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5/Jun at 01:27

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The day after 14th

Israel: Media reactions and TV figures.

Although Israel was one of the top favorites to win the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, they only finished in the 14th place, with 71 points. The fact caused various reactions in the local the media and public throughout the country.

As Harel Skaat was tipped to win the contest, the Israeli media showed big hopes and confidence to see the contest once again in Israel. Before the second semifinal where Israel took part, there was a feeling of certainty in the country that Harel would qualify to the final. After the actual qualification Israel's hopes were raised even higher.

However, Harel finished in the surprising 14th place. Right after the show, the Israeli media showed disappointment. In an interview to Channel 2 News, he said: "I really enjoyed it. I'm very glad I did it in the way I did it, as the reactions were very good, and as an evidence you can see the three (Marcel Bezençon) prizes we won. There is a big dissonance between what happened with the song until now and what happened during the voting. It's easy to say that they don't like us in Europe but I still don't know. I admit that during the voting I laughed because the block- and diaspora-voting was really ridiculous."

Tzvika Pik, who has composed three Eurovision entries, including one winner (Israel 1998, Israel 2002 and Ukraine 2003) and also wrote the song Sing my song which took part in this year's Georgian national final, commented and said: "Harel was very excited both in the semifinal and the final. It might have been a mistake to sing the song in 100% hebrew. He could sing a verse in french as it's a kind of french."

And what about the nation's feelings? This year's Eurovision Song Contest didn't achieve any special rating figures. More people watched this year's contest than the last year's one, when Noa & Mira Awad represented Israel, but the numbers are still lower than in 2008, when Boaz Mauda was the representative, or in 2005, when Shiri Maimon reached the 4th place with her song Hasheket Shenishar.

Here are the full rating figures for the Eurovision Song Contest since 1998:

Year Rating No. of Households Market Share
 1998 35.4%  514,000 59%
 1999 43.9% 637,000 71%
 2000 24.3% 387,000 45%
 2001 18.7% 288,000 41%
 2002 30.6% 475,000 50%
 2003 28.9% 479,000 49%
 2004 Semifinal
 16.5% 281,000 31%
 2004 Final
 10.4% 176,800 23%
 2005 Semifinal
 19.5% 339,000 35%
 2005 Final
 34.4% 597,000 60%
 2006 Semifinal
 7.9% 136,000 16%
 2006 Final
 21.2% 365,000 41%
 2007 Semifinal
 11.5% 199,000 23%
 2007 Final
 8.6% 148,600 17%
 2008 Semifinal 1
 11% 199,000 20%
 2008 Semifinal 2
 4.9% 88,000 10%
 2008 Final
 22.5% 409,000 41%
 2009 Semifinal 1
 8.8% 160,000 16%
 2009 Semifinal 2
 5.9% 107,100 11%
 2009 Final
 16.8% 304,000 31%
 2010 Semifinal 1
 5.2% 93,600 11%
 2010 Semifinal 2
 7.3% 132,000 13%
 2010 Final
 18.3% 332,000 35%

 

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This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 13:07:24

Well i didn't like that Harel and his song myself, it was terrible, nothing more that harel's voice off key through dramatic words sooo boring it was, it should have even stayed in semi final so we there would be place for another song in the finl instead of that eloooooooooooooo milim crap


ZZ Topp [61170]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 06:45:07

... so... harel pretty boy was laughing diúring the voting?! (S) i was laughing when he was "singing"... or tbh while he was screaming and screeching and going so off key... what a twat!! :S


This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:55:23

anyway, i am going to bed, good night everyone, kiss kiss ;)


Just TurQuality [45505]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:21:32

Lina

kurds who live in turkey don't have a flag.. current kurdish flag is for northern iraq.. and turkish republic is not a racist country like others.. we had 11 presidents and 3 of them was kurdish origin ;)

nagorno karabagh is a landlocked area from everywhere..they don't have 7 stars hotels and international universities like northern cyprus.... armenia is just harming itself with karabagh.. in the end they will want to give it back..or azerbaijan will take it again with everyway... it's situation is much different from northern cyprus..

don't play the fool pls... u know there is a state in northern cyprus which has a flag, own borders, many universities, own governments, many hotels, schools, representatives of other countries...etc everything a country has... what do u expect in cyprus in the future? they will leave all of these things and accept to be minority in cyprus?


