Eurovision is suspected of a serious scam attempt.
The Eurovision Song Contest ended in Ukraine’s victory this year. The country was represented by the Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania. AOP
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest has revealed a real scandal, as the juries of six countries are suspected of attempted fraud. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) already announced over the weekend that ambiguities had been found in the judiciary.
Doubts relate to Saturday’s final as well as the second semi-final on Thursday.
EurovisionWorld website reported that these would be the juries of Montenegro, Poland, San Marino, Georgia, Romania and Azerbaijan. The identities of the juries in those countries have not been officially published in the same way as others On the Eurovision.tv website.
Poland’s Ochman made his way from the semi-finals to Saturday night’s finals. AOP
According to the Belgian broadcaster VRT, the judges would have agreed in advance to vote for each other.
Also in the final on Saturday, the three countries did not cast their own judges. The judges in Georgia, Romania and Azerbaijan were divided by the Chief Supervisor of Eurovision Song Contest Martin Österdahl.
Martin Österdahl (center) exceptionally handed out points in Saturday night’s final. aop
The cause of the transmission was said to be “connection problems”, but attempts have usually been made to contact countries later. However, this was not done this time, which aroused astonishment in the audience.
According to the official voting instructions for Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU calculated a new replacement score for each country in question. The calculation method took advantage of the countries’ previous voting history.
In the end, the competition was won by Ukraine, which grabbed a wild crowd. The country was represented in the competition by the Kalush Orchestra song Stefania. The Rasmus, who represented Finland, finished 21st in the final.