Israel’s Eurovision entrant Eden Golan has defied the odds to place in the top 10 of acts in the competition’s grand final in Sweden.
Twenty-year-old Golan, from Kfar Saba in central Israel, faced boycott calls, protests and threats over her inclusion in the contest and demands for Israel to be excluded from the final in Malmo.
Golan received 12 points, the maximum allowed, from the UK voting public, but nothing from the UK jury. The singer also gained 10 points from Ireland’s public vote, and 12 points from Germany’s.
The Israeli entry received 323 points in total from the voting public, the second most of any competitor.
