The organization of the Eurovision Song Contest is tightening the voting rules because Azerbaijan bribed jury members and televoters in 2013.
The Eastern European country is said to have hired Lithuanian students to influence the vote. Azerbaijan finished second with 234 points, behind winner Denmark.
Singer Farid Mammodov’s song Hold Me received twelve points from Russia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Malta, Israel, Hungary, Greece, Georgia, Bulgaria and Austria. Azerbaijan itself gave twelve points to Gravity by the Ukrainian singer Zlata Ognevich.
The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) says the fraud was discovered on time and that the counting was fair. Still, the rules will be tightened for next time. Normally when a country is caught committing fraud there is a three-year ban, but in this case the Azerbaijan organization had nothing to do with the case. This year Denmark is organizing the Eurovision Song Contest. Source: Televizier.nl
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