Philip Kirkorov Heads the Eurovision Jury

Posted by Italo on May 04, 2009 | 1 Comment

Philip Kirkorov Heads the Eurovision Jury, the Football Match Is Postponed Because of Eurovision

Ivan Toporischev, Moscow, exclusively for Eurovision Mania
Philip Kirkorov, a famous Russian singer, producer and Alla Pugacheva’s (Russian super-pop-star) former husband, is going to head the Eurovision jury this year.

This decision has been made by Pervyi Kanal (“First Channel”, the leading TV channel in Russia). Pervyi Kanal is the key-organizer of the Eurovision show in Russia this year. Besides Kirkorov, there are going to be five more judges in the Eurovision jury. Their names will become known on the 5th of May.

Philip Kirkorov Heads the Eurovision Jury

This year the voting rules have been changed. Previously, the winner used to be chosen by European TV viewers only. The voting procedure is not going to be like this anymore. The new rules presuppose that the winner will be chosen by the television audience AND by the jury consisting of music professionals.

Interestingly enough, the judges used to choose the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest up to 1997. Then that practice was stopped, and the TV audience became the only judge, so to say. This year the professional jury has been brought back to Eurovision. It happened after Dima Bilan won the contest in Belgrade in 2008, and Moscow was proclaimed the host of the next Eurovision.

The Eurovision Semi-Finals are going to take place in Moscow on the 12th and 14th of May. The Final is going to take place on the 16th of May, in Olimpiyski (“Olimpic”) Sports Center in Moscow.

Eurovision: Olimiyski Sports Centre in Moscow

About 23 thousand people are expected to arrive in Moscow to watch the live Eurovision Final Show. This year Russia is represented by Anastasia Prihodko, a Ukranian girl who won the Fabrika Zvezd Show (“Star Factory”, a Russian TV show analogous to American “Star Academy”).

Eurovision 2009 Moscow: Stage Project

However, there are people who might feel annoyed because of all this Eurovision fever. These are Russian football fans. The Russian sports newspaper Sport-Express says that the football match between the Moscow team “CSKA” and “Zenith” from St. Petersburg has been postponed. This match is a part of the ninth round of the Russian National Championship. It was supposed to take place early in the morning on the 17th of May. However, the time of the match has been changed, the new time being 8.00 p.m. Can you guess, what was the reason? The answer is obvious. The 16th of May is the date of the Eurovision Final. And the match has been postponed in order to give the Moscow policemen enough time to rest before they start their duty at the football match.

The Eurovision Final will take place late in the evening, on the 16th of May. The Song Contest will be take place in Olimiyski Sports Centre in Moscow, while the match “CSKA”-“Zenith” is going to take place in Luzhniki, another huge Moscow stadium. A lot of Moscow policemen will ensure security at the Eurovision Final. The football match is going to take place the day after the Song Contest. This match will require the same or even bigger level of security. And in order to provide the sufficient amount of police forces for the “CSKA”-“Zenith” match, it has been decided to postpone the match in order to give the policemen more time for having rest.

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