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Media reports claim that the 43 members of the Azeri public that voted for neighbouring Armenia were traced and taken for questioning about their actions. tensions between the two countries remain high after a war fifteen years ago.
esctoday.com contacted the EBU for comments on the situation and today the EBU have confirmed to esctoday.com that an investigation has been launched into the issue and also whether the voting number for Armenia was blocked for Azeri viewers during the show. You can read the full story here.
"The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is aware of the rumours and accusations made in the media and started last week to investigate the matter. The investigation will involve our technical partners and also gives our Member Broadcasters the chance to respond. Until this investigation is completed we cannot comment further on these rumours and accusations," said Svante Stockselius, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the EBU.
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I wrote this on the other article and I'll write it here again to see if the moderators respond...
How is it that even after so many days have gone by there are still comments with bad words on here?
Caoimhín of Þiðbandið
You stupid head dont see i am not azer? You cant differ human from animal azeres? BAN TO THIS JOKE COUNTRY AZRBAIJAN
Now they have started chasing the 43 voters for Armenia through public organizations in addition to the national security! Some Council of Azeris of the World has had a round table dedicated to this issue!! The azeri news agency “Turan” informs that the participants blamed the voters in the absence of patriotism and love for their homeland. They have also claimed that this was the provocation of Armenians (well, as usual) and a number of other grant organizations. They have also said that all the voters knew beforehand that they will be questioned so that some organizations have an opportunity to criticize Azerbaijan. Now I wonder what else on the earth they would invent and don’t they really understand that it makes things worse? And also does this mean that the society blames the voters as well? By the way I have found the article in an azeri media and here is the link (although the article is in Russian). http://dailyaznews.com/?p=3235
To the Armenian users: please stop insulting people – it’s really becoming annoying.
2 from last 5 news about my Azerbaijan has written by Zaven Shegrikyan (armeni) please, stop him it is injustice. he writes LIE
Everyone has his own taste, but armenis have own clean aim
Barry Viniker, Richard West-Soley, Marcus Klier, Miguel Granja and others, I ask You (as a user of ESCToday) PLEASE - don`t let Zaven Shegrikyan write "good" news about Azerbaijan Especially, unaffirmed news. I understand that ESCToday has not editors from Azerbaijan or Georgia, but every editor willnot write the news of which other meaning is been about Azerbaijan, I am sure.
Everyone has his own taste.But if you liked Azeri's entry more than Armenian,it doesn' mean that guilty must not be punished!!!As for me ,I liked Armenia's entry much more,because of the girls' voices...Azeri song was summer hit,but their participants couldn't sing well,I saw how they sang http://www.youtube.c(...)&feature=related it's disgusting...
At 1st: I´m neither Armenian, nor Azerbajcan. I was on Youtube & such for Fun, I searched for: "Azerbajcan Eurovision 2009" & then I ranked it, so that the newest come 1st. In the 3rd Video, there was a clever Azeri Person, which found out, that a few Sounds of "Jan-Jan" are similar to the Song "Nakhchivani" composed by Azeri Tofiq Quliyev. Then, in the 7th Video, there, a clever Armenian Person found out, that Aysel walked across Moskva with a similar dress like Sirusho on Beograd Stage & that the Rhythm of "Always" can be compared with the Song "Megin em Sirel" by Cascade Folk Trio...an Armenian Band of Course. So, both argue, that the others are evil Liars that Steel Songs, because they don´t have any Culture...I really don´t know, if I should laugh or cry...
By the Way: I liked this Years Azeri Entry more...
Caoimhín of Þiðbandið
elnur 100% azeri.simply he was born in turkmenistan.and arash is azeri too.he is iranian azeri.you cant know about it.you must read history for know it.aysel and samir was azeri too.sirusho is armenian but she is live in usa as elnur.but elnur was born there but he is azeri.his family are azeri
you monkeys advocate. go and look at rybak, norway doesnt have culture steel singer from belarus and show him norwegian. throw out Norway and this clown from eurovision.
yes, because Azerbaijan doesn't send any foreign artists?
Elnur (Turkmenistan)
Arash (Sweden/Iran)
thats 2/2 you fool!
p. askvil
Ara axper you see this faking norwegian cindy bitch speaking bad about sisters. no culture in norway, steel singer from belarus. Cold people can not sing themselves. She is azer emigrated to Norway and try to say bad about Armenia. Azers are mongols like chinese, kazak, mongols, turks. No culture, nothing to present. Ban them from Europe and eurovision
Stop all this ridiculos talking.. Whole Europe voted more for Azerbaijan than Armenia, becacuse Azerbaijan had really a much better song. That's the biggest problem here.. Armenia doesn't stand it.. Of course it isn't correct to overlook 45 votes and just forget it, but Armenia would not climb higher on the list with these votes. If the list would been changed a lot we could ban them out of ESC, but not for the moment. Wait for EBU's results of this matter...!!!
