Marina Satti with Zari is firmly in the 7th place of the betting and it is assumed that the shares will rise after the presentation of the scenery, the choreography.
At the same time, with an announcement, the EBU rang a bell for our country and Cyprus after the recent incident concerning the voting of the critical committees.
“All participating broadcasters are aware of the voting rules for the Eurovision Song Contest, according to which the juries must vote independently and in a completely fair and objective manner.
We condemn any attempt to manipulate either the public or the jury’s vote in the Eurovision Song Contest.
All voting processes are audited by an independent observer to ensure that a fair and valid result is produced throughout the contest,” it said.
Eurovision: What happens with the voting of the committees
A report by the newspaper “Nea” was widely reported according to which, in a meeting held on February 21, 2024, at the ERT radio station, between the President of Constantinos Zoula and the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Greece, Stavros Augustidis, the president of the public Greek radio and television mentioned on the subject of Eurovision, stressing that “as regards this year’s participation of Cyprus in the Eurovision contest, ERT will not give a high score to the Cypriot participation”.
Mr. Zoulas issued an official statement stating: “The Management of ERT has not had nor is it apparently allowed to have the slightest involvement in the evaluations of the independent committee that is proposed every year by the Communication Department of ERT for the Eurovision contest. Therefore, he had no involvement both in the first place that Cyprus got from the independent committee of ERT in 2021, and in last year’s evaluation of the Cypriot participation as the 7th best among 26 countries.
This is what I explained to the ambassador of Cyprus at our pre-quarterly meeting, – of course on the sidelines of the much more serious issues we discussed – by telling him that those involved in ERT with Eurovision were surprised by RIK’s decision to represent Cyprus this year with one of the songs that ERT rejected last year. And in this context, I wished that the judgment of this year’s independent committee appointed by ERT would not be the same as the one that rejected the song in question, without anyone – least of all me personally – being able to influence its judgment. For the rest and expressing my great surprise at the fact that the Eurovision contest was the subject of diplomatic information, and indeed at a time when ERT and RIK have excellent cooperation, I wish good success both in Cyprus and in Greece”.
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