Ireland's Eurovision voting breakdown & Emmy's final place in competition revealed in official stats
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Emmy and her song Laika Party failed to make the cut for Saturday's final
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A Palestinian flag is held up in the audience during the dress rehearsal for the Grand Final
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Three Youth Demand supporters have been detained during Israel's performance at the live Eurovision final
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And they also showed Ireland got just 28 points and finished in 13th place — in the bottom four — in
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Today it was revealed Ireland got just 28 points on Thursday, drawing with
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Israel topped the voting that night with 203 points after getting the maximum 12 points from several countries — including Ireland's televoters.
Irish viewers were unable to vote for our own act and had to choose other countries to award our points.
We then gave ten points to
On Saturday, we again gave Israel a high ten points, though
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After that, Ireland's viewers gave
The Irish jury of five industry professionals — Dermot McEvoy, Edward Porter, Kofi Appiah, Helen Jordan Guthrie and Tara Murray — awarded Israel seven points in Saturday's final.
Remember Monday star Lauren Byrne is last Eurovision contestant standing as she parties until 6am after defeat
The panel gave eventual winners Austria the full 12 points, with the
On Thursday, Ireland got seven points from the
We also got one point from the rest of the world.
PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST
On Saturday, protests over Israel's participation due the country's ongoing bombardment of Gaza rocked central Basel, as hundreds of pro-
Basel police said that during identity checks, a group 'threw firecrackers, injuring three officers who were taken to hospital with suspected blast trauma'.
Israeli singer Raphael was left 'shaken and upset' after protesters rushed towards a barrier when she was performing on stage, her team said.
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Austria's JJ performed the song 'Wasted Love' during the Eurovision grand final
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Yuval Raphael represented Israel on the grand final
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