SLOVAKIA 2013 - not taking part

[GRE]

Re: SLOVAKIA 2013

Well its official that Slovakia is not entering esc...yet!
Slavomira Kubickova, Head of the International Department at STV, told escXtra.com in a phone conversation this morning:

No decision has been made about our participation. There is an EBU deadline and within that time, you will hear what we will do for Malmö.

 

[daniels1000]

Re: SLOVAKIA 2013

Well its official that Slovakia is not entering esc...yet!
Slavomira Kubickova, Head of the International Department at STV, told escXtra.com in a phone conversation this morning:

No decision has been made about our participation. There is an EBU deadline and within that time, you will hear what we will do for Malmö.

I'm not optimistic

Hoping, hoping xcrossed

 

[A-lister]

Re: SLOVAKIA 2013

Well its official that Slovakia is not entering esc...yet!
Slavomira Kubickova, Head of the International Department at STV, told escXtra.com in a phone conversation this morning:

No decision has been made about our participation. There is an EBU deadline and within that time, you will hear what we will do for Malmö.

Can we trust escXtra though? Sometimes it seems fan-pages comes up with their own 'news'.

If true though, it looks like they won't enter on this answer

Please stay!!!!

 

[EurovisionPhoenix]

Re: SLOVAKIA 2013

I really hope they will join ESC 2013, because I really loved all of their entries (from 2009-2012). Unfortunately they never got many points

Please stay Slovakia ♥ !!!

 

[Sean]

Re: SLOVAKIA 2013

Slovakia withdraws

Slovakia will not be in Malmö | esctoday.com

 

[wyq614]

Re: SLOVAKIA 2013

Confirmed: Slovakia out of Malmo ...

 

[daniels1000]

1

 

[Jukica]

I didn't like their ESC 2012 entry, but I'm sorry for them

 

[Milos-BC]

Sad, but quite expected This ESC simply doesn't smell good since the beginning and we are obviously destined to have one bad news after another.

 

[dezbee2008]

That's sad. That's two countries out already.

 

[dragvision]

Who are the next? After Portugal decision many nations are think to withrew.

 

[EscGeek]

Who are the next? After Portugal decision many nations are think to withrew.

Slovenia,Greece and Cyprus are next 1

 

[Narmina]

no comments

 

[Starmania]

At least i discovered Celeste Buckingham thanks to these ESC talks

 

[A-lister]

I blame the juries (and viewers) for this! Overlooked in almost all their tries!!!

Expected though, I'm surprised they didn't withdraw until now though...

You will be missed

 

[CPV4931]

A few month ago, we hoped for a new record and now the number of participants gets smaller and smaller -.-

 

[A-lister]

A few month ago, we hoped for a new record and now the number of participants gets smaller and smaller -.-

I know right?

There are certainly different factors for this, but I'm pretty sure those awful new 'corrupt producers chose the line-up' rules certainly didn't help to boost interest...

In Slovakia's case it's years of bad treatment by especially juries (but of course also viewers), always overlooked for not belonging to a bloc or having a large diaspora...

 

[dragvision]

A few month ago, we hoped for a new record and now the number of participants gets smaller and smaller -.-

yes wizar the last month we hoped for a new record of nations, yes now we have, but is a record of not taking part nations

 

[A-lister]

EBU really should look into this, it's something wrong in a continental contest where its heart-countries are failing year after year. Literary all Central- European countries are struggling in this contest. I'm NOT suggesting special treatment or anything, but these are certainly overlooked countries that have problems for not belonging to any bloc or diaspora helping group.

 

[BGN]

I know right?

There are certainly different factors for this, but I'm pretty sure those awful new 'corrupt producers chose the line-up' certainly didn't help to boost interest...

In Slovakia's case it's years of bad treatment by especially juries (but of course also viewers), always overlooked for not belonging to a bloc or having a large diaspora...

Countries like Slovakia have to send something extraordinary in order even to qualify while many others don't need to put big efforts to do it. While so, countries like them and some others will be less and less enthusiastic about their future in Eurovision. EBU should do something, but riging the draw is not the answer, definately!
It's very depressing to fail year after year no matter the efforts you put in this and I can understand them very well.