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By Mia O’Hare Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest is shaping up to be a political affair after Israel became one of the favourites to win following a potential phone-vote sting. The 68th Eurovision Song Contest, from Malmo, Sweden, has been plagued by rows over Israel’s participation amid the country’s ongoing military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. But in the second semi-final Israel scored a whopping 39% of the Italian phone vote, which was revealed when the results from the 16 countries taking part were “accidentally” shown to viewers on screen. It led to cries of skulduggery from fans – wh…