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:21:15

Persoanlly I am talking about the brand new nationalistic troll from TRNC/Turkey.....Kenan as a person still is ok :)




This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:19:25

c'mon guys give Kenan break, leave him alone, his human being, stop being too harsh on him, i am serious


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:18:08

Lina, I know how you feel. Just leave him, it is one of this silly trolls from the backyard. Is it a coindidence that the other troll (Angelic) is Turkish also? :P


Now the last days we had a discussion about Israel and Cyprus, now don't begin with Karabakh!

@Lina !!!

Think what you want, I swear that I'm not Angelic and I have just 1 account! And if you won't believe me again, then do it, I don't care for such hateful beings like you! ;)


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:11:52

Lina I guess we need to be carefull with those two. I will never speak to the creature (see Angelic) is Kenan is ok, until now. We will see in future what might happen.


Lina !!! [56410]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:11:16

even and Kurds have a flag but they dont have a state ;)




Lina !!! [56410]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:08:00

@Dino they way who that 2 profiles whrites and also the way who use the emoticons are 99% the same with fight or with no fight ;) @Turquality a flag cant make a countrey ;) Nagorno Karabah have a flag also and you need permision to pass the borders from Azerbaijan to Karabah so ? ;)


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:06:48

Kenan you have not answered to me about your photo..


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:03:43

Just Turquality

I am not trying to scare I am simply ignoring, you silly troll.


Just TurQuality [45505]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 01:02:22

Dino Mil

lool.. u scare me so much :D


@Lina !!!

Yes, me and her are the same persons WITH ANY doubts! :)


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:58:28

Just Turquality

It is time to have your milk and go for bed..................for your good go away..............


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:55:33

Lina how you came up with this conclusion? Is it because afterwads a big fight where Angelic is the protagonist, Kenan pops up? :P

By the way it happens almost every time.


Just TurQuality [45505]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:54:10

Lina

don't mix apples and oranges..

first of all Salonica isn't in Macedonian republic's borders.. so he would be right to be angry about it..

but there are two different countries, flags and borders in cyprus.. can a belgian come to northern cyprus without turkish side's permission? of course no... because there is a republic in northern cyprus....
by the way i don't understand your reaction... you always see this flag when you go nicosia, it mustn't be different in there..


dimitris calling [57630]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:53:07

Lina
Get a grip!Where have i mentioned anything about you? :S
You should channel your anger through other positive tasks...
Ans where have i tried to play the peace maker exactly?


This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:51:51

Lina how about you and dimitris, maybe you two are same person as well, because I am now woried don't know who belongs to who hahahahahahahahaha LOL


Lina !!! [56410]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:46:24

@Kenan and @Angelic are same person with any doubts ! ;) And @Dimitris you who want to show the peace maker here i want to ask you something, if a person from FYRO Macedonia put on his profile a map who shows Thessaloniki as a part of FYRO Macedonia how your going to react ?


This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:44:41

dimitris

if we make kiss we will be brothers, whats wrong with that? Are you jealous? LOL


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:43:02

Kenan who's that guy on you profile. You? :P :)


dimitris calling [57630]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:41:38

Kenan and this is my opinion :@
Just kiss and make up!At least for tonight!You sound like the 2 old men from muppet show... :D


Dino Mil [58964]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:41:02

She is not friend of mine why I should advice her what to do? :P


This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:39:08

dimitris

yes I love this kenan, who doesn't!... LOL :D :D :D


This is my opinion [59854]
Tue 8 Jun 2010 00:36:31

KeNaN the noble Prince ♥'es his AnGeLiC

You supported angelic many times, you and her attack me because you thought/think I was/am Armenian, you did that many times in many forums so stop lying and you also said you were gonna get the evidence that I said I live in Turkey which I never did so you really are full of crap and have nothing better to do other than playing crazy games, you and angelic ofcourse, not sure how many profiles you have though but I can smell ghost of korkut bostanci through profile called Turquality whatever, cheers thanks for reading mate :D :D :D


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