Irregularities in the jury vote were found in six countries, the European Broadcasting Union EBU announced on Sunday night. Country names were initially not mentioned. Instead, an average value was formed in the affected countries from the points of other countries that had voted similarly.
Details were not given. “The EBU takes all suspected attempts to rig voting at the Eurovision Song Contest extremely seriously,” it said in a statement. The Broadcasting Union has the right to remove the affected votes – even if they affect the output.
The second semi-final on Thursday saw a further ten countries qualify for Saturday’s finals, which will then have a total of 25 participants: Finland, Poland, Belgium, Sweden, Estonia, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and Australia. Austria took part in the first semi-final and is therefore not affected.
Source: Nachrichten
