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ESC’17: Any Breach Of Rules Will Be Discussed After May

The Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group will discuss any breach of this years rules after May following the contest in Kyiv.

The EBU will look at whether any country has breached the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 after this years competition in May, this is according to a statement from the EBU to TASS. Dave Goodman the spokesperson for the EBU stated to TASS the Russian News Agency that:

According to the normal procedure, if it is found that any broadcaster has violated the competition rules, it will be considered by the steering committee and reference group “Eurovision” upon its completion in May.

Today’s comments come after the Swiss newspaper, Blick published an interview with the Director General of the European Broadcasting Union, Ingrid Deltenre. In the interview with outgoing Director General stated publicly for the first time her views on the banning of Yulia Samoilova from entering Kyiv, stating:

This behavior of Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable.

Mrs Deltenre in her role as the Director General of the EBU is in discussions with both the President and Prime Minister of Ukraine to try and reach a “satisfactory situation”. It has been suggested by the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest that the EBU will push for the ban to only come into effect after the Eurovision Song Contest to ensure that Yulia can still compete in person in Kyiv.

The Director General added her voice to a number of other EBU officials and members of national broadcasters in expressing her disappointment in the way the Eurovision Song Contest is being used. She told Blick that:

I deeply regret the fact that the ESC is being abused for political action. The Eurovison Song Contest is supposed to delight and bring together millions of people; it must not be used to incite them against each other.

Within the Blick interview it was suggested that the European Broadcasting Union is looking into whether it will sanction Ukraine for their actions. The statement from the EBU means that any sanctions against the country will be announced after the final of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest on May 13.

Source: TASS

4 thoughts on “ESC’17: Any Breach Of Rules Will Be Discussed After May”

  1. EBU would show balls if they would send a clear signal to both Russia AND Ukraine that politics is out of question for Eurovision!

    Either they both participate or they should both be left out for this year!

    1. @DaStarSays, I actually think that would be a quite good idea, especially since Ukraine sent a political entry in 2016.

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