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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…
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%…
Eurovision Voting Scandal: New Allegations of Bribes at ESC
From our friends at 12points.tv we have this bombshell: Delegation details blatant backstage vote rigging Several countries tried to manipulate the jury voting at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.…
Eurovision Voting: The Statistical Anomalies
When you look at statistics there’s “unlikely”. And then there’s “it just won’t happen”. Fair flipping of a coin will very occasionally have the coin land heads 10 times in…
Eurovision Chief on Voting Scandal: “Of Course I’m Pissed!”
The EBU and Eurovision chief Jan Ola Sand have been seriously shaken by the allegations of cheating and vote buying at Eurovision and are ramping up their investigation, according to…
Free and Fair Elections Don’t Extend to Eurovision
There are three entitites in Europe that do not meet the standards of transparent elections. I’m talking about Azerbaijan, Belarus and the European Broadcasting Union.
Eurovision Voting: Is Digame Up to the Challenge?
The Eurovision Song Contest is no stranger to voting scandals. Whether it’s Malta calling for an overhaul of voting rules because of “block voting” after the 2007 contest or France…
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…
Azerbaijan: President Ordered Vote Recount
You were not the only ones surprised that Azerbaijan gave nul points to Russia at Eurovision 2013. The Azerbaijani press reports that even President Ilham Aliyev was in disbelief, so…
Lithuanian Press: Did Azerbaijan Buy Votes at Eurovision?
Journalists at 15min.lt—a Lithuanian news site—have released video footage that they claim demonstrates Azerbaijan’s efforts at vote-buying ahead of Eurovision 2013.