Junior Song for Europe Festival - Televoting redu

[tamarisk]

by di-ve.com

Friday, 24 September, 2004

The Maltasong Board has decided to reduce the televoting contribution to the final result to 40% instead of the before mentioned 50%. This decision was taken in an urgent meeting held yesterday afternoon, after it was noted that a number of finalists have used unauthorised ways to promote their songs.

The Board has taken this decision because it is evident that this festival is not yet as popular as the Song for Europe Festival and people watching might be more influenced and hence the result be unobjective. The niche audience watching this festival, it is being assumed, is more directly related to the participants and subsequently this decision.

Maltasong, in principle, still believes that the audience has a right to be represented and that their vote must be reflected in the result. Forty percent is still a significant representation and therefore it encourages all those who want to see Malta well represented in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to use this vote to choose the one most deserving to represent us.

[Shawn]

have used unauthorised ways to promote their songs

What have they done?

[tamarisk]

They put telelvoting i.e. voting by telephone or SMS to 40% with the remainder 60% counted by a panel of judges.