En el concurso participaron 41 países, y Bulgaria y Ucrania no volvieron a participar tras su participación en la edición anterior. Bulgaria alegó dificultades económicas como motivo de su ausencia, mientras que Ucrania, que inicialmente había planeado participar, finalmente se retiró como resultado de una controversia en torno a su selección nacional.
El ganador fue Holanda con la canción « Arcade », interpretada por Duncan Laurence y escrita por Laurence junto con Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy y Will Knox . Italia , Rusia , Suiza y Suecia completaron los cinco primeros puestos; debido a un error de votación, Noruega se situó originalmente en quinto lugar, pero se situó en sexto lugar tras una corrección. Holanda ganó la votación combinada, pero quedó en tercer lugar en la votación del jurado tras Macedonia del Norte y Suecia, y en segundo lugar en el televoto tras Noruega. Más abajo en la tabla, Macedonia del Norte y San Marino consiguieron sus mejores resultados hasta la fecha, acabando en séptimo y decimonoveno lugar respectivamente.
La UER informó que el concurso tuvo una audiencia de 182 millones de espectadores en 40 mercados europeos, una disminución de 4 millones de espectadores con respecto a la edición anterior. Sin embargo, se informó de un aumento del dos por ciento en el rango de edad de 15 a 24 años. [2] [3]
Los preparativos para el concurso estuvieron plagados de controversias en múltiples frentes, principalmente en torno al conflicto israelí-palestino , lo que eventualmente llevó a manifestaciones por parte de la intérprete del intermedio Madonna y los participantes islandeses Hatari durante la transmisión de la final.
Ubicación
Expo Tel Aviv (Pabellón 2): sede del concurso de 2019
Ubicación de las ciudades candidatas: la ciudad elegida como sede está marcada en azul, las ciudades preseleccionadas en verde y las eliminadas en rojo.
Después de la victoria de Israel en el concurso de 2018 en Lisboa , Portugal , Netta y el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, declararon que el concurso de 2019 se celebraría en Jerusalén , pero esto aún no había sido confirmado por la Corporación Pública de Radiodifusión de Israel (IPBC/Kan) y la Unión Europea de Radiodifusión (UER). [4] El ministro de finanzas israelí, Moshe Kahlon , también dijo en una entrevista que el evento se llevaría a cabo únicamente en Jerusalén y estimó su costo en 120 millones de shekels israelíes (aproximadamente 29 millones de euros). [8] El alcalde de Jerusalén, Nir Barkat , mencionó el Jerusalem Arena y el Teddy Stadium como posibles sedes para albergar el evento. [9] El municipio de Jerusalén confirmó que debido a que carecía de capacidad de asientos, el concurso no se llevaría a cabo en el Centro Internacional de Convenciones , que había sido sede del concurso en 1979 y 1999. [10]
El 18 de junio de 2018, Netanyahu declaró que Israel se había comprometido a cumplir con las normas de la UER en lo que respecta a la constitución de las emisoras miembro, a fin de no afectar a su organización de Eurovisión. La creación de Kan incluía una condición según la cual la programación de noticias se delegaría posteriormente a una segunda entidad de radiodifusión pública. Esto habría violado las normas de la UER que exigen que las emisoras miembro tengan sus propios departamentos de noticias internos. [11] [12]
Al día siguiente, Israel fue confirmado oficialmente como el país anfitrión, [13] y el 24 de junio de 2018, Kan abrió formalmente el proceso de licitación para las ciudades interesadas en albergar el concurso de 2019. [14] El viceministro israelí Michael Oren declaró que Jerusalén no tenía los recursos para albergar el concurso el 28 de julio, y reiteró que Tel Aviv era el anfitrión más probable. [15]
Poco después, surgieron informes de que el gobierno no había proporcionado el pago inicial de 12 millones de euros solicitado por Kan para cubrir los gastos de alojamiento y seguridad. [16] Después de un tenso intercambio de opiniones entre Kan y el gobierno, el 29 de julio de 2018 se llegó a un acuerdo entre las dos partes según el cual Kan pagaría los 12 millones de euros a la UER y al Ministerio de Finanzas para cubrir los gastos en caso de que surgieran complicaciones. El alcalde de Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai , anunció que la ciudad estaría dispuesta a pagar por el propio centro de convenciones, en caso de que fuera elegida como ciudad anfitriona. [16] [17]
En la semana del 27 de agosto de 2018, el supervisor ejecutivo Jon Ola Sand dirigió a un grupo de delegados de la UER por Israel para analizar posibles sedes en Jerusalén y Tel Aviv y escuchar la propuesta de Eilat. El 30 de agosto de 2018, Sand declaró en una entrevista con Kan que Eilat ya no estaba en carrera para ser sede, y que Jerusalén y Tel Aviv eran las ciudades restantes en carrera. Agregó que no hubo ninguna discusión seria entre los miembros de la UER sobre boicotear el evento. [18]
El 13 de septiembre de 2018, la UER anunció a Tel Aviv como la ciudad anfitriona, siendo la Expo Tel Aviv la sede elegida para el concurso de 2019. [5]
Llave : † Lugar de celebración ‡ Lugares preseleccionados
Ubicación del lugar de celebración del concurso (rojo) y otros sitios y eventos relacionados (azul)
Ubicada en el parque Charles Clore de Tel Aviv, la Villa de Eurovisión fue el área oficial para los fanáticos y patrocinadores del Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión durante la semana de eventos. Estuvo abierta del 12 al 18 de mayo de 2019. [22] [23] Allí fue posible ver las actuaciones de artistas locales, así como los espectáculos en vivo transmitidos desde el recinto principal.
