25-02-2023, 12:19 PM
(25-02-2023, 10:36 AM)DavidWhitfield Wrote: The Czechia decision seems to have been made with little notice; they were pulled out of the semi-final allocation bowl as 'Czech Republic' just a couple of weeks back. I wonder if Turkey ever decided to return to the contest, they'd be treated in the same manner and referred to as Türkiye. Given that they last took part in 2012, this is likely not a huge consideration for anyone at this time.
According to the former Czech Head of Delegation Jan Bors, this is a change that the Czech delegation have been pushing either Česká televize or the EBU for since at least 2017!
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