Ireland Eurovision 2022

"Going to be hard to top Linda Martin giving her Eurovision win in the 90's a shout out over world peace. Some woman"

Some woman." A third wrote: "“Linda Martin reminded everyone of her win 30 years ago." Viewers were quick to react to Linda's points delivery online, with one person tweeting: "Going to be hard to top Linda Martin giving her Eurovision win in the 90's a shout out over world peace.

Irish Eurovision fans were left divided online on Saturday, as ex-winner Linda Martin took to our screens to present the results of the Irish jury vote.

‘Linda Martin giving her own win a shout out <3’ another wrote, in awe of the 70-year-old. ‘Going to be hard to top Linda Martin giving her Eurovision win in the 90s a shout out over world peace. The 70-year-old was chosen to read out Ireland’s verdict to mark 30 years since she won the contest, with Linda loving her brief moment back in the spotlight.

This year's Eurovision Song Contest saw a major issue regarding the voting in several countries.

Even Ukrainians don’t think it was the best song.. It continued: ‘The EBU takes any suspected attempts to manipulate the voting at the Eurovision Song Contest extremely seriously and has the right to remove such votes in accordance with the Official Voting Instructions, irrespective of whether or not such votes are likely to influence the results and/or outcome of the voting.’ In a statement shared on the Eurovision website, the union said: ‘In the analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) pan-European voting partner after the Second Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, certain irregular voting patterns were identified in the results of six countries.

The statement said the irregular voting patterns followed “analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union's (EBU's) pan-European voting partner ...

I will never forget @eurovision. Onto the next.” On Friday she tweeted a video of celebrating Irish revellers singing “olé, olé, olé”. She commented: “Walked past an Irish bar in Turin and this happened. The six countries concerned were Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino. An “aggregated result” for each country was calculated and used instead. Afterwards she tweeted ‘Beyond proud of this experience, thank you to my wonderful team.

Eurovision Song Contest was a roaring success with Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra being crowned winners and the UK's Sam Ryder finishing the evening in second ...

Eurovision Song Contest was a roaring success with Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra being crowned winners and the UK’s Sam Ryder finishing the evening in second place. “In order to comply with the Contest’s Voting Instructions, the EBU worked with its voting partner to calculate a substitute aggregated result for each country concerned for both the Second-Semi Final and the Grand Final (calculated based on the results of other countries with similar voting records). It read: “In the analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) pan-European voting partner after the Second Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, certain irregular voting patterns were identified in the results of six countries.

Votes from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino were all replaced by aggregate scores , after irregular voting patterns were noticed ...

They added: "The EBU takes any suspected attempts to manipulate the voting at the Eurovision Song Contest extremely seriously and has the right to remove such votes in accordance with the Official Voting Instructions, irrespective of whether or not such votes are likely to influence the results and/or outcome of the voting." "In order to comply with the Contest’s Voting Instructions, the EBU worked with its voting partner to calculate a substitute aggregated result for each country concerned for both the Second-Semi Final and the Grand Final (calculated based on the results of other countries with similar voting records). This process was acknowledged by the Independent Voting Monitor." "In the analysis of jury voting by the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) pan-European voting partner after the Second Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, certain irregular voting patterns were identified in the results of six countries," the EBU began in their address.