Talk:Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 08:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Going to review this article as part of the GAN Backlog Drive of April to May 2020 MWright96 (talk) 08:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
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Lead

 * "through the national selection Selecția Națională 2006" - it should be made more clearer that it was a national selection competition
 * "Romania ultimately reached fourth place in the contest's Grand Final," - the date of the Grand Final of Eurovision 2006 is missing here

Selecția Națională 2006

 * "a competition in order to select their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006." - the words "in order" are redundant in this sentence
 * "was eventually disqualified from the contest due to having received television and radio airplay" - the text in bold should be written as due to the song for clarity and completeness
 * "to 1 October 2005, TVR's cutoff date." - to TVR's cutoff date of 1 October 2005.
 * "by Heaven were voluntarily withdrawn" - make it clear that the performers voluntarily withdrew their songs as stated in România Liberă

Indiggo controversy

 * "In a late-night talk show following the winner's announcement," - the announcement of the winner,
 * "they based the accusation on reports that their voting line was continuously busy and so people were unable to vote for them when they called." -, preventing people from voting for them when they called.

Promotion

 * "Starting with 20 April 2006," - correct saying; should be on or from

At Eurovision

 * "the show was aired on TVR," - broadcast is more formal
 * "which yielded in various changes" - saw various changes
 * "selected countries, except the host country" - try to not repeat the same word close together in the same sentence
 * "qualified to the final due to their top 11 result the preceding year." - how about result in the 2005 contest. instead?
 * "A reported €160,000 were" - was

Voting

 * "Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Romania in the Grand Final, as well as by Romania in the semi-final" - try not to repeat the country's name in the same sentence
 * "Romania finished in fourth position, being awarded a total of 172 points including 12 by Moldova and Spain, as well as ten by" - 172 points, including 12 by Moldova and Spain, and ten from Cyprus, Israel, Malta and Portugal.
 * "For the Grand Final points announcement," - For the announcement of its points in the Grand Final,