\u201cWe were made aware that videos instructing people to vote ten times for Israel had been published and released by the artist representing KAN. Within 20 minutes, we had contacted the Israeli delegation and asked them to immediately stop all distribution of the videos and remove them from all platforms where they had been published.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin Green \u2013 Eurovision CEO<\/p>\n
The new voting instructions for Eurovision, which concern marketing and promotion, are mainly introduced to avoid large-scale funded third-party campaigns. We at ESCXTRA reported on this last year.<\/a> This came after an extensive social media campaign run by their 2025 representative Yuval Rafael that explicitly told people to vote 20 times for her song \u201cNew Day Will Rise\u201d that eventually came 2nd in Basel, topping the televote. Martin gave further clarification to this.<\/p>\n \u201cA direct call to use the ten votes you have available on one artist or song is also not in line with our rules or the spirit of the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n Martin Green \u2013 Eurovision CEO<\/p>\n Furthermore Martin has stated that the EBU has been swift in warning the broadcaster about it\u2019s responsibilities in conducting fair promotion. <\/p>\n \u201cWe have sent a formal warning to KAN and will continue to monitor their promotional activities closely and take action if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n Martin Green \u2013 Eurovision CEO<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 KAN responds. <\/p>\n After reaching out to the Israeli broadcaster this is what KAN said to TV2. KAN maintains that they always follow the EBU rules and regulations. <\/p>\n \u201cThe incident in question comes from the artist\u2019s own initiative from his own team, without any form of illegal financing and is similar to similar advertising by other artists in the competition.<\/p>\n Following the EBU\u2019s desire to avoid the call to vote ten times, the artist has stopped using the videos, concludes the channel\u2019s spokesperson\u201d<\/p>\n The claim that this is from the artists own initiative however doesn\u2019t ring true when you can see the similarities to Noam\u2019s advert compared to Yuval\u2019s last year. <\/p>\n Tobbe Ek, Swedish reporter for news and entertainment outlet who have extensive history in reporting for Eurovision and Sweden\u2019s pre selection show Melodifestivalen \u2013 Aftonbladet<\/a> published a communiqu\u00e9 that the EBU have sent to all HODs of the 34 other delegations competing in Eurovision 2026 and it reads the following. <\/p>\n Dear HODs, <\/p>\n Yesterday were made away of an artist making an online call to action to vote for their song ten times. While the action was limited and not part of a third party funded campaign we asked for it to be immediately taken down. <\/p>\n It\u2019s a timely reminder that while artists appealing for people to vote for them is accepted, appeals for multiple votes are not. Please take this opportunity to review your plans and speak with Kind regards,<\/p>\n What do you think about this issue? Let us know! Be sure to stay updated by following\u00a0@ESCXTRA on Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0@escxtra.bsky.social on Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0@escxtra on Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0@escxtra on TikTok<\/a>\u00a0and liking our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0for the latest updates! Also, be sure to follow us\u00a0on Spotify<\/a>\u00a0for the latest music from your favourite Eurovision acts. As well as\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0to see interviews and reactions to the latest Eurovision news.<\/p>\n Copy URL URL Copied <\/p>\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778355075_226_image.jpeg\")
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