Austria: ORF to broadcast both semi finals

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The Austrian national broadcaster,ORF, has decided to issue the next edition of the Eurovision and therefore the two semi-finals, but will deferred.

According to the reports of our fellow-austria.com eurovision, the public channel sent to a Moscow commentator, Benny Hörtnagl and only plans to show live coverage of the final votes.

This is the time of issuance of the Eurovision ORF:
  • May 13th: 1st Semifinal at 00:40 pm.
  • May 15th: Semifinal 2nd at 00:20 pm.
  • May 16th: Issue of video clips of the songs at 20:15 pm.
  • May 16th: Connecting directly with the votes at 23:00
  • May 17th: Emission of the entire end to 00:20 pm.
The director of the Austrian chain criticized the voting system and demanded changes to the EBU to strengthen the festival and make it more credible. Despite the change that the EBU had made in the voting process with the return of the juries, Austria decided not to participate in this edition. As the head of the delegation of this country in Eurovision, Edgar Boehm, the ORF will follow closely what happens in Moscow, and that once completed this year decide to return or not to Eurovision.

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