Slovakia - Sad news today that another country has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the Slovakian broadcaster RTVS confirming they will not participate next year. This comes after the withdrawal of Portugal, the non-return of Poland, and rumours that both Cyprus and Greece may not enter due to financial problems in the Eurozone. Malmö 2013 could have the lowest number of participants for some years.
Slovakia: Withdrawal from Malmö
Posted: December 4, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, SlovakiaComments
Now I’m waiting for Greece to confirm participation too; from what I’ve been learning so far the chances are 50/50. I think that with a wise approach by ERT (internal selection, the lowest possible budget etc.) we can be in Malmö.
I just hope that all this won’t lower the quality standards of the song.
…And pls ERT: keep away from that Pantelides guy!!!
Hola querido Oxi,
petonets …
I hope so too ESC is not ESC without Greece! how times have changed since 2004, who knows, maybe same thing could happen here too, wouldn’t be surprised…promise to update you on current Cat situation which is getting more complicated by the minute!
you got mail!
Hola adorable Paul
Thank you for the email; I’ll check it as soon as I can and I’ll answer probably during the weekend
petonets.
Btw, I just watched the match; I feel sorry for Benfica; on the other hand I’m happy for Samaras’s Celtic (Yorgos Samaras=the spitting image of Sebastien Tellier
)
Off topic: I just read an article on the jury of the Swiss final! :S
They are the daughter of the Swedish ambassador in Switzerland,a Swiss student and big fan of the contest,a hairdresser and a musician(the oldest of the bunch)….A weird synthesis for an esc jury…
The running order has also been published.
“the daughter of the Swedish ambassador in Switzerland”
I am very happy to learn that will be at least some Swedish connection in the Swiss final …
All in all, the jury sounds as if it was recruited right out of ESC in the 80s … I fear for the worst but hope for the best. Dum spiro spero …
* that there will be
No Johnny Logan in the Swiss jury?
My interpretation of the running order:
Start watching on the fourth song and quit after the eigth and miss nothing of importance.
Indeed!I also believe the winner is among them.
I’ve had an exhausting day (I’m having it actually, because I still have work to do) and I read this?! This is ludicrous. I am overreacting, I know. LOL What will b will be…
Hmmm you think jury in ESC is very different?? I bet it isn’t, but all right..
On a positive note though at least this means in 2014 we may see more returns, and even reach over 43 participants, you never know, I’d love to see us get above 43, especially at the 60th ainversary in 2015, be great to get all the countries who ever participated in ESC to compete, and increase the number of entries passing the final.
“They are the daughter of the Swedish ambassador in Switzerland,a Swiss student and big fan of the contest,a hairdresser and a musician(the oldest of the bunch)”
I was afraid of that, Dimitri. I’ve been saying that if all countries revealed the members of their juries many of us would be negatively surprised.
as u know my dear Dad was in the jury for UK 1969!!
I guess he was the pleasant exception in the rule
Indeed.
This hurts the contest. Back to work.
This is the jury for the Swiss final
They won’t have any say on the song selection though.They’ll just say how they feel about the songs performed in the final.
Here is a link for the running order and jury
http://escwebs.net/2012/12/05/running-order-and-jury-members-for-the-swiss-final/
Thanks for the link Dimitri
tot el camp chachacha , es un clam chachacha….onze punts, etc
=(
Is there any petition or similar for them to continue? Or for Greece?
I liked their 2009, 2011, 2012 a lot… so…