Drama before the semifinals: Russian fired from Eurovision jury Broke the rules … – kjendis.no

(Dagbladet): Last night gave the respective participating countries juries points to Eurovision participants, based on the dress rehearsal in Globen.

Jury voice counts as much as the audience votes.

A member of the Russian jury was so eager that he sent video directly from the closed juryrummet, writes Aftonbladet.

The clip showed according to NRK that confidential Eurovision-point form, and was seen by thousands of people on the mobile application Periscope.

The National broadcaster writes that the rules of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) suggests that the points jury groups provide will be confidential until after the Eurovision Song Contest is finished.

Today EBU nevertheless concluded that video shipment was not breaking the rules, then additional voting information has not been leaked, NRK writes.

Expressen reports that EBU after talks with the Russian national broadcaster RTR has concluded that the current jury member points should not be counted.

the person will also not be included in the jury rest of the competition. Russia will, however, an opportunity to find a new juror before finals Saturday.

In the evening yesterday the first semifinal held in Globen. Read Dagbladet review all the songs here.