ANDORRA 2013 - not taking part

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[Sean]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

According to ESCXtra, a team from the EBU has visited RTVA, the national broadcaster of Andorra in the aim to get them to return to the contest.

Looks like they haven't pulled out of the EBU yet, and are negotiating to return.

Source

 

[Yoni]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

On 8 November 2011, it was announced by the Andorran broadcaster; RTVA, that they would leave the EBU, due to financial reasons and a cut of subsidies from the Andorran government. Therefore, Andorra will not be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest until RTVA rejoin the EBU, which is unlikely to happen in the near future.


so EBU is going to bribe them to participate?

 

[Quent91]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

I thought they left the EBU ?

 

[CPV4931]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

Would be nice to see them back one day. They always had nice songs and artists and Andorra belongs to my favorite ESC-countries.

 

[Sean]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

Well, this is a quote from the article I posted above;

It was the first time that a senior delegation from the EBU has been to Andorra, and they travelled with the aim of getting the principality back to the Eurovision Song Contest. Andorra pulled out after the 2009 contest, and last November was even on the verge of pulling out of the union all together due to financial problems.

Looks like the EBU convinced them to stay as a member, and maybe they'll work with them to bring them back to the contest? It's interesting...

 

[GRE]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

They wont come back.
http://eurovoix.com/andorra-will-not-be-at-the-contest-in-2013/

 

[QwaarJet]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

This thread is pointless, Andorra aren't coming back.

 

[Sean]

Re: ANDORRA 2013

Sorry guys, seemed there was a chance that they'd return since they were meeting with the EBU, and that's what these threads are for, right?

 

[FilipFromSweden]

Oh Andorra i miss you so much, your my casanova ;(

 

[Jukica]

I don't think that they'll come back soon

 

[Matt]

Andorran public broadcaster RTVA will not be quitting the European Broadcasting Union after all, but an Andorran Eurovision comeback is not likely to happen in the near future. The head of government of the Principality, Antoni Martí, explained the situation of the Andorran broadcaster to the General Director of the EBU, Ingrid Deltenre, during a recent meeting held at the RTVA headquarters in Andorra la Vella.


FULL ARTICLE

 

[tuorem]

Nice to see that they will not withdraw after all.

 

[SRBIJA]

Well TBH Andorra's entries have never been bad. I just looked at their past entries and realised I liked almost all of them. Nice songs really, and they never got even close to qualifying ( Except in 2007 ) The fact they were finish near bottom regardless of what they send put them down. I wish they come back someday.

 

[musicfan]

I think the songs have been better overrall than San Marino. The first two songs they entered were perhaps the best, the first one my favourite of them all. I know her performance wasn't that great but gorgeous song. But of course Eurovision isn't truly a SONG contest and that's why they didn't do that well, as well as not having neighbours to vote for them.