No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013

[Matt]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2012?

European Broadcasting Union will ban internal selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Artist can be still selected by the broadcaster but at least the song should be decided by audience.


Source: http://eurovision-info.net/

 

[Quent91]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

Grrrr T()T()(O)(O)oOXoOX

 

[sannerz]

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Horrible idea. Hoooooooorrible. This pisses me off.

 

[RomanFromRussia]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

Hoooray!
Russian selections is back!
It will be funny))

 

[CPV4931]

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I don´t like this idea, mainly because of the smaller countries.
The only positive side is, that we can watch more NFs

 

[Kicker]

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I find that good. It's just crap when nobody in the country can do anything for selecting their entry...

 

[Mickey]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2012?

Has anyone seen this news posted anywhere other than that one site?

This time last year, Russia were entering the big 4. Until I see this new rule confirmed by eurovision.tv or ESCtoday, I won't believe it.

I see no reason to alter my position on this.

 

[Sean]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

Wasn't this reported last year, starting from ESC 2012? I call bullsh*t on this one

 

[No Name]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

Taking bullcrap to new levels.
Way to go EBU aka. (insert random dictator country).

 

[doctormalisimo]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

TRT's gonna be screwed
This is a good rule, but in principle it seems wrong to tell broadcasters what to do.

 

[94ayd]

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People wouldn't be moaning now if internal decisions had never been taken but why does something always have to become "less free" just cause they've taken away this right when it, IMO, shouldn't have never been given to any broadcaster.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

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It shouldnt be the job of the EBU to interfere in each nations selection procedure. Personally I am happy with the BBC making internal selections, why do we have to have a NF just because the EBU thinks so?!
I dont believe this was intended, but also I think this is going to affect some countries ie United Kingdom and France, more than others.

 

[AlekS]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

The reason is obvious - money.
Broadcasters won't be able to choose but they will have a 50% say still and... yep, televoters' money.

 

[Nikoreindeer1973]

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Then San Marino might end up with a bigger NF show than Melodifestivalen.

 

[evilperson]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2013?

Does this mean Albania will have to actually hold a televote in their NF? That might not be so bad.

 

[Matt]

Another article about the change

LINK


It sounds to me at this point that this rumor is actually true. I personally agree with it so I'm happy

 

[A-lister]

Re: No internal selections allowed starting from ESC 2012?

European Broadcasting Union will ban internal selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Artist can be still selected by the broadcaster but at least the song should be decided by audience.


Source: http://eurovision-info.net/

I'm not sure about what this would mean in practice.

So can we have internal selection (artist) entering just 2 songs for the public to chose from? Or what does EBU want?

My initial fear is that the quality will be lowered and we will see a decline in big names entering and more amateurs and kareoke-Idol type of selections... but then again if the public is to chose the song, while the act can still be internally chosen, then maybe it's not so bad afterall.

I'm not sure what result this might end up with. For some countries, internal selections have worked better as a method with a better result.

 

[Matt]

You are correct. The broadcaster can still select the artist internally but has to put up a minimum of two song for a vote.

 

[Sim]

Don't know if this is such a good idea.

What if a broadcaster only likes one song of the artist and thinks all the other are rubbish?
What can they do? Show the people the one they like and then I really bad song so that they are 99.99% sure the best song will be picked and not the bad one

They are saying they want to make the people warm for eurovision, but i don't know why an internal selection with a show around the artist and song is not possible
(eg Belgium 2010)

 

[r3gg13]

You are correct. The broadcaster can still select the artist internally but has to put up a minimum of two song for a vote.

Oh, then that isn't too bad. I was afraid internal selection of artists was to be prohibited which would then lessen the chances of having big(-ish) stars in ESC.