Voting rules have been changed to limit the audience's influence and five countries have withdrawn in protest. Israel's controversial participation is reshaping the Eurovision Song ContestVIENNA – Facebook groups, forums and the Reddit community of Eurovision fans were occupied with just one thing this week. For a change, it wasn't connected to Israel's controversial participation. What caused turmoil among the song contest's avid fans was the exceptional approval given to Linda Lampenius, half of the duo representing Finland, to play her violin on air.