El EuroClub estaba ubicado en el Hangar 11 del puerto de Tel Aviv y era el lugar donde se celebraban las fiestas oficiales posteriores al concurso y las actuaciones privadas de los participantes. A diferencia de la Villa de Eurovisión, el acceso al EuroClub estaba restringido a los aficionados acreditados, los delegados y la prensa. [23]
El evento "Alfombra Naranja", donde los concursantes y sus delegaciones se presentan ante la prensa acreditada y los fanáticos, tuvo lugar en la Plaza Habima en el centro de Tel Aviv el 12 de mayo de 2019, seguido de la Ceremonia de Apertura en el Auditorio Charles Bronfman . [23] [24]
Países participantes
Para poder participar en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión se necesita una emisora nacional con membresía activa en la UER capaz de recibir el concurso a través de la red de Eurovisión y transmitirlo en vivo en todo el país. La UER envió una invitación para participar en el concurso a todos los miembros activos. El ministro israelí de comunicaciones, Ayoob Kara , también invitó a otros países de la región MENA . Con algunos Israel tenía relaciones tensas y con otros no tenía relaciones diplomáticas en absoluto. Kara señaló que Túnez y los estados del Golfo , incluidos Arabia Saudita y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos , fueron invitados. [25] [26] Túnez es elegible para participar, pero no lo ha hecho debido a leyes que prohíben la promoción de contenido israelí, mientras que los estados del Golfo no tienen emisoras nacionales con membresía en la UER.
La UER anunció inicialmente el 7 de noviembre de 2018 que 42 países participarían en el concurso, y Bulgaria optó por no participar por razones financieras. [27] [28] Ucrania anunció su retirada del concurso el 27 de febrero de 2019, reduciendo así el número de países participantes a 41. [29]
El 6 de marzo de 2019, la UER confirmó que Macedonia del Norte participaría por primera vez con su nuevo nombre, en lugar del nombre anterior de Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia que se había utilizado desde el debut del país en 1998. [30]
A pesar de confirmar su participación preliminar en el concurso de 2019, la emisora búlgara BNT anunció en octubre de 2018 que se retirarían debido a dificultades financieras y para permitir que los miembros de la delegación pasaran a otros proyectos. [45] [28] Debido a la controversia en torno a su selección nacional, el 27 de febrero de 2019, la emisora ucraniana UA:PBC también anunció la retirada del país del concurso, [29] pero transmitió el programa de todos modos. [46]
Los radiodifusores miembros activos de la UER en Andorra , Bosnia y Herzegovina , Eslovaquia y Turquía confirmaron su no participación antes del anuncio de la lista de participantes por parte de la UER. [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
Miembros asociados de la UER
A finales de 2017, las afirmaciones del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de Kazajstán de que el Canal 31 había finalizado las negociaciones con la UER, lo que permitiría al país debutar en 2019, [54] fueron desestimadas por la UER, explicando que no eran elegibles debido a que estaban ubicados fuera del Área Europea de Radiodifusión y también por no ser miembros del Consejo de Europa . [55] [56] Posteriormente, Kazajstán fue invitado a participar en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior 2018 , [57] pero la UER declaró que la decisión fue tomada únicamente por el Grupo Directivo de Eurovisión Junior y que no había planes actuales para invitar a miembros asociados al concurso de adultos; [58] luego se aclaró que esto podría cambiar en el futuro, [59] aunque no en 2019. [60]
No miembros de la UER
En junio de 2018, la emisora kosovar RTK estaba presionando para obtener la membresía completa de la UER para poder participar en el concurso de 2019, [61] pero la votación para decidir no se llevaría a cabo hasta junio de 2019. [62] A fines de 2017, la emisora de Liechtensteiner 1 FL TV confirmó que estaban solicitando la membresía de la UER para debutar en el concurso de 2019, [63] ya planeando seleccionar su entrada a través de una final nacional; [64] sin embargo, a mediados de 2018 1 FL TV aún no había solicitado la membresía [65] debido a la muerte repentina del director de la emisora, Peter Kölbel. [66]
Producción
Diseño visual
El diseño gráfico del concurso de 2019 en exposición en Tel Aviv
