Organisers of Eurovision have issued a statement following calls to introduce a ban on national juries and scrap the jury vote altogether. Organisers admitted six national juries' votes were axed on Saturday night.
Officials said irregular voting patterns were detected, meaning the votes were replaced by aggregate scores. Votes from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino were all replaced.
The European Broadcasting Union’ issued a statement addressing the votes, which said: "In the analysis of jury voting by the EBU, pan-European voting partner after the Second Dress Rehearsal of the Second Semi-Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, certain irregular voting patterns were identified in the results of six countries.
