Svante Stockselius (EBU) heeft namens de overkoepelende organisatie een brief geschreven aan de IJslandse delegatieleider met betrekking tot Silvia Night, de IJslandse kandidate op het komende Eurovisie Songfestival.
Hieronder vindt U de volledige brief :
Subject : Lyrics of the Icelandic entry in the ESC 2006.
With reference to our recent exchange of mails and telephone calls, I hereby inform you the firm position of the EBU, not to accept any foul language in the Icelandic song, or any other of the entries to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Should your artists use any foul expression in the song, it would immediately mean aviolation of two of the rules for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 :
* Section Five, § 12) where no changes of the lyrics is possible after the official delivery of the song and lyrics at the meeting of the Heads of Delegation in Athens on 20-21 March 2006.
* Section Five, § 13) where it says that the lyrics and/or the performance of the songs shall not bring the Contest Final or the Eurovision Song Contest as such into disrepute.
A violation of these rules could lead to disqualification from the contest.
I strongly urge you, as the responsible Head of Delegation for your country, to consider these rules and make sure that your artists will obey them.
Be aware that the EBU and their broadcasting members would consider a violation of the kindwe are discussing as serious and strongly offensive.
Yours sincerely,
Svante Stockselius Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor
De eerste reactie van Silvia Night hierop was kort en bondig : "I will fucking say what I fucking want". Op te merken valt dat de betreffende "schutting"taal wel degelijk is terug te vinden in het nummer zoals het ook op de compilatiecd staat. Wordt ongetwijfeld vervolgd de komende dagen. Hou ook de website van Silvia in het oog ! (foto : RÚV)
10-05-2006 om 10:31
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