El lema del concurso, "Atrévete a soñar", se dio a conocer el 28 de octubre de 2018, [67] mientras que el logotipo y la marca oficiales se revelaron el 8 de enero de 2019. Diseñado por Awesome Tel Aviv y Studio Adam Feinberg, consta de triángulos en capas diseñados para parecerse a una estrella, reflejando "las estrellas del futuro" que llegan a Tel Aviv. [68]
Diseño de escenario
El diseño del escenario para el concurso de 2019 se reveló el 27 de diciembre de 2018 y fue diseñado por el diseñador de producción alemán Florian Wieder , quien también ideó los conceptos del escenario para los concursos de 2011-12, 2015 y 2017-18. [69] Inspirado en la Estrella de David , el escenario en forma de diamante tenía 250 metros cuadrados, con 130 triángulos LED en el techo, dos pasarelas de 25 m con puentes de conexión y una pared LED de 36 m × 12 m compuesta por 12 pantallas verticales rotativas que simbolizan las Doce Tribus de Israel . [70] [71] [72] A diferencia de años anteriores, la sala verde se colocó en un edificio separado del lugar de actuación principal debido a la capacidad limitada. [73] Después del concurso, Wieder fue acusado de plagio por el estudio de diseño alemán Whitevoid por similitudes con un escenario diseñado para la cantante brasileña Luan Santana en 2014. [74]
Postales
Filmadas entre marzo y abril de 2019 y dirigidas por Keren Hochma, las postales de 2019 involucraban al acto viajando a un lugar en Israel que se asemeja al de su propio país. [75] Un botón de reproducción imaginario circulaba sobre la cabeza del acto y, cuando el acto lo presionaba, realizaban un baile temático y arrojaban el botón de reproducción hacia la pantalla, luego, "volaban" hacia el escenario donde el techo se iluminaba con la bandera de su país usando realidad aumentada . Los bailes en cada postal fueron muy variados e incluyeron parkour , ballet y baile callejero , entre otros estilos. Se utilizaron las siguientes ubicaciones: [76]
El 25 de enero de 2019, Kan anunció que cuatro presentadores conducirían los tres programas: los presentadores de televisión Erez Tal (quien también fue uno de los comentaristas israelíes de la final de 2018 ) y Assi Azar (que trabaja para el Canal 12 israelí ), la supermodelo Bar Refaeli y la presentadora de Kan Lucy Ayoub (quien también fue la portavoz del jurado israelí en el concurso de 2018). [77] Tal y Refaeli fueron los anfitriones principales, mientras que Azar y Ayoub presentaron la sala verde . [78]
Formato
Sistema de votación
El 30 de marzo de 2019, la UER anunció que la presentación de los resultados de la votación telefónica durante la final cambiaría por primera vez desde que se introdujo el sistema de votación actual en 2016. [79] La presentación de los resultados del jurado siguió siendo la misma con un portavoz en vivo en cada país participante revelando la mejor canción de su jurado nacional que obtuvo 12 puntos. [80] En un cambio con respecto a años anteriores, el resultado de la votación telefónica se reveló en el orden de clasificación del jurado, desde el más bajo al más alto. [81]
Sorteo de asignación de semifinales
Resultados del sorteo de asignación de semifinales
Países participantes en la primera semifinal [b]
Precalificados para la final pero también votando en la primera semifinal
Países participantes en la segunda semifinal
Precalificados para la final pero también votando en la segunda semifinal
El sorteo para determinar las semifinales de los países participantes se llevó a cabo el 28 de enero de 2019 a las 17:00 CET , en el Museo de Arte de Tel Aviv . [82] Los treinta y seis semifinalistas se dividieron en seis botes, según los patrones de votación históricos calculados por el socio oficial de televotación del concurso, Digame. El propósito de sacar de diferentes botes fue reducir la posibilidad de "votación en bloque" y aumentar el suspenso en las semifinales. El sorteo también determinó qué semifinal transmitiría y votaría cada uno de los seis clasificados automáticos (el país anfitrión Israel y los países de los " Cinco Grandes " Francia , Alemania , Italia , España y el Reino Unido ). La ceremonia fue presentada por los presentadores del concurso Assi Azar y Lucy Ayoub, e incluyó el paso de la insignia de la ciudad anfitriona de Duarte Cordeiro, vicealcalde de Lisboa (ciudad anfitriona del concurso anterior) a Ron Huldai , alcalde de Tel Aviv. [83]
Descripción general del concurso
Semifinal 1
