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Old 01-11-2014, 10:06 PM
 
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"The list of countries pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest is getting longer. 10 countries including Portugal and Poland have said they will not take part. Most blame the financial crisis for their withdrawal..."

Eurovision-2013 loses participants to crisis ? RT Art & culture

European countries are not able financially to organize the Eurovision events while they insist on inviting Ukraine to join the EU
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Old 01-11-2014, 10:46 PM
 
Location: Norway
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Good news. Eurovision was better years ago before the political voting and when it was a Western show only with about 20 entries. Let's hope some more countries drop out.
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Old 01-12-2014, 02:36 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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I hope we pull out soon.
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Old 01-12-2014, 03:03 AM
 
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"The list of countries pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest is getting longer. 10 countries including Portugal and Poland have said they will not take part. Most blame the financial crisis for their withdrawal..."

Eurovision-2013 loses participants to crisis ? RT Art & culture

European countries are not able financially to organize the Eurovision events while they insist on inviting Ukraine to join the EU
The article is from 2012
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Old 01-12-2014, 03:13 AM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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Two ways to handle Eurovision:

1. Pull out.
2. Completely defund the program/artists.

Way chose 2. in 2003 and were surprisingly good (6th out of 26)


Eurovision 2003 - Alf Poier - Weil der Mensch zählt - YouTube
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Old 01-12-2014, 03:14 AM
 
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The article is from 2012
It's happenning this week,i just saw the news,let me look for the right article.

Eurovision 2014: Bulgaria And Serbia Pull Out
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Old 01-12-2014, 03:21 AM
 
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It's happenning this week,i just saw the news,let me look for the right article.

Eurovision 2014: Bulgaria And Serbia Pull Out
Good for them. The Eurovision is beyond awful. It only made sense 40 years ago.
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Old 01-12-2014, 03:29 AM
 
Location: Travelling the world
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Good news. Eurovision was better years ago before the political voting and when it was a Western show only with about 20 entries. Let's hope some more countries drop out.
True, each country used to send the best singer, now it is like a joke... A political joke.
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Old 01-12-2014, 05:06 AM
 
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good. hopefully this will be the beginning of the end for this pathetic political spectacle.
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Old 01-12-2014, 01:26 PM
 
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I agree,the music is awful and it's just a waste of money
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