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Zoe Delaney & Abbie Meehan

Eurovision Song Contest issues statement after strong calls to introduce ban

The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have had to issue a rather lengthy statement in the early hours of Sunday morning, following calls to introduce a jury vote ban after Ukraine won the show.

Ukrainian act Kalush Orchestra pipped the UK's Sam Ryder to first place on Saturday evening, but bosses at the show have admitted that "certain irregular voting patterns" had cropped up in the results of six countries during the voting count.

As reported by the Mirror, votes from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Poland, Montenegro and San Marino were all replaced by aggregate scores, after unusual patterns were noticed on the night.

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