La primera semifinal tuvo lugar el 14 de mayo de 2019 a las 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). [84] Diecisiete países participaron en la primera semifinal. Ucrania fue asignada originalmente para participar en la segunda mitad de la semifinal, pero se retiró del concurso debido a la controversia sobre su selección nacional. [29] Australia ganó la mayor cantidad de puntos, seguida de la República Checa, Islandia, Estonia, Grecia, Eslovenia, Serbia, San Marino, Chipre y Bielorrusia. Los países que no lograron llegar a la final fueron Polonia, Hungría, Bélgica, Georgia, Portugal, Montenegro y Finlandia. [85] Todos los países que compitieron en esta semifinal fueron elegibles para votar, más Francia , Israel y España . [86]
La primera semifinal fue inaugurada por Netta interpretando una nueva versión de su canción ganadora " Toy ", mientras que en el intervalo Dana International interpretó " Just the Way You Are ". [87] Luego se entrevistó a los artistas franceses, israelíes y españoles, y se reprodujeron clips de sus canciones en competencia.
Calificadores
Semifinal 2
La segunda semifinal tuvo lugar el 16 de mayo de 2019 a las 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). [84] Dieciocho países participaron en la segunda semifinal. Suiza fue sorteada previamente en esta semifinal debido a problemas de programación. [86] Los Países Bajos ganaron la mayor cantidad de puntos, seguidos de Macedonia del Norte, Suecia, Suiza, Azerbaiyán, Rusia, Noruega, Malta, Albania y Dinamarca. Los países que no lograron llegar a la final fueron Lituania, Moldavia, Rumania, Croacia, Letonia, Armenia, Austria e Irlanda. [89] Todos los países que compitieron en esta semifinal fueron elegibles para votar, además de Alemania , Italia y el Reino Unido . [86]
La segunda semifinal incluyó a Shalva Band interpretando " A Million Dreams " y al mentalista Lior Suchard como actos de intervalo. [23] Luego se entrevistó a los artistas británicos, alemanes e italianos y se reprodujeron clips de sus canciones en competencia.
La final tuvo lugar el 18 de mayo de 2019 a las 22:00 IDT (21:00 CEST). [84] Veintiséis países participaron en la final, y los cuarenta y un países participantes tenían derecho a votar. El orden del día de la final se publicó el 17 de mayo de 2019. [91]
La final se inauguró con el tradicional desfile de banderas que presentó a los 26 finalistas, en el que participaron Dana International interpretando "Tel Aviv [he] " y " Diva ", Ilanit interpretando " Ey Sham " y Nadav Guedj interpretando " Golden Boy ". En el intervalo, cinco ex participantes de Eurovisión participaron en el acto "Switch Song": Conchita Wurst interpretó " Heroes ", Måns Zelmerlöw interpretó " Fuego ", Eleni Foureira interpretó " Dancing Lasha Tumbai ", Verka Serduchka interpretó "Toy" y Gali Atari , junto con los cuatro artistas mencionados anteriormente, interpretó su canción ganadora " Hallelujah ". A continuación, Idan Raichel interpretó "Bo'ee - Come to Me" con el Idan Raichel Project. A continuación, Netta interpretó su nuevo single " Nana Banana ", seguida de Madonna interpretando " Like a Prayer ", " Dark Ballet " y " Future ", esta última con Quavo . [92] [93] [94] La actriz y modelo Gal Gadot también apareció en un breve video sobre Tel Aviv como destino turístico. [23] [95] [96] [97]
La actuación de Madonna en el intervalo de la final fue muy criticada debido a su pobre desempeño vocal, y surgieron más críticas cuando su canal oficial de YouTube subió un video de la actuación con las voces autoajustadas. [98] Los representantes de Madonna en Live Nation fueron objeto de una demanda por parte del presentador Kan en septiembre de 2019, cuatro meses después de que terminara el concurso. [99]
Ganador
Portavoces
Los portavoces anunciaron la puntuación de 12 puntos del jurado nacional de sus respectivos países en el siguiente orden: [102] [103]
El jurado bielorruso fue destituido tras la revelación de sus votos en la primera semifinal, lo que contradice las reglas del concurso. Para cumplir con las reglas de votación del concurso, la UER trabajó con su socio de votación, Digame, para crear un resultado agregado sustituto (calculado en base a los resultados de otros países con registros de votación similares), que fue aprobado por el monitor de votación Ernst & Young , para determinar los votos del jurado bielorruso para la final. En estos resultados, Israel, que no recibió puntos de ningún otro jurado durante la final, recibió 12 puntos de Bielorrusia.
