{"id":1632,"date":"2018-05-13T09:11:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T14:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2018-05-13T09:11:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T14:11:32","slug":"israel-wins-eurovision-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1632","title":{"rendered":"Israel Wins Eurovision Song Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/nettaEurovision18_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/nettaEurovision18_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/nettaEurovision18_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Israel have won this year&#8217;s Eurovision Song Contest with he song Toy sung by Netta Barzilai.<\/p>\n<p>The bookies&#8217; favourite scored a total of 529 points and became the fourth ever Israeli act to win the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s Ryan O&#8217;Shaugnessy finished in 16th place with a total of 136 points for his song Together.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the competition, he said: &#8220;Tonight felt amazing. I felt like I had everyone in Ireland behind me. I couldn\u2019t be prouder to be Irish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cyrpus finished in second place with the song Fuego performed by Eleni Foureira.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the night, an invader took to the stage during the UK&#8217;s Eurovision performance by SuRie.<\/p>\n<p>An intruder rushed the stage during her rendition of her song Storm and shouted about &#8220;Nazis of the UK media,&#8221; adding: &#8220;We demand freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1632\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1632&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1632\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1632&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-1632\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1632&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1632\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel have won this year&#8217;s Eurovision Song Contest with he song Toy sung by Netta Barzilai. The bookies&#8217; favourite scored a total of 529 points and became the fourth ever Israeli act to win the competition. 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