Belarus: Jury dismissed from Grand Final

In reports coming from the EBU, after contravening the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Belarussian jury has been dismissed from taking part in the Grand Final.

Belarussian jury kicked out of the voting

The rules state that votes should not be revealed until after the Grand Final has taken place. A rule which Belarus broke when they announced in an interview with Tut.by whom they had voted for in the first semi final. Confirming the decision to Eurovoix, the Eurovision Press Team said;

The Belarussian jury voting has been revealed in an interview contravening Eurovision Song Contest rules. In order to be compliant with ESC voting regulations, the EBU has taken action and has dismissed the Belarussian jury from the Grand Final on Saturday. An aggregated result approved by the auditors will be used in order to determine to whom the Belarussian votes will be allocated.

How this will have an impact with the overall result on the night is yet to be seen. Belarus is represented by Zena with the song "Like It" in the Grand Final tonight.