Sin embargo, el usuario de Twitter @euro_bruno señaló el 19 de mayo que supuestamente se había utilizado un resultado bielorruso sustituto incorrecto durante la transmisión de la final. [104] El error fue confirmado posteriormente en una declaración emitida por la UER el 22 de mayo. Según la declaración, la UER "descubrió que debido a un error humano se había utilizado un resultado agregado incorrecto. Esto no tuvo impacto en el cálculo de puntos derivados de la votación telefónica entre los 41 países participantes y el ganador general y las 4 mejores canciones del concurso permanecen sin cambios. Para respetar tanto a los artistas como a los miembros de la UER que participaron, [deseaba] corregir los resultados de la gran final de acuerdo con las reglas". [105]
El error, una inversión de los votos agregados de Bielorrusia, llevó a que los diez últimos países recibieran puntos en lugar de los diez primeros. Malta, que había sido incorrectamente clasificada en último lugar, recibiría los 12 puntos del jurado de Bielorrusia, e Israel terminaría sin puntos del jurado . Los totales de puntos corregidos también cambiaron algunas clasificaciones: Suecia terminó quinta en la clasificación general en lugar de Noruega, Bielorrusia terminó 24.º en la clasificación general en lugar de Alemania, San Marino terminó 19.º a pesar de perder cuatro puntos, y Macedonia del Norte ganó la votación del jurado en lugar de Suecia. [106] [107]
El error cometido por la UER y su socio electoral fue criticado. El periódico holandés Algemeen Dagblad dijo que la UER tuvo que presentar los nuevos totales de votos "sonrojada de vergüenza", calificando la situación de "caos". [108] El periódico británico Metro opinó que la UER había "metido la pata", mientras que el Daily Mirror calificó la inversión accidental del total de votos agregados como un "error escandaloso". [109] [110]
Una situación similar ocurrió en los concursos de 1976 , 1977 , 1979 , 1996 y 1998 , y en la semifinal del concurso de 2004 , cuando los resultados también tuvieron que ser corregidos después de la transmisión debido a un error en las votaciones.
Los resultados corregidos se han utilizado en todos los marcadores siguientes (cuando corresponde).
Semifinal 1
Calificadores
12 puntos
A continuación se muestra un resumen de los 12 puntos máximos otorgados por el jurado profesional y el voto por teléfono de cada país en la primera semifinal. Los países en negrita otorgaron el máximo de 24 puntos (12 puntos cada uno del jurado profesional y el voto por teléfono) al participante especificado.
Semifinal 2
Calificadores
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the second semi-final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.
Final
Winner
Distribution of points to the top 10 countries in the final
Televoting
Jury votes
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each country's professional jury and televote in the final. Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.
Broadcasts
Countries may add commentary from commentators working on-location or remotely at the broadcaster. Commentators can add insight to the participating entries and the provision of voting information.
