. - in difference: most voting people probably just watch the performances once or twice, being less able to build up connections to more than 3-10 songs, looking for some outstanding features (26 songs are quite a load of impressions). - the juries: I've watched ESC with friends, some of them working in music business and they quite enjoyed Austria's entry, saying this was outstanding, more subtle than others and still radio-friendly (just like Sweden). On the other hand, especially Sweden, Bulgaria and Australia were quite cold and impersonal, making it hard to build up a relationship within 3 minutes. But people with a sense for sophisticated/modern/correct sounding music (and (often) no interest in settings, danceability, politics,...) will not notice. The jury keeps some kind of objectivity and makes it possible that high-quality songs (that are probably more boring for many people) still keep their place in ESC, that's the songs people are buying, that's what the artists are living from. So, imo all the 3 groups have their spots in ESC, making it what it is, one missing part would cause damage.

I hope your lack of understanding of how IT 🇮🇹 came in top five derives from the same lack of understanding mine does. WHY ERMAL AND FABRIZIO HAD THE SAME DESTINY IL VOLO HAD? Why the hell jury does this to Italy all the time? I am Incredibly proud nonetheless. This was the proof of the message being transmitted and that is what mattered the most. You said in one of your videos, "i do not like it because this should not be a lyrics video it should be like San Remo performance" ..to be honest for them it is a lyrics video, because to transmit the message meant to have a successful performance.. so the comment about 🇮🇹 's performance doing nothing for you actually might have done something, reminded you sth was happening in our world and that was Ermal' s and Fab's definition of "doing sth to you" ✌️💖

can the JURIES please front the media to explain WHY Austria won the JURY VOTE????NEVER SAW IT COMING

The only reason I didn't want Israel to win was all the controversy that's gonna come now. Yikes.

How do we go from Salvador Sobral to this?

No i am not pleased with the results Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria And Cyprus deserved it. It was so profesional, modern and international

denmark and Italy destroyed by the jury

Guys, you need to do Wiwivision again. I need that to cure my PED.

if you don't understand why italy was so high in televote maybe you need to change your job!

Italy deserved to win...jury is out of this world

So Finland actually got more televotes than Sweden buy Sweden is 7th and Finland 25th. Something is seriously wrong.

The jury system is diabolical. Greece & Cyprus, Montenegro & Serbia, etc., as well as the fact that they are out of touch with the public. I work in assessment and I design scoring rubrics and I train raters to score using those rubrics. Each juror should have a rating sheet with individual criteria for each area of assessment, such as those to do with vocal performance, the song and the stage performance. They should then mark each of these individually and provide a justification. At the moment, there’s no means of asking jurors to justify their vote, so there’s no accountability and the system is wide open to corruption and bias.

The difference between the jury and the televote was a wow. I'm so happy for Italy, Cyprus, Germany,, Czech Republic and Denmark. It was a nice surprise to see Denmark in top 5, Italy in top 3 in the televote.

So sad for France 💔

Spain was so excited this year with Eurovision, everyone knew about Amaia and Alfred. Now, other bad result for Spain. I think many people won't watch Eurovision next year in Spain. It has been a deception. But I am proud of Almaia, they did a good performance. Spain, hurry Up, we will be stronger next year! GO SPAIN🇪🇸💪

I'm happy for Albania coming 11th Love the song So very underrated!

I'm gonna miss u guys

I'm so happy for Austria. Good job and well deserved Cesar!!!

Really juries, I mean... Really? Worst jury vote ever. Also I suggest Cyprus to quit Eurovision. No matter how good of a song you send you will never come first.

I actually want jurors to stay in Eurovision but I want them to actually be non-biased, ACTUAL professionals.

This was a great review considering it was shot immediately after the contest finished - well done! :)

Portugal, Hungary, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Bulgaria deserved better :( Israel was so good, but did not deserve the first place :( Estonia is my winner

Fuego is still going to be a huge radio hit in Europe. I wasn't really surprise with Austria's result, the song was the best produced song this year. They could have won with an another starting position. I was happy with the public votes to Sweden, I guess the public knows that it is a Song contest and his song wasn't rly good. I was disappointed with the juries votes to Czech Republic, Mikolas deserved more.

props to wiwibloggs for getting these videos out so quickly!

eurovision this year was so strange and honestly i just want to forget that it happened.

