The Eurovision Song Contest is implementing new rules around its voting system after uproar around Israel’s result in May. When entrant Yuval Raphael sang “New Day Will Rise” at the competition held in Basel, Switzerland, she swiftly topped the public voting charts and later placed second to Austria when the jury scores were counted. But some counties, including broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Iceland and Finland, raised concerns about the public vote and requested an audit. Organizers of the contest at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said the vote was checked and verified. Now, the song contest has restructured its voting and promotion rules ahead of next year’s edition in Vienna, Austria. “We’ve listened and we’ve acted,” said Eurovision director Martin Green. “The neutrality and integrity of the Eurovision Song Contest is of paramount importance to the EBU, its members, and all our audiences. It is essential that the fairness of the Contest is always protected.” It comes as the contest — in most years considered a joyous, eccentric celebration of the world’s music …