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Norway’s public broadcaster NRK has joined European broadcasters calling for a review of Eurovision 2025’s televoting rules, following the controversy surrounding Israel’s second-place finish.
The immediate source of the controversy was Yuval Raphael’s strikingly uneven result. Israel received just 60 points from the juries, but won the public televote with 297 points. Reports that Israeli support groups encouraged people to vote repeatedly—potentially up to 20 times each—have prompted questions about how the system can be used and whether it continues to offer a fair reflection of audience support.
NRK says it wants discussions about the contest’s rules and voting procedures. Its concern is not presented as a demand to rewrite the 2025 result, but as a warning that the current arrangements may not be good for the competition’s credibility or long-term fairness.
That places NRK alongside broadcasters already seeking greater scrutiny of the televote. RTVE in Spain, as well as VRT in Belgium, RTÉ in Ireland, Yle in Finland, RÚV in Iceland and RTVSLO in Slovenia have called for audits or discussions concerning the voting results and Israel’s inclusion.
The growing list of broadcasters leaves the European Broadcasting Union facing a question that extends beyond one contestant or one result: whether the rules and safeguards around Eurovision’s televote are sufficiently transparent to protect confidence in the competition.
