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(Picture: YouTube)For the first time in the 61 year history of the Eurovision Song Contest, a country has been expelled from the competition.Romania has been thrown out of the competition after its national
broadcaster TVR failed to make payments to the European Broadcasting
Union (the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest) that date as far
back as 2007.Romania have one of the strongest Eurovision Song Contest records,
having a 100% record for qualifying for the Eurovision final. They were
due to take part in the Second Eurovision Song Contest semi final on
Thursday 12th May. The running order of the show will not be recast following Romania’s elimination.
Ovidiu Anton was due to represent Romania with his pop-rock entry
Moment of Silence. Romania will be silent for a lot longer than a
moment. Ovidiu promoted the song at the London Eurovision Party on Sunday and was expected to reach a strong position in the Eurovision final on May 14th.In a statement released moments ago on the European Broadcasting Union website, it says:
TVR will now no longer be able to participate in the 2016
Eurovision Song Contest and will lose access to other EBU member
services including the Eurovision News and Sports News Exchanges, the
right to broadcast specific sporting events, legal, technical and
research expertise and lobbying services.
Romanian national broadcaster TVR’s debts to the EBU date back to
2007 and with no other Romanian broadcaster a member of the European
Broadcasting Union, it is unlikely that Romania will return to the
Eurovision Song Contest for a number of years.‘This is of course disappointing for the artist chosen to represent
Romania, for our colleagues at TVR who have prepared their participation
so well this year and, not least, for Romanian viewers and the many
Eurovision fans in the country,’ says Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor
of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the EBU.Asked what this means for host broadcaster SVT, Sand replied: ‘As
with all participants, SVT has been preparing for Romania’s act
thoroughly over the past weeks. To take an act out at such late stage is
of course a little disruptive, but it will not negatively affect the
2016 Eurovision Song Contest in any other way.’Romania at the Eurovision Song ContestRomania have twice finished third at the Eurovision Song Contest, in
2005 with Luminita Anghel & Sistem with the song Let Me Try and in
2010 with Paula Selling & Ovi and their entry Playing with Fire.Their 2006 entry Tornero by Mihai became one of the biggest summer
chart and club hits across Europe in 2006. Mihai took part in the
Romanian national final again this year, losing out to Ovidiu.In 2011, Romania was represented by Hotel FM featuring British singer
David Bryan. They campaigned extensively in the United Kingdom but
failed to pick up any points from the UK, finishing 4th in their semi final, but only 17th in the final.
He may be known as Mr Melodifestivalen, but Christer Björkman has
said the UK should stop mocking the Eurovision Song Contest and enter
the semi-finals if they’re to have any chance of winning the contest
again.Speaking to i News at
a London lecture ahead of Stockholm’s Polar Music Prize, the Eurovision
2016 producer says Joe and Jake’s entry “You’re Not Alone” would
continue the UK’s recent Eurovision struggles, and commentary from the
late Sir Terry Wogan was also to blame.
“Joe and Jake is a fairly good song
and the boys are charming. It’s a step in the right direction but no, it
won’t win. If you sent another Katrina singing “Love Shine a Light”,
that would make a huge difference.”
“Terry Wogan did the commentary for
25 years and it was always mocking. Now Graham Norton also has this
flippant tone. It doesn’t work. It’s a lot easier to joke than to win.”
Björkman also suggested the UK should give up their Big 5 status and compete at the semi-finals.
“I can understand why you
don’t risk taking that step but if you look at the songs that travel,
they start in the semi-final and they become stronger and stronger
during the week. Conchita wasn’t even mentioned as one of the favourites
before the semi-final and then she became a shooting star – that’s only
because she revealed herself before. And you need to do that.”
Christer Björkman has dismissed claims of block voting, which has often been brought up in the UK, urging the country to instead start taking the Eurovision Song Contest seriously.
“[Block voting] is something
you’ve made up. You sound like the French now. We all love you. We all
want you to be good in this competition. It’s just that you don’t send
any good stuff. Why don’t you?”
“You have to say ‘we are taking
this seriously and we will not stop doing it until we succeed. You have
to accept what Eurovision is – it’s not a singing competition or a song
competition, it is music entertainment.”
He also added a British version of Melodifestivalen judged by Simon Cowell would improve the quality of the UK entries.
Do you agree with him? Should the UK start taking the Eurovision Song Contest more seriously?
Donald Trump backs Brexit: Britain would be better off outside EU, says Republican candidate
Donald Trump has waded into the Brexit debate by stating that Britain would be "better off without" the European Union. The Republican presidential candidate, said "migration has been a horrible thing for Europe" and that Britain should leave. His statement came as David Cameron vowed to oppose Mr Trump's Muslim ban if the billionaire becomes president."I think the migration has been a horrible thing for Europe. A lot of that was pushed by the EU," Mr Trump said."I would say they are better off without it, personally, but I'm not making that as a recommendation, just my feeling."I know Great Britain very well, I know the country very well, I have a lot of investments there."I would say that they are better off without it, but I want them to make their own decision."Mr Trump's comments came two weeks after President Barack Obama,
writing in The Daily Telegraph, urged Britain to stay in the EU when it
votes on June 23.Earlier this week, Mr Trump criticised Barack Obama for supporting Mr Cameron in his campaign for Britain to remain in the EU."I didn't think it was a good thing for him to do it," he said.Mr Trump had previously indicated he would not take sides in the Brexit debate.He said in March: "I don't want to make a comment about the UK
leaving, but I think they may leave based on - I'm there a lot, I have a
lot of investments in the UK and I will tell you that I think they may
leave based on everything I'm hearing."
Mr Cameron said at a press
conference on Thursday that he "respects" Mr Trump for “making it
through the gruelling nature of the primaries” and becoming the
Republican candidate at November’s election.Mr Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the US came in response
to the Isil-inspired terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California.He called late last year for a “total and complete shutdown of
Muslims entering the United States” until “we are able to determine and
understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses”.He went on to claim that parts of London are "so radicalised" that police officers are "afraid for their own lives".Appearing at a press conference with Japanese premier Shinzo Abe in
Downing Street, Mr Cameron was asked if he owed Mr Trump “an apology”.
Mr Cameron replied: “I have to say that knowing the gruelling nature of the primaries and what you have to go through, anyone who makes it through that extraordinary contest to lead their party into a general election deserves our respect."What I said about Muslims, I won't change that view, I'm very clear
that the policy idea that was put forward was wrong, is wrong and will
remain wrong."Number 10 sources said later that Mr Cameron was likely to hold off
congratulating Mr Trump until the result of the November Presidential
election in America.
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