No, I don't thinks so. Have not heard about it. But we are a bit disappointed over semi 1.
It's logic to be disappointed, but I hope you will not give up. Like as Poland. Two coutryes with big tradition in ESC!
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It's logic to be disappointed, but I hope you will not give up. Like as Poland. Two coutryes with big tradition in ESC!
Valvejoodik
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Actually i meant the whole contestOh.. You are talking about semi 2 in this thread..
Hm.. I do understand !!
Joyride
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I've finally read all of the articles concerning the technical problems on Thursday. I don't wanna defend the German inabilities, certainly some things went wrong and did not work the way they were supposed to, but it's not true that German responsibles don't care oder didn't admit they made misktakes.
Some excerpts of the articles:
"We apologize to all the viewers. We know that more than ten countries were affected. We cut out the mistakes over night, we installed a second back-up, we will do a stress test with all the countries [...]"
"We apologize to all the viewers for this trouble and to all the commentators for the trouble they had during the broadcasting [...]"
"Mr. Riedel apologizes. He takes the responsibilty for all mistakes being made. [...] Mr Riedel says, that none of the affected countries complained after the technical problems [...]"
In some countries there were problems with the stereo sound, but that was a problem of the countries itself, not Germany. That's why all the songs sounded different on different TVs. I don't want to say Germany has made no mistakes, but most technical problems - apart from the problem with the sound of the commentators - were in resposibility of the countries themselves, e.g. Spain, Sweden, Norway... so blame your local broadcasting stations!
p.s. did you know that back in 1991 the same kind of technical problems happened in Italy/Rome? Back than it was even worse... one third of the songs in the finals could not be heard or only in a bad quality. I didn't remember that although I'm watching the ESC since 1986. Funny to know.
Some excerpts of the articles:
"We apologize to all the viewers. We know that more than ten countries were affected. We cut out the mistakes over night, we installed a second back-up, we will do a stress test with all the countries [...]"
"We apologize to all the viewers for this trouble and to all the commentators for the trouble they had during the broadcasting [...]"
"Mr. Riedel apologizes. He takes the responsibilty for all mistakes being made. [...] Mr Riedel says, that none of the affected countries complained after the technical problems [...]"
In some countries there were problems with the stereo sound, but that was a problem of the countries itself, not Germany. That's why all the songs sounded different on different TVs. I don't want to say Germany has made no mistakes, but most technical problems - apart from the problem with the sound of the commentators - were in resposibility of the countries themselves, e.g. Spain, Sweden, Norway... so blame your local broadcasting stations!
p.s. did you know that back in 1991 the same kind of technical problems happened in Italy/Rome? Back than it was even worse... one third of the songs in the finals could not be heard or only in a bad quality. I didn't remember that although I'm watching the ESC since 1986. Funny to know.
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TouchMeHere
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He takes the responsibilty for all mistakes being made
Does it mean those 10 affected countries will automatically go to the finals? No? Probably not... Then who needs their apologies?
Does it mean those 10 affected countries will automatically go to the finals? No? Probably not... Then who needs their apologies?
StellaStai
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I've finally read all of the articles concerning the technical problems on Thursday. I don't wanna defend the German inabilities, certainly some things went wrong and did not work the way they were supposed to, but it's not true that German responsibles don't care oder didn't admit they made misktakes.
Some excerpts of the articles:
"We apologize to all the viewers. We know that more than ten countries were affected. We cut out the mistakes over night, we installed a second back-up, we will do a stress test with all the countries [...]"
"We apologize to all the viewers for this trouble and to all the commentators for the trouble they had during the broadcasting [...]"
"Mr. Riedel apologizes. He takes the responsibilty for all mistakes being made. [...] Mr Riedel says, that none of the affected countries complained after the technical problems [...]"
In some countries there were problems with the stereo sound, but that was a problem of the countries itself, not Germany. That's why all the songs sounded different on different TVs. I don't want to say Germany has made no mistakes, but most technical problems - apart from the problem with the sound of the commentators - were in resposibility of the countries themselves, e.g. Spain, Sweden, Norway... so blame your local broadcasting stations!
p.s. did you know that back in 1991 the same kind of technical problems happened in Italy/Rome? Back than it was even worse... one third of the songs in the finals could not be heard or only in a bad quality. I didn't remember that although I'm watching the ESC since 1986. Funny to know.
Strange 10 countries at same time so is it our oun fault. Hmm !!
Joyride
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Ten countries = ten countries who had the problems with their commentator. Not ten countries who had sound problems in general.
Anway, I won't discuss about it any longer. I'm not satisfied with the German broadcasting this year either but I don't blame them for everything! Nuff said!
Anway, I won't discuss about it any longer. I'm not satisfied with the German broadcasting this year either but I don't blame them for everything! Nuff said!
StellaStai
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Ten countries = ten countries who had the problems with their commentator. Not ten countries who had sound problems in general.
Anway, I won't discuss about it any longer. I'm not satisfied with the German broadcasting this year either but I don't blame them for everything! Nuff said!
Ok, let it be, i don't blame you.
But via EscDaily was it more then 2 to 3 countries that had sound problems. But forget it, let it lie.
adnar
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According to twitter of Magda Tul 5 first countries asked EBU to review the results of voting. There are plenty of situations where votes could be blocked.
adnar
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http://news.am/eng/news/59126.html indeed. It's true. They should let the first 5 to the final... or let the top 3 according to jury result...
Quent91
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They can't change it anymore. They have their spot in the final, and I believe some delegations already went back to their country.
adnar
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The can extend the finalist lists. Anyway - now I only want to know what was the truth. Especially if the lines were blocked or not.
adnar
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It's "Bild", but still possible - my eyes were hurting during Hungarian performance on Tuesday.
StellaStai
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Stop this. Nothing we can do. Maybe the 10 finalist deserve their places, maybe not. We'll never know. We just have to bite and swallow the sour apple and hope for a better luck next year.
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doctormalisimo
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They didn't even name the 4 other countries. That site must be the Armenian equivalent of Fox News.
adnar
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Stop this. Nothing we can do. Maybe the 10 finalist deserve their places, maby not. We'll never know. We have to bite and swallow the sour apple and hope for a better luck next year.
We should know what exactly happened and I think it is rather impossible that we will be added to the final, but I want to know the truth. If they told that something went bad and they want to apologize but there is nothing more they can do to solve this - ok, I would understand. But many times EBU & NDR said "all was correct" and "we are impressed with everything". This is putting us as fans, and participants at a very bad situation. I really don't like lies and I feel all they said was unfortunately lying.
adnar
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If Polish media were interested in Eurovision, they would name the news "Polish TV appeals to EBU" and would say that "4 other countries appealed too". So maybe Armenian media are as "Armenia-centred" as Polish ones are "Poland-centred".
StellaStai
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There is nothing we can do about it, so just forget it and try to smile, even if people from France are telling us:
Posted on 12/May 2011 at 19:42 by a user
SSwift13 from France
But, yes there was a problem with votes and communications for the 1st countrys.
I would say Turkey,Norway, Armeania and Polond must be in final.
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?...isers_of_the_eurovision_song_contest_whats_up
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France they are 1 of the big 5 so they know !!!
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