r/eurovision • u/berryberry02 Qélé, Qélé • May 20 '25

📊 Results / Statistics VRT reveals the number of Belgian votes cast since 2023

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Data provided from VRT to songfestival.be shows that there was a huge spike in votes cast in the 2024 shows and the 2025 final compared to 2023. Furthermore while viewership decreased from the semifinal to the grand final over the past 2 years, the increase in number of votes cast between the semifinal and the grand final is even bigger than in 2023 when viewership actually increased from the semifinal to the grand final.

Source: https://songfestival.be/landen/be/vrt-deelt-aantal-stemmen-belgische-televoting/

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u/peanut_galleries May 20 '25

And lo and behold…

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u/CrowsShinyWings Wasted Love May 20 '25

That Israel got 2nd place from Belgium in that semi final?

What do you think that proves lmao

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u/boyofwell Voyage May 20 '25

That Israel got too many votes, but Netherlands still got more by naturally being Dutch.

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u/LittleLion_90 The Code May 20 '25

The Netherlands was in the same semi final this year as well though, and not all extra 20.000 votes of last year's semi final could've gone to Israel because then the Netherlands wouldn't have gotten the 12 points.

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u/J_Sabra May 20 '25

Joost didn't represent them this year, viewers liked Europapa. A strong song, that would probably have finished in the top 3-5, or would have won.

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u/CrowsShinyWings Wasted Love May 20 '25

Which is a fancy way of saying that the region of Flanders decided to vote massively for the Dutch in the semi final where Israel and Belgium were together

Which is literal proof that the VRT is trying to blatantly lie lmao