I don't understand why do you offend each other.I liked Armenia's participants.Their vocals are amazing.Azerbaijan's participants couldn't sing.
I don't think it's armenian provocation.And if it took place,I mean if people who voted for Armenia were questuened,it's just disgusting,then Azerbaijan must be punished or banned.It's silly to insult each other,be civility...We aren't animals.
@ Aram Saruxanyan
SIKD..R
i saw one users comment other site.i think that he is very right.this is him writes:
I'm wondering if it's possible to find out phone numbers.
According to NTU, broadcasters find out the viewer's votes only few minutes before live announcement.
Broadcasters do not collect televotes, they do not know phone numbers. It's up to the German firm that collect votes from all countries. They give these votes directly to EBU and then it's being sent to all broadcasters.
Maximum that Azeri broacaster can have is the amount of voters. Not their phone numbers.
I'm not sure if that German firm uses local facilities or they collaborate with national firms (3rd party) that collect votes in their countries and then give 'em to the firm.
If so then MNS contacted that Azeri company.
If not, it's physically impossible (because the data is not being saved in particular country, 3rd party firm is just transitional source ie. the data goes directly to the German firm) so this situation is nonsense.
In both cases the broadcaster is not involved because they don't know voters' phone numbers so basically it will be "EBU against the national ministry" situation. The 1st case of such kind 
ol:
everybodu saw that norway was the best.sister plsssssss
Aram Saruxanyan [60060]
Sat 22 Aug 2009 20:03:41
Eurotale
you monkeys advocate. go and look at rybak, norway doesnt have culture steel singer from belarus and show him norwegian. throw out Norway and this clown from eurovision.
And you claim all Azeris and everybody who aren't Armenians as uneducated?^o)
1. Norway has culture
2. We didn't steel Alexander Rybak - it was the Belarussian dictatorship that throwed his family and himself out of the country 
3. Alexander Rybak has Norwegian passport, speak fluently Norwegian and has interest in Norwegian folk music. Therefore a Norwegian 
4. Norway will stay in ESC 
eurotale
sisterdont listen to them.because they are very stupid...
eurotale
sister because dont listen to themşthey are very stupid
Eurotale
you monkeys advocate. go and look at rybak, norway doesnt have culture steel singer from belarus and show him norwegian. throw out Norway and this clown from eurovision.
tHE Firebird,
Ara, they not humans. Azeris are cretures between humans and monkeys. they still go to be homo sapiens. They came from land in Altay where they lived with animals, not they steel armenians culture and learned how to speak. i wonder do they can speak? how they questioned those people, as know monkeys cantt speak.
BAN AZRBAIJANNN
But never a problem was so ridiculous. Azerbaijan come to Eurovision in 2008 and now 2009, and look at the scandal. What is the questions Armenia Eurovision voters? Yes, this is a stupid dictatorship. same a third-world.
dear esctoday armenians did there propaganda.one of them say that armenia is only caucasus country.where is azerbaijan and GEORGIA?
Guys that article shows that all ESC members are political with one or other way, and i dont want in the future to hear fron anybody that ESC is political and is no good etc etc , when participations in ESC was only 25 countreys we never have any problem even Turkey and Cyprus, from the day who all that split ex yugo and especially ex soviet countreys join ESC every year we have problems and ESC became one big circus.
8i]Armenian song is masterpiece. your spanish slut was last that WAS shit and cheap song.
EUROVISION MUST TAKE OUT AZERIS. LET THEM BACK WHEN BECOME HOMO SAPIENS.
Countries like azerbajan which have no culture to present to europe must be banned. Armenia is the only caucasus country which shows culture. georgia is anti-putin shit too.
DEAR ESCTODAY, PLEASE THROW OUT ARAM SARUXAYAN - STILL HOLIDAY AT YOUR CRIBE? And lol, some Armenians here abuse this case as an opportunity to bash their enemy in a damn good way I must say 
welcome to azeri democracy LOOL...pathetic!!..go out to eurovision.
Armenian song is masterpiece. your spanish slut was last that WAS shit and cheap song.
EUROVISION MUST TAKE OUT AZERIS. LET THEM BACK WHEN BECOME HOMO SAPIENS.
Countries like azerbajan which have no culture to present to europe must be banned. Armenia is the only caucasus country which shows culture. georgia is anti-putin shit too.
Armenian song was a shit...
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