Azerbaijan – French-Syrian businessman Omar Harfouch accuses Azerbaijan of cheating on the French website jeanmarcmorandini.com. He claims Azerbaijan exerted pressure on jurors of several countries, paying bribes through Azerbaijani embassies in these countries. He also stated earlier that Azerbaijan had sent money to its embassies so the personal could vote for their country and influence the televote espacially in smaller countries. According to Omar Harfouch, the bribes total sum amounted to $20 million.
Meanwhile, Adil Kerimli has refuted Russian media reports, that the participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, 
including the National Final, preview video, promotion and the actual performance of the song “Drip Drop” cost over 10 million Euro. Kerimli said that about 1,6 million Euro were spent for Safura and the song, which is still quite a lot of money. They had several sponsors helping them, including the countries’ oil company SOCAR.
Azerbaijan was represented by Safura, who was the hot favorite before the contest and achieved a 5th place.
Voting analysis part 4 : Who voted for Azerbaijan
Its disgusting.. i hope EBU will start investigation and throw this “democratic, european state” out of Eurovision. Enough is enough!
You guys can not take a small country like Azerbajan winning. You guys probably want Britain or Something. WELL IT WON SO SHUT UP!!!
Hmphh… Racits!
First Azerbaijan bought the victory and eventually didn’t win and now this. When are you going to leave Azerbaijan alone? Everybody knows that there are a lot of Armenian-Syrians living in Syria, Lebanon and France, I am not suprised at Armenians trying to bring Azerbaijan down in every possible way. You’re not going to win this now or ever.
I don’T get what you’re trying to say…
What do Armenians have to do with this lol? Did you read the article? – This is about Azerbaijan cheating and bribing – a bad habit that I guess is turning into a tradition lol
Is Armenia going to buy every other person to put charges on Azerbaijan because they always end up lower than Azerbaijan? Give it up, Armenia. Stop being so damn insecure all the time. There is a reason why you are not very liked in the Caucasus.
This is not an allegation by Armenia!!
Yes, try to explain that to a brainless azer that by saying “because they always end up lower than Azerbaijan” is doing nothing but the best thing they can – lying and bullshitting. This person probably forgot that Sirusho in 2008 left far behind those two screaming bitches from Azerbaijan.
That’s why Malta gave 12 points to Azerbaijan.
Small country with not many voters but Azeri had an organized voting in smaller countries.
spain tried to bribe people in 1968 so this is nothing new, azerbijan should really leave the contest with all the moaning about the flag not being right, they are bringing the contest dwon
They are!
It’s really comes a time when enough should be enough!
Azerbaijan did NOTHING in eurovision part than cheating
last year with blurring the number for Armenia and also arresting people who voted for Armenia and now this.
when will all this kiss up to the oil countries end ?
they are the reason this contest is dying.
That is right. I was surprised when Malta gave 12 points to Azerbaijan.
How on earth would they bribe the jurors when the jurors never leave their respective countries … all the judging is done from their native countries, not Oslo.
Well, the German jury actually was in Oslo. And they can just call them up I guess…
And who is this Omar Harfouch anyway? How does he know about this?
I found some info on him. Omar is the brother of Valid Harfouch, who is the vice-president of the Ukrainian TV channel. Russian Nezavisimaya Gazeta calls his accusations “absurd and lacking any foundation”, and states that the Ukrainian mass media believes that this is an attempt of Harfouch brothers to blame on someone else the mediocre results of the Ukrainian entry this year, which previously has been placed much higher in the contest.
http://www.ng.ru/cis/2010-06-04/6_Azerbaidjan.html
Thank zou for adding this
Armenia hasn’t part in this…Azeries always trying to put the fault of everything in Armenians…
It was annoying since the begining that Azerbaijan started to promote Drip Drop in any ridiculous way…
Regards from Costa Rica
You’re so right!!!!!!!! :S
Typicall Azeris, loves to claim on us armenians
Nothing new here. Azerbaijan will cheat until it wins. It thinks that winning before Armenia somehow makes them better than it. Such low self-esteem.
OK… Forgive me for not believing this un-attributed, faux news item. Apparently, either the Syrian “businessman” or the “journalist” who wrote this story know the difference between “personal” and “personnel.” There are so many things wrong with the entire premise of the story, that it doesn’t pass the proverbial “giggle test.” And to those criticizing the “European democratic state,” if Azerbaijan doesn’t belong there, neither does Armenia… At least, in Azerbaijan, we don’t shoot inside the Parliament, and kill dozens of MPs at a time.
shame on you AZERBAIJAN!
please stop to join the contest!
It’s NOT fair…
Azerbaijan should be out of Eurovision…!
Disgusting
EUROVISION WITHOUT LIES, WITHOUT AZERBAIJAN!!!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
OUT OF THE CONTEST AZERBAIJAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! =@
I hope some of you are agreeing with me
But Armenia deserves really to stay in Eurovision! =)
What do you want from Armenians, stupid azeris!
It’s your LIE, not Armenians’.
Yes, typical azeris, trying to claiming everything on us armenians
Azeris bullshit lies
ok it’s no surprise that there are armenian people with western names commenting here. Mirey? you said “us” armenians, so did the rest, im not gonna argue with this bullsh*t since all of you people are just pathetic by criticizing a country based on lies, just because you a war with. u kno what? GET A LIFE PEOPLE. GET OVER IT! if armenia had enough money donated from the USA and Russia, they would of also bribed. True azerbaijan dosent belong in the eurovision since it’s not in europe, so is armenia and georgia. and WTF Isreal was once in the Eurovision, now how the hell they got there? your really telling me that Isreal is in europe? huh eurovision? definetly done for money. eurovision is dying because your promoting countries that arent in europe. turkey is half europe half asia, so it just makes sence that whatever west of turkey is asian DUH a country that is a bridge connecting europe and asia? though eurovision wont be soo famous if it didnt promote more countries. one day eurovision you would promote China too, so you could gain more views and popularity, and you know what? you would even cheat yourself and let the chinnese win so the 2 billion chineese could promote you in the world.
why armenia??? nothings write about armenia?!
Azerbaijan you are shit for me!
Nooow armenians are right that azeris are bullshit…
Oh boy! Can’t you just all love each other? Look at France and Germany! We hated each other and now we are best friends! Grow up already!
Oh.This a big surprise.Well Finlands Kuunkuiskaajat told to press that some county’s representative asked them to convince Finlands jury to vote for them.I wondered which one but not anymore.
unacceptable!!!
wtf ist just a show its about send a song the song that people like the most wins else have fun have a good evning an share the evning and show with all of europe ofcause hope you win and if you lose then its not that bad and using money to try to win is oh come on have fun and not smash everything good about esc
One answer I love Azerbadaijan (L)