The European Broadcasting Union provided international live streams of both semi-finals and the final through their official YouTube channel with no commentary. The live streams were geo-blocked to viewers in Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States and Venezuela due to rights limitations. After the live broadcasts, all three shows were made available for every country listed above, except the United States and Canada.[114][115][116]
Incidents
Religious requests
On 14 May 2018, Yaakov Litzman, leader of the ultra-Orthodox party United Torah Judaism and Israel's former Minister of Health, drafted a letter to the Ministers of Tourism, Communications, and Culture and Sports, in which he requested the event not violate religious laws: "In the name of hundreds of thousands of Jewish citizens from all the populations and communities for whom Shabbat observance is close to their hearts, I appeal to you, already at this early stage, before production and all the other details of the event has begun, to be strict [in ensuring] that this matter does not harm the holiness of Shabbat and to work in every way to prevent the desecration of Shabbat, God forbid, as the law and the status quo requires".[208] According to Jewish religious law, Shabbat is observed from just before sunset on Friday evening until Saturday night. The Saturday evening broadcast of the show, which were to start at 22:00 local time, would not conflict with this. However, the Friday evening jury show and Saturday afternoon rehearsals would. Similar protests arose in the lead-up to the 1999 Israeli-held contest, but then there were fewer competing delegations, which allowed for certain adjustments to be made to accommodate the issue. The chairman of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group (the contest's executive board), Frank-Dieter Freiling, noted that he was well aware of the tension, and had plans to address it in his communications with host broadcaster Kan.[209]Shalva Band, who performed as the interval act during the second semi-final, withdrew from Israel's national final citing similar concerns on possibly performing during Shabbat in the rehearsals for the final, should they have won.[210]
Calls for boycott
A mural in Girona promoting a boycott of the 2019 contest
The possibility of Jerusalem being the venue for an Israeli-hosted contest led many proponents of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to call on their national broadcasters to boycott the competition because of Israel's policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.[211][212][213] This included members of the Australian Greens party,[214]Sinn Féin,[215] Sweden's Left Party[216] and many entertainers including 1994 contest winner Charlie McGettigan.[217] The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV met to discuss a boycott in response to a petition of 23,000 signatures,[218] but ultimately neither RÚV nor any other broadcaster withdrew from the contest in response to boycott calls. In the event, viewing figures for the contest dropped to the joint lowest level since 2013.[219]
Several national selections were disrupted by BDS supporters calling for a boycott in the lead-up to the contest. This included the second semi-final of France's Destination Eurovision, which was invaded by stage intruders who held up signs advocating a boycott;[220] and selection events in Spain,[221]Germany, Denmark[222] and Norway[223] were all targeted by protesters outside the venues calling for a boycott.[224] The EBU later sent a special letter to all participating broadcasters advising precautions they could take to prevent similar disruptions.[225] An opinion piece in Sweden's largest newspaper Aftonbladet, calling for a boycott of the contest and other cultural exchanges with Israel, was signed by 171 Swedish professionals in the cultural sector.[226]
In March 2019, LGBT activist groups Al Qaws and Pinkwatching Israel called for a boycott of the contest in opposition to Israeli "pinkwashing".[227] In late April, over 100 celebrities including Stephen Fry and Sharon Osbourne signed a joint statement against boycotting Eurovision in Israel, asserting that any cultural boycott would be antithetical to advancing peace in the region.[228]
Late Ukrainian withdrawal
During the final of the Ukrainian national selection on 23 February 2019, it was announced that the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) had reserved the right to change the decision made by the jury and the Ukrainian public. Following Maruv's win, it was reported the broadcaster had sent a contract to her management, requiring her to cancel all upcoming appearances and performances in Russia to represent Ukraine. She was also given 48 hours to sign the contract or be replaced.[229]
On 24 February 2019, Maruv revealed the contract sent to her by UA:PBC had also banned her from improvising on stage and communicating with any journalist without the permission of the broadcaster, and required her to fully comply with any requests from the broadcaster. Later, the broadcaster published a statement explaining every entry of the contract.[230] If she failed to follow any of these clauses, she would be fined ₴2 million (~€65,500). Maruv also said the broadcaster would not give her any financial compensation for the competition and would not pay for her trip to Tel Aviv.[231]
On 25 February 2019, both Maruv and UA:PBC confirmed she would not represent Ukraine in the contest due to disputes over the contract, and that another act would be chosen.[232] National final runner-up Freedom Jazz announced on 26 February they had also rejected the broadcaster's offer to represent Ukraine as did third-place finisher Kazka the following day.[233][234] The incident garnered media coverage from major international outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Billboard, The Telegraph, The Independent, SBS News, The Irish Independent, Le Figaro, Cosmopolitan, and ABC.[235] On 27 February, UA:PBC announced its withdrawal from the contest.[29]
