Serbia: Twelve finalists instead of ten

by Velimir Djelic 111 views

According to the last news reported on the RTS website, there will be 12 finalists to perform in tonight's Beovizija Final, instead of 10, as it was announced last night. Ana Nikolic and Ivana Selakov therefore proceed to the final stage due to technical errors made using the results of SMS votes in 5 minute cut instead of 10 minutes.

The last annunciation of the RTS Supervision Committee says that two more performers will compete in tonight's Final. They are Ana Nikolic and Ivana Selakov. This announcement comes as the result of an additional checking of jury and audience votes, which resulted in finding out that technical mistakes commited in the voting last night. Total votes from jury and SMS qualify Ana Nikolic and Ivana Selakov to the final, where they will be fighting to represent Serbia in Moscow.

RTS statement says that the final score of the audience vote did not include vote count after 10 minutes, but after 5 minutes, which the Committee finds as a technical mistake. Beovizija final, therefore, will see 12 competitors instead of 10. "We are sorry for viewers, performers and all those who are injured accidentaly in this mistake which is correct by the regularity of competition", RTS officials state.

Organization commitee acknowledges the error and will take on all the possible consequences.

Special thanks to Zorica Loncar