Talk:Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Romania?
I feel like this ought to be looked into: according to EBU rules at the time, countries have to have at least broadcast the previous year's contest prior to the next one in order to be eligible to participate the following year. We now have clarity regarding at least a few countries who previously appeared not to have broadcast the contest the year before they came back somehow (Israel showed 1997 on delay, Lithuania showed 1998 on delay, Latvia showed 1999 live, etc). The only question it leaves up in the air is if Romania broadcast the 1997 contest. They were allowed to return in 1998, but no broadcaster is listed on the 1997 page, and all the other 1998 returnees/debutants (Belgium, Finland, Israel, North Macedonia, and Slovakia) are listed as having shown it at some point. Wouldn't that indicate they showed 1997 at some point? Otherwise, how were they allowed to return? (I feel like the way Slovakia got away with it in 1996 was due to the change in rules and Italy in 1997 because of their average score, but I can't be sure there either.)--BugsFan17 (talk) 17:54, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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This page ain't lookin too good chief 147.219.5.118 (talk) 04:00, 6 October 2022 (UTC)