The 2015 Eurovision voting has run in to a spot of bother after it emerged that two participants had their jury votes disqualified.
Both FYR Macedonia and Montenegro’s jury votes – which account for 50 per cent of the total votes cast – were dismissed, with their points made up entirely from public televoting instead.
The news was confirmed in a statement by Eurovision representatives.
‘The jury results of FYR Macedonia and Montenegro for the grand final have been excluded after consultation of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the contest’s independent voting observer, and upon the decision of the executive supervisor and the chairman of the reference group,’ they said.
‘In both countries, televoting applied for 100%. The exclusion… Read the full story