Eurovision boss: 'We're watching the voting very carefully'

Eurovision boss: 'We're watching the voting very carefully'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMark SavageMusic correspondent, Eurovision Song Contest, ViennaReutersEurovision director Martin Green has already issued a formal warning to Israel over posts made by its contestant The director of the Eurovision Song Contest says organisers are watching voting patterns "very, very carefully" after concerns were raised about Israel's ability to influence the results at last year's contest.Some broadcasters claimed that social media posts on Israeli government accounts, which encouraged people to vote multiple times, may have influenced the result. Contest director Martin Green told the BBC he agreed that "some of the promotion by some of the broadcasters was a little disproportionate".The situation prompted an overhaul of voting procedures for this year's event, and Green added that anyone who flouted the rules would come "under further scrutiny".'Amicable resolutions'The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises the contest, has already issued a formal warning to Israeli broadcaster Kan after its contestant released videos instructing fans to "vote 10 times for Israel" last weekend.Eurovision said it believed the posts weren't in "the spirit of the competition", and instructed that they be removed.Asked whether the Israeli act could be disqualified for further breaches, Green said: "We're a long way from any of that."If there is a problem, we start a conversation and we try and resolve it amicably, without reaching for sanctions," he told the BBC's Nomia Iqbal. "We hope, in a way, that you teach the world that you can solve [conflict] by being collegiate right now."Israel were among the 10 acts who qualified for this year's grand final from Eurovision's first semi-final in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday night.However, vo...