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It is one of the unwritten rules of the annual festival of silliness and tight pants that is Eurovision: neighboring countries, and blocs with strong cultural and political ties – I think the Nordics, Greece and Cyprus, the former Soviet Union – tend to write each other on top.
A “close vote” for the music competition was also held lesson learned. But his position was not as clearly accepted as this year, when the head of the broadcasting organization in Moldova felt that he had to resign because the judges of his country only gave three points to Romania.
The same judges gave zero points to a neighbor of Moldova, Ukrainewhile giving more than 12 points to Poland and 10 to Israel. Moldovans, in contrast, whose votes are also counted in the final results of the competition, gave a total of 12 points to Romania and 10 to Ukraine.
After hundreds of fans protested, Vlad Țurcan, head of Teleradio-Moldova, resigned on Monday, describing the failure of the judges to recognize the “trouble” between the neighbors as “unusual” and “excessive”.
Țurcanu added: “Our opinion in Ukraine is not less, but also our opinion on this issue.” Romania they can only be romantic. We have separated ourselves from the voting of the judges, but this is … my responsibility, as the head of this organization. “
Much of present-day Moldova was part of Romania in the early 1900s, and the two countries have close linguistic and cultural ties. Since independence in 1991, more than 850,000 Moldovans have received Romanian citizenship.
The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, said earlier this year that he would vote for an alliance with Romania if a referendum were to take place, framing the idea as a way to protect Moldova’s democracy. facing strong Russian pressure.
Margarita Druță, who announced the Eurovision results live on air, said movie he wrote online that he almost refused to read them. Former Moldovan defense minister Anatol Șalaru said that only the people’s vote – “a vote among brothers” – is important.
Alex Cozer, political writer, the accused Teleradio-Moldova for causing “disgust with Romania”, when the Minister of Culture of Moldova, Cristian Jardan, called at the end of the week to explain how the seven judges decided to vote.
Victoria Cușnir, a member of the Moldovan judiciary, said she regretted accepting the invitation to attend the trial, which led to a “public protest” at the vote, which she said she did not see as “a protest against the Romanian people”.
The question of neighborhood voting “should be discussed from the beginning, if it is the most important part of the judges,” he said on TV.
Sandu downplayed the conflict on Tuesday, saying “we must not allow anything or anyone to interfere with the relationship between our countries”. The most important part of the vote was the public’s decision to give Romania a higher interest rate, he said.
Romania’s Alexandra Căpitănescu and her rock song Choke Me finished third in Saturday’s contest, a huge boost to the public vote. The winner was Dara from Bulgaria and Bangarangafollowed by Israel in second place.
Căpitănescu, 22, said he was not worried and thanked Moldovans who voted for him. “We are not angry with the Moldovan judges, who wrote the articles as they wanted,” he wrote on social media.
“It is not right for the whole country to be blamed on the verdict of only seven people,” Căpitănescu added. Moldovan competitor Satoshi, who came in eighth, asked fans not to “incite hatred”.
“Our countries have been friends and will remain friends,” he added.
Țurcanu, who was appointed as the general director of Teleradio-Moldova in 2021 for a seven-year term, is expected to remain in his position until a successor is appointed.
