Romanian head of delegation: TVR did not let me resign
Liana Stanciu, the Romanian head of delegation, wanted to resign when her husband’s band entered Romania’s Selectia nationala. TVR did not let her
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Eurovision voting scandal: EBU tightens rules after alleged breaches
Lithuanian news site 15min.lt ought to be feeling pretty good. Their undercover investigation, which alleged that Azerbaijan had hired agents to facilitate vote-rigging, unleashed a tidal wave of media coverage…
Exclusive: Greek broadcaster DT still waiting for Eurovision approval
Yesterday I contacted DT, the Greek interim broadcaster which replaced ERT after the government shut it down over the summer. They kindly replied, albeit with a very limited response.
Greece: One step closer to Eurovision with creation of NERIT
From today onwards Greeks will have to pay 3 euros monthly in additional tax, the income of which will cover the cost of a new state broadcaster NERIT. The move…
EBU: Russia’s Anti-LGBT Laws Hurt Its Chances of Hosting Eurovision
Well it’s about time. The European Broadcasting Union, the body behind the Eurovision Song Contest, is finally getting firm with Russia over its anti-LGBT legislation.
From Scandal to Reform: EBU Publishes New Jury Rules for Eurovision 2014
In the wake of the Eurovision 2013 voting scandal, the European Broadcasting Union has tightened rules surrounding the professional juries for the 2014 contest. Although juries will still comprise 50%…
First Semi-Final Split Results: Who the Jury Hurt
We’ve already sounded off on the split results of the first semi-final. Here we give you another sense of precisely who the jury hurt. We do this in two ways.…
Eurovision Split Results: Who the Jury Hurt
The jury-televote split results are incredibly confusing, as we already discussed in our results breakdown for the grand final. But to give this non-sense some kind of structure, we’ve compiled this…
Editorial: EBU Must Release Raw Votes for Last 6 Years
We, the editors at wiwibloggs, strongly believe that the EBU should release all voting information from the last 6 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Montenegro: What Happened to Our Points for Ukraine?
Perhaps one of the most striking examples of suspicious voting in the post-Eurovision 2013 scandal is what happened in Montenegro. According to the official reults posted on Eurovision. tv, in…
Russia, Belarus Point Fingers at Organizers
Tensions are rising in Moscow because of Eurovision. Today Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss why Azerbaijan did not give Russia any…
EBU Reacts To Allegations of Vote Fraud
The European Broadcasting Union, the body that organizes Eurovision, has now responded to the growing number of media reports concerning allegations of voting fraud and rule breaching during this year’s…
Italy: RAI Reveals Televoting Numbers, Questionable Jury (Update)
RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, has revealed the full results of the public televote. They paint a very different picture to the results announced by the presenter Federica Gentile during the…
EBU Relaxed Rules, So Turkey Can Return
EBU, The European Broadcasting Union, has reminded this morning via Twitter that it changed the rules for participation in order to allow countries that did not broadcast the Eurovision Song…
Dutch Press: Did Denmark Copy Our Song? EBU weighs in
Dutch news outlet NOS is making waves in the social media today asking the question: “Danish plagiarism at Eurovision?”, pointing at the similarities between Emmelie de Forest’s winning song “Only…