Eurovision: Six countries suspected of cheating by the organization

This Saturday, May 17, Eurovision saw Ukraine win the contest for the third time, signing 439, a historic record for publicly awarded points. The Kalush Orchestra group, which left its mark on the night with its flagship song, Stefania Trying to raise as much money as possible to support the Ukrainian people – going so far as to auction off her trophy – suspicions of cheating have just surfaced, targeting the six participating countries.

In a statement from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which oversees the Eurovision organization, “certain irregularities in the voting pattern of the six countries’ results“that is, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, San Marino and Romania.”The EBU takes any allegations of manipulation of the Eurovision Song Contest voting very seriously“Can we read too? By the EBU, which claims that “no details were given as to the factors at the source of its suspicions”.calculated a replacement result for each respective country“In the second semi-final and final. Surprising statement that made the Romanian delegation react.

He’s angry because it’s his main vote”calculated non-transparently“.”We were unpleasantly surprised to learn that voting did not affect the final standings, as the organizers awarded the contestants another set of points in the final. We note that the Romanian jury decided to award the maximum points to the representatives of Moldova.“, Romanian public television was close. As a matter of fact, it was Martin Österdahl, the executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest, where the Romanian jury announced the game to the audience, giving Romania 12 points to Ukraine, Romania said it was ready for it. Depending on what the EBU would respond to ” take measures to rectify the situation”…

Hugo Mallais