Ticket sales controversy
The ticket prices for the year's event sparked criticism, both in Israel and abroad,[236] with The Times of Israel calling them "likely the most expensive ever for Eurovision".[237] Explanations for the high prices included the high cost of living in Israel and the fact that the Israeli government was not subsidising the Eurovision production.[238][239] Although the venue could hold up to 10,000 people, only 7,300 seats were available because of the size of the stage, the technical equipment and the security features. Of those 7,300 seats, 3,000 had been reserved for the EBU, leaving only 4,300 for fans so that demand exceeded supply.[240]
On 3 March 2019, ticket sales were frozen due to irregularities noticed by the oversight committee of Kan. Israeli media reported tickets being illegally resold for more than twice their original price. Public security minister Gilad Erdan ordered an investigation into the situation.[241] Ticket sales resumed on 14 March; according to Kan, 220 improperly-purchased tickets to the final live show were revoked and sold again in the second round of sales.[242]
Technical issues
Cyber attack during semi-final 1
Kan suffered a cyber attack by a group of hackers that affected the broadcaster's accessibility livestreams of the first semi-final.[243] The hackers were able to briefly show anti-Israeli statements on the streams such as "Israel is not safe, you will see" and "Risk of missile attack, please take shelter".[244] The incident was investigated by both the broadcaster and the EBU. Kan released a statement regarding the incident saying: "The problem was fixed quickly, and it seems that during the first semi-finals a site was hacked here for a few minutes, and we believe that the messages were not seen by many people."[245]
Semi-final 1 technical issues
Multiple broadcasters around Europe reported various issues during the live broadcast of the first semi-final.[246] Viewers reported a loss of commentary from Tel Aviv in the Netherlands and North Macedonia.[246] The Polish public broadcaster, TVP, had to replace their regular commentator Artur Orzech who was in Tel Aviv with another person who was based in Warsaw because viewers were unable to hear Orzech.[246] Germany and the United Kingdom lost a portion of the show. On BBC Four, which broadcast the semi-finals in the UK, the programme cut out as the recap of the qualifiers of the first semi-final began to play, and was replaced by the message "We are sorry for the break in this programme and are trying to correct the fault"[247] while the French broadcaster France Télévisions experienced audio issues during the Portuguese and Belgian performances.[246] Similar technical issues happened during the 2011 contest.
Keiino's jury final performance
During Norway's jury final performance, two technical issues occurred in a short time. The screen turned black while Keiino performed their song "Spirit in the Sky". When the picture returned the camera operator was seen in the picture. NRK complained to the EBU and requested a new run through, but the EBU rejected the complaints.[248][249][250]
Jury vote issues
Following the reveal of the detailed jury voting, it emerged that three jurors appeared to have voted backwards in their semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Czech juror Jitka Zelenková ranked Portugal as her favourite entry, Slovenia as her least-favourite entry, and ranked Estonia as fourteenth on her list; this was directly opposite to the other Czech jurors, who all ranked Slovenia first and two who ranked Portugal last. In the final, Zelenková's rankings changed significantly; she listed Estonia as her fourth favourite and Slovenia as her sixth favourite. Neither Zelenková, the Czech broadcaster Česká televize (ČT) nor the EBU had confirmed that her semi-final votes were reversed, but if this were corrected, Poland would have qualified to the final instead of Belarus.[251]
Swedish juror Lina Hedlund also appeared to have voted backwards in the second semi-final. She ranked the Netherlands and Switzerland as her favourite entries in the final, but ranked them as her two least-favourite entries in the semi-final. Additionally, Hedlund ranked Austria her favourite entry in the semi-final, which led Austria to receive eight points from Sweden. Neither Hedlund, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) nor the EBU had commented on the incident.[252][253][254]
The second semi-final also seemed to have had Russian juror Igor Gulyaev casting his votes in reverse order. In the semi-final, Gulyaev ranked Denmark first and Azerbaijan last, although he reversed these placements in the final. He also ranked Albania as his second least favourite entry in the semi-final, but conversely as his second favourite in the final. If his and Hedlund's votes were corrected, it would have had no impact on the result other than minor differences in the number of points received by each country.[255][256]
This was the second year in which a juror accidentally submitted their votes backwards. In the 2016 contest, Danish juror Hilda Heick ranked the entries backwards, resulting in Denmark awarding 12 points to Ukraine instead of Australia.[252]
Political demonstrations during the final
The organisation of the 2019 contest in Israel faced protests due to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and not exclusively outside the venue.
