According to independent.ie , a leading Irish Newspaper , Norway replaced Mr Per Sundnes with Erland Bakke due to a breach in juror rules. According to this source this happened during an official countdown show on Norwegian television station, where the judge reacted negatively to the Irish entrant and gave Ireland the least ranking possible which lead to the suspicion that this juror will be voting subjectively instead on the actual performance of the night.
Norway replaces a jury member after comments made about the Irish Entry
ByFernando Thomas
May 8, 2017
ByFernando Thomas
From Malta and works as TV Producer. Eurovision is one of my biggest interests. So far I have been to Dusseldorf (2011), Malmo (2013), Copenhagen ( 2014), Stockholm (2016) & Kyiv (2017). I was also a volunteer during the Junior Eurovision which was held in Malta in 2014.I also covered some national finals which include Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017 & 2018 and also Melodifestivalen 2017 & 2018.