I've defended the juries for years, but they did almost nothing right this year. Overhyping Sweden and Austria, giving nothing to Hungary, Denmark or Italy. Ranking Ukraine last. Every year, there's typically a jury favorite that I like a lot, but even the "jury bait" songs I liked like Germany and Estonia still did pretty well with the televote anyway. Not as well, obviously, but not enough for me to be upset. Even Lithuania, a song that I thought would get nothing from the televoters (relatively speaking, I didn't expect nul points) got basically the same with both. For years, people complained about the televoters voting for cheesy meaningless songs, but it seems like the juries have become addicted to overly polished songs without much meaning. Very interesting to think that, at their core, both juries and televoters like meaningless songs, but in a different way.

i don't understand Austria jury vote win neither , i mean , lets talk about quality, there were some songs and some voices which were by far better. Honestly , i prefer Eurovision how it was years ago without jury vote

This year was so messed up. Finland was probably the most robbed entry this year while Sweden was so overrated by the jury with a less than mediocre song that in my opinion lacked any character. The juries are clearly biased towards Sweden no matter the song and something should really be done about it.

Great coverage guys! Thank you so much!

why won a chickensong? and wtf a halfnaked shakira without qualitysong? for me austria germany cesky or others should win.

We respect the result! Congratulations to Israel and Netta! Sure, I am very dissapointed Eleni with Fuego 🔥 came second, but we are also very grateful! Cyprus winning the 2nd place is an amazing achievement! Thank you all for your support! ❤️🇨🇾

Ok, I'd like to address, that I voted NEITHER for Israel or Cyprus. I really missed out on something, since I didn't know Cyprus got so much hype. I had very unpopular votes: Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark. Either way, I'm happy for Netta and Israel for winning! And if you had an unpopular vote, please reply what it was!

All the people who had a Italy 2017 vision are now emberssed LOL

Basically the juries keep on pushing Sweden and Australia for some reason. And they ignored Denmark and Ukraine, which were clearly liked by the public. Netta wasn't my favorite, but I respect her victory because she won the popular vote. Whoever wins the people's vote is the winner in my book.

Well, as a swede, I’m not surprised at all that Ingrosso fell deep with the public vote. It’s the kind of song that is visually okay, but it’s thin as ice in spring, when it comes to the song itself. A song that’s get played in the radio at 2am, to offend nobody. The juries is clearly out of touch with the audience, but I was pleasantly surprized that Austria got high scores from them. For me, Israel have been a great contender, and is truly a worthy winner. But Bulgaria, Hungary and Italy were the winners for me.

The jury can be a bit crazy, but so can the public. So getting rid of the juries and just having the public is not a good idea.

My Winner is SuRie

Jury see the marketing potential hence Austria and sweden... They realise what can sell post esc, they work in the industry... The public it's personal... Alot of people are expecting the kitsch!!! And the crazy... Sweden and Austria didn't deliver that, they delivered flawless, poss plain but marketable songs.... And i think the jury r important as is the public vote bc it gives an all rounded result

Deserved better squad: Ukraine Hungary Finland

I just wanted to say you did an amazing job during the last months. Keep it up, see you next year!

Thank you all you Wiwis! It was a fun Eurovision season with y'all! The jury to me is actuallly NOT a problem but really builds to the overall suspense. The jury consists of five individuals per participating country - and will be counterbalanced by the public televote. To me this makes a lot more sense than just televoting only. And isn't it much more fun to comment/complain about the "weirdo" jury votes than not to do it :) Let's do this! :)

Austrias song sounds exactly like new age by marlon roudette lol. And appearently I am the only one who liked Sweden the most. People keep saying the song is generic but its actually one of the few songs I can listen to for hours without getting a brain damage so idk. Everyone just has really different tastes when it comes to music and we gotta accept that.

Outside the ESC bubble. European ITunes Song Sales 2018/05/14 1 Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa - One Kiss 2 David Guetta & Sia - Flames 3 Eleni Foureira - Fuego ☺ 1 4 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry 5 Selena Gomez - Back to You 6 Rudimental - These Days 7 Cesár Sampson - Nobody but You ☺ 2 8 Netta - TOY ☺ 3 9 Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone ☺ 4 10 Childish Gambino - This Is America

Regarding jury votes vs. televotes: Of course there could be different results as the voting is different. For instance I voted on only 2 entries, and not on 10. So the televotes might give a more random result (as many people only vote on their top songs), than the jury votes that give their both low and high scores.

Thank you for all !!! Love ! "Wonder NETTA don't you ever forget you are the WINNER and he about to amazed ..."