During Madonna's interval performance in the final, the singer directed a monologue (part of her song "Dark Ballet") to backup dancers wearing gas masks between the two songs, alluding to the "[storm] inside of us", saying "they think we are not aware of their crimes. We know, but we're just not ready to act". This was interpreted as a reference to the conflict. During "Future", two dancers—one wearing an Israeli, the other a Palestinian flag on the back of their costumes—were seen holding each other while guest vocalist Quavo sang the lyrics: "Not everyone is coming to the future, not everyone is learning from the past". Madonna later stated that the use of Israeli and Palestinian flags was not a pro-Palestine demonstration, but a call for unity and peace.[257]
While receiving their points from the televotes, members of the Icelandic entry Hatari were seen showing banners that included the Palestinian flag.[258][259][260] There had previously been concerns that the self-described anti-capitalist group would use their performance to protest the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, and the band had previously received warnings from the EBU about statements they had made prior to the contest.[261][262] Following the flag incident, the EBU stated that "the consequences of this action [would] be discussed by the Reference Group after the Contest".[263] Hatari subsequently announced a collaboration with Palestinian singer Bashar Murad for their next single.[264] The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV was eventually handed a €5,000-fine for the incident.[265] The incident was retained on the official replay of the final on YouTube, but was edited out on the DVD and Netflix releases.[266][267]
Other awards
In addition to the main winner's trophy, the Marcel Bezençon Awards and the Barbara Dex Award were contested during the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. The OGAE, "General Organisation of Eurovision Fans" voting poll also took place before the contest.
Marcel Bezençon Awards
The Marcel Bezençon Awards, organised since 2002 by Sweden's then-Head of Delegation and 1992 representative Christer Björkman, and 1984 winner Richard Herrey, honours songs in the contest's final.[268] The awards are divided into three categories: Artistic Award, Composers Award, and Press Award.[269] The winners were revealed shortly before the Eurovision final on 18 May.
OGAE
OGAE, an organisation of over forty Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, conducts an annual voting poll first held in 2002 as the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award. After all votes were cast, the top-ranked entry in the 2019 poll was Italy's "Soldi" performed by Mahmood; the top five results are shown below.[270][271][272]
Barbara Dex Award
The Barbara Dex Award is a humorous fan award given each year to the artist who wore the most notable outfit. First awarded in 1997, the award originally highlighted the worst-dressed artists in the competition, until this criterion was changed in 2019. Named after Belgium's representative who came last in the 1993 contest, wearing her self-designed dress, the award was handed by the fansite House of Eurovision from 1997 to 2016 and is being carried out by the fansite Songfestival.be since 2017.
Official album
Cover art of the official album
Eurovision Song Contest: Tel Aviv 2019 is the official compilation album of the contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by Universal Music Group digitally on 12 April 2019 and physically on 26 April 2019.[273][274] The album features all 41 entries including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify for the final.
^On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD[32]
^ a bUkraine, which had originally been allocated into semi-final 1, withdrew from the contest in February 2019.
^Switzerland, which had been allocated to pot five, was pre-allocated to compete in the second semi-final at the request of Swiss broadcaster SRF.
^Omni Television aired all three shows on a six hour delay with no commentary.[192][193][194][195][196]
^Netflix, an over-the-topvideo on demand service, signed an agreement with the EBU in July 2019 that would allow them to distribute the 2019 contest on their service in the United States.[203] All three shows were made available on the platform from 22 July 2019 to May 2020 with no commentary.[204][205][206][207]
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Bélgica – Mitzpe Ramon
Croacia – Museo de Israel , Jerusalén
Chipre – Eilat
República Checa – Cesarea
Dinamarca – YMCA Internacional de Jerusalén
Estonia – Paseo marítimo de Tel Aviv
Finlandia – Distrito financiero , Ramat Gan
Francia – Museo de Arte de Tel Aviv
Georgia – Acre
Alemania – Mar de Galilea
Grecia – Instituto Van Leer , Jerusalén
Hungría – Parque Nacional Beit Guvrin
Islandia – Parque Nacional Beit She'an
Irlanda – Plantación de palmeras , Eylot
Israel – Ciudad Vieja , Jerusalén
Italia – Puerto de Ashdod
Letonia – Centro de Danza Suzanne Dellal , Tel Aviv
Lituania – Playa HaBonim
Malta – Parque Timna
Moldavia – Bodegas Zichron Yaakov
Montenegro – Playa Mikhmoret
Países Bajos – Monte Arbel
Macedonia del Norte – Bosque del Carmelo
Noruega – Desierto de Judea
Polonia – Mishkenot Sha'ananim , Jerusalén
Portugal – Mar Muerto
Rumania – Monte Hermón
Rusia – Torre de David , Jerusalén
San Marino – Central termosolar , Ashalim
Serbia – Flor de cerezo , Ein Zivan
Eslovenia – Badlands de Ruhama
España – Haifa
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Suiza – Auditorio Charles Bronfman
Reino Unido – Jardines Bahá'í , Haifa
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