Three people have been questioned and one is awaiting questioning after they were allegedly involved in a televote rigging scandal in this year’s Skopje Fest. The accusation is that the phone votes were rigged in favour of certain songs due to the cash reward the Top 3 artists recieve from Macedonia’s broadcaster MRT. We can now reveal that the four …
Macedonia: MRT accepts investigation into Skopje Fest
The scandal surrounding Skopje Fest is thickening – today the Macedonian broadcaster MRT has released a statement about the allegations of vote fixing and has welcomed an investigation into the matter. Macedonia’s national final has been subjected to claims that the result of the contest was rigged in order for Daniel Kajmakoski to win and represent Macedonia in Eurovision 2015. …
Macedonia: Skopje Fest accused of televote fixing
It wouldn’t be a Eurovision season without scandals and the first national final of 2015 has already given us one. Skopje Fest has been accused of rigging the televote in favour of Macedonia’s representative Daniel Kajmakoski using phone cards, according to Vecer.mk. The rules of the show stipulate that only one vote could be cast from each mobile number, with …
How to watch Skopje Fest live
We’re understandably excited by tonight’s Skopje Fest at ESC United as we can officially kick off the journey to Vienna in May with the first song of 2015! If you’re looking forward to Macedonia’s national selection tonight and want to watch the action live you can view it online from 20:15 CET here, with a stream provided by Macedonian broadcaster …
(FYR) Macedonia will take part in 2015
The public broadcaster of (FYR) Macedonia has confirmed that the country will indeed be present in 2015, despite the worrying results of a poll conducted by MRT. The broadcaster also confirmed today that the winner of Skopje Fest will represent the nation at the 60th contest in Austria, with the national final set to take place on November 13th of …
2015: Are (FYR) Macedonia about to quit?
Worrying news once again from the Balkans – the national broadcaster of Macedonia, MRT, have been running an online poll since the start of June concerning the country’s participation in Eurovision 2015, with worrying results. The poll’s three options provide some optimism for Eurovision fans, with the broadcaster asking whether they should select an entry through Skopje Fest (a Macedonian …