They accuse Eurovision from Amañar’s voices: European Union requires interpretations

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After a little more than two weeks The Grand Final for the Eurovision Festival 2025The controversy is still growing about the safety of Televoto. A group of 12 socialism, left, green and liberal, wrote to the European Broadcasting Union (UE), the competition organizer, expressing “its renewed fear before Increased interest in violations It relates to the 2025 competition, “in a message” EURONWS “.
Follow the call a A wave of concerns from the national stationsEtre Ellas ‘RTVE’ (ESPAñA), ‘Avrotros/NPO’ (Paísees Bajos), ‘NRK’ (Noruega), ‘RTVLO (Eslovenia),’ ILANDIA), ‘VRT’ (BélGica) E ‘Yle’.
Radiation agencies condemned Dealing with Televoto He asked about the role of the state -backed promotion. especially They referred to the second final, Israel’s nominationand This was claimed that he benefited from the campaigns promoted by the government agency of the Israeli Advertising (Lapam).
The Irish series RTé officially requested Access to full data From the vote, while VRT publicly expressed that it may leave the competition if the total transparency is not guaranteed.
German It criticized the participation of national governments In enhancing her nominations, it qualifies as a violation of the principles of fairness, neutrality and UER independence.
The message cited VRT data that appears Great and incomprehensible variations Between the number of spectators and participating in Televoto during releases from 2023 to 2025.
“These trends are not easily explained by organic fluctuations in the enthusiasm of the public and justifying more scrutiny,” warns the message, which also indicates that the increase in stations that question their own data It indicates a deeper methodology problem.
MEPS requires transparency and audit in Eurovision
“It is not an isolated concern, but a A wider problemGerman Afferma.
UUER UUER request to take Concrete measuresHow to publish the full data for voting, clarify an independent review and create guarantees to avoid political intervention in the competition.
“Without answers or accountability, Eurovision faces the risk of losing her fans’ confidence and becoming a scenario Not for loneliness, but for manipulation“Nemec, who added that the European public deserves full transparency about the voting process for this year.
The Eurovision Director responds and defends the voting system
The Eurovision Festival Director, Martin Green, has published an open letter to address Fears about transparency and integrity From the voting process.
Green admitted the issues raised by the broadcasting agencies He confirmed that they will be discussed at the next meeting From the UER reference group.
He referred to that, though The promotional efforts of the participating countries are allowed It is common in the music industry, studying if these campaigns can Incorrect influence on the general vote.
He also pointed out that the Eurovision voting system is merged “Multiple Security Layers” It is supervised by more than 60 professionals in Cologne, Vienna and Amsterdam, while the eleven GMBH votes is managed and independently verified by Ertt (Ernst & Young).
As for the current standards that limit the sounds to 20 methods of payment and the person, Green announced this There is no evidence that this affects the results. However, the problem will be examined again as part of the review process after the competition.