The European Broadcasting Union finally took some serious decision to punish the broadcasters who do not respect the Eurovision rules and furthermore those who allow politics into a music contest.
Spain was fined by the EBU because they failed to air the second semifinal, although the country didn't participate as a BIG 4 member. Spain voted by jury and instead they aired a tennis game, launching Eurovision tapped with an hour of delay.
Azerbaijan fined as well by the EBU because of the incidents occurred during and after the Moscow edition. During the show, the broadcast of the Armenian song was scrambled, the televoting number for Armenia was distorted and we all remember the hilarious and inhuman action of state authorities to interrogate Azeri citizens for voting the Armenian song, violating the privacy of the televoting.
The Azeri broadcaster is happy (mainly because the fine is 2,700 Euros) and they state that they respect the EBU decision. Spain, on the other hand made no statement on the decision. It's not much to pay but for sure EBU made clear that no one is allowed to jerk around with this historic event!
