The statement came in response of a report by 15min about alleged attempt of power-voting in Lithuania in favor of the Azerbaijani entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. A video filmed with a hidden camera shows two Russian-speaking men offering to pay for televoting during the Eurovision finals last Saturday.
"We are looking into this case, but would emphasize that the authenticity of this video has not yet been proven, and nor has a link been established between the individuals in the video and the Azeri delegation, the Azeri act or the Azeri EBU Member Ictimai TV," reads an official statement received by 15min on Tuesday afternoon.
"Both the jury voting and the televoting at the Eurovision Song Contest are closely observed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as well as by notaries in all participating countries.
"We have worked with Digame on the televote processing for nearly ten years. Digame’s platform is built to handle the televoting with absolute professional care, and incorporates systems to detect any attempts at so-called “power-voting”, where people or systems systematically vote for a chosen contestant.
"Based on criteria established by the EBU and Digame and overseen by a PwC observer, votes garnered through any instances of power-voting are disregarded."
