It has been confirmed that the Russian jury is being investigated after video emerged of the jurors marking the songs last night.
The video which was a periscope by one of the jurors clearly shows that one juror has marked down Moldova and Hungary, but marked up The Netherlands. Translations of the comments being made during the video have also appeared online, at one point a juror comments that both themselves and their husband is Armenian and that they’ll vote for Armenia. This may constitute the breaking of the rules stating that jury members must be independent and have no link to the competing songs.
An official announcement will be made by the EBU this afternoon regarding the Russian jury.
You can read more about the Russian jury and the controversy about their video here.
But no one of thatwomen’ husbunds are Armenian!
Here are the juries. No one of them has Armenian wife or husband. Shame
Larisa Rubalskaya – Chairperson – poet, translator, writer
Denis Maydanov – singer, composer, musical producer
Lipa Teterich – television host
Oscar Kuchera – actor, musician, television and radio host
Anastasia Stotskaya – singer