Who will be disqualified in 2018?

[A-lister]

Actually the EBU already said that Israel might be excluded if they go ahead with the plan of not broadcasting any news on the new channel. From what I've read, not a single one of the channels after the split will have news, and that goes against EBU's rules.

It also goes against the rules of EBU to be outside of the broadcasting area (Australia) and to bring politics to the contest (a handful of countries), but that didn't result in anything... I think EBU couldn't give a eff about their own rules as long as money talks.

They only care if the country is poorer, has less viewership and for them politically less significant...

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

It's likely that there won't be no 3rd time in a row.

 

[TheAlexer]

Ukraine. Possibly Russia.

As for Israel, when we look how the EBU's let its rules and standards slip the last couple of years, they're never going to be bothered about a TV channel splitting. Plus, excluding Israel (especially for such a minor thing) would be seen as being really political, they won't go there thankfully

Let's be serious, we would have only around 30 countries competing in eurovision 2018 if the EBU would be strict with its rules.

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

Let's be serious, we would have only around 30 countries competing in eurovision 2018 if the EBU would be strict with its rules.

I think actually if the EBU was more serious about its rules, countries would make more an effort to adhere to them

 

[doctormalisimo]

. RTP have an obvious issue with them and boycott all their hostings, so might just pull a Julia to push their buttons

 

[tvfan]

Well, we have maybe the answer : https://www.escxtra.com/2017/10/26/fyr-macedonia-ebu-impose-sanctions-mrtv/

 

[JonnyWest]

Nooo Macedonia

 

[EscGeek]

damn! i knew that macedonian government canceled the tv tax or whatever it's called...
i wanted to belive it would not affect my favorite tv show 1

but on the bright side.... RTP has promised us 43 countries...

 

[Verjamem]

I hope EBU won't repeat their mistake from 2016 and will reject Macedonia before choosing a entry

 

[JonnyWest]

I hope EBU won't repeat their mistake from 2016 and will reject Macedonia before choosing a entry

This. I hope it won't be another 2016 case, that was awful

 

[DanielLuis]

I hope EBU won't repeat their mistake from 2016 and will reject Macedonia before choosing a entry

Yeah, hopefully they have learned from their mistakes! Give them 2 or 3 more months to say wether they can pay the debts or not, and if they can't and have to be disqualified then do it in December or January before they have chosen someone as their entrant.

 

[Stiven]

damn! i knew that macedonian government canceled the tv tax or whatever it's called...
i wanted to belive it would not affect my favorite tv show 1

Yes the current government ended the radio-diffusion tax which was the main source of income for MRT and our previous government drove MRT into massive amounts of debt by producing propaganda and buying expensive programs in order to increase the viewership. If the situation isn't solved I just hope MRT will be prevented from entering Eurovision in the first place and not just a few weeks before the contest.

 

[DanielLuis]

Yes the current government ended the radio-diffusion tax which was the main source of income for MRT and our previous government drove MRT into massive amounts of debt by producing propaganda and buying expensive programs in order to increase the viewership. If the situation isn't solved I just hope MRT will be prevented from entering Eurovision in the first place and not just a few weeks before the contest.

From what I read the debt to the EBU is half a million euros. I don't think that will be enough to get suspended by the EBU, maybe.
However they have a total debt of 22 million euros to different companies which really is a lot!

 

[Stiven]

From what I read the debt to the EBU is half a million euros. I don't think that will be enough to get suspended by the EBU, maybe.
However they have a total debt of 22 million euros to different companies which really is a lot!

Bad News: that is only the debt for the membership fee for the EBU. The full debt they own to the EBU is currently unknown but some years ago it was over 2,000,0000€ (however according to a spokesperson they have managed to reduce it).
Good News: MRT did manage to reduce the overall debt this year by 200,000€ and the long term debt went from 17,500,000€ to 14,400,000€.
However there are still some major problems as the budget for next year is only 18,000,000€ which can cause problems with the debt restructuring.

 

[aletem]

Good! I hope Macedonia will not take part. I think they should stay away from Eurovision, as that contest is no longer for us. Macedonian talents can easily find another way to showcase themselves.

 

[Stiven]

Good! I hope Macedonia will not take part. I think they should stay away from Eurovision, as that contest is no longer for us. Macedonian talents can easily find another way to showcase themselves.

Yes you're right we should find other ways ways for MRT to show their talent at messing things up and never learning from their mistakes.

 

[DanielLuis]

Good! I hope Macedonia will not take part. I think they should stay away from Eurovision, as that contest is no longer for us. Macedonian talents can easily find another way to showcase themselves.

Give an example.

 

[aletem]

Give an example.

They have the local region and some others have it broader by doing collaborations with foreign production companies. Eurovision isn't and shouldn't be the only way for Macedonia.

 

[aletem]

Yes you're right we should find other ways ways for MRT to show their talent at messing things up and never learning from their mistakes.

You've missed my point. I wasn't talking about MRT.

 

[Stiven]

You've missed my point. I wasn't talking about MRT.

No I didn't the main reason why we have been doing badly in recent years is MRT and their inability to learn from their mistakes (and this goes beyond Eurovision).