Voxovation have revealed that talks are ongoing with potential participating countries and not one has said “No Thank You” to date.

Peter Settman, the CEO of Voxovation, had the following to say:

“We are not, not talking to anyone any longer. There are ongoing conversations, but there are timing issues, as everyone needs to have a national selection show and we need to squeeze that in before the Grand Final in November. And we do come with a couple of rules, meaning as a show, it is all about “the door is open everyones invited”, the core principles are bringing people together a stage, non-political, has to be signed off by anyone participating in the competition.”

As revealed during the Eurovision Asia press conference, at the Eurovision Song Contest yesterday, it is unlikely that North Korea or Russia will be invited to participate. Martin Green, Director of the Eurovision Song Contest, had the following to say:

“Eurovision travels with its values, in order to be in part of Eurovision you have to share our values, so if you don’t meet our values you won’t be in Eurovision.”

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: ESC Discord & Eurovoix