Junior Eurovision 2021: EBU demands explanations from Azerbaijan Public Television for violating the regulations!

Shortly after Armenia’s victory in Junior Eurovision 2021, it became known via Twitter that the commentators of the Azeri public television, Ictimai TV, were talking throughout the appearance of Armenia, something that is against the rules of the contest.

This is how Armenia’s live performance sounded like on Azerbaijani tv. @EBU_HQ @EurovisionJr how can you allow this? They talked over her performance the FULL 3 minutes, which is NOT ALLOWED. This is disgusting. #JESC2021 pic.twitter.com/Ekm22wYbiI

— ESC Discord (@ESCdiscord) December 19, 2021

Naturally, shortly after this leak, we have the official position of the EBU according to which it demands explanations from the public television of Azerbaijan for the violation of the regulations!

More specifically, it states:

UPDATE: We just received this statement from the EBU communications team regarding the broadcasting of #JESC2021 on Ictimai TV and the commentators talking through Armenia’s performance. 👀 pic.twitter.com/NV6wGYSHwV

— ESC Discord (@ESCdiscord) December 22, 2021

Will Azerbaijan’s public television be punished for violating the regulations? We will monitor the issue and inform you of any developments!