Editing Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (section)

===Russian complaint against Irish vote===
After the contest, Russian broadcaster [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]] complained that Irish broadcaster [[RTÉ]] had used a back-up jury, and that it had cost them victory. A statement by Channel One said "Considering [the] insignificant difference in points between the first and third places, there are grounds to believe that the contest results could be much different for Russia."<ref>{{cite news|first=Nick Paton|last=Walsh|title=Vote switch 'stole Tatu's Eurovision win'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/30/russia.arts|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=15 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315124738/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/30/russia.arts|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Russia launches Eurovision appeal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2947872.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=29 May 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227025448/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2947872.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On the night of the competition, the voting polls operated by Irish telecommunications company [[Eircom]] suffered a delay in delivering the results on time, which prompted RTÉ to use the votes of the back-up jury instead.<ref name=IrelandRussia>{{cite web|first=André|last=Rodrigues|title=EBU approves use back-up jury of Irish television|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1695/ebu_approves_use_back-up_jury_of_irish_television/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=20 June 2003|access-date=20 November 2013|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918074942/http://esctoday.com/1695/ebu_approves_use_back-up_jury_of_irish_television/|url-status=live}}</ref> The EBU cleared RTÉ of any potential wrongdoing after an investigation on the matter and stated that the rules concerning substituting the back-up jury in place of the televote were correctly applied.<ref name=IrelandRussia/> RTÉ later published the unused results of the televote, which showed that had the jury not been used, Turkey would still have won, and Ireland's voting "partners", the United Kingdom, would still have no points. Russia did not receive any points from the televote, however, since Belgium only received 2 points from the Irish televote as opposed to 10 points awarded by the Irish jury, Russia would have placed second.<ref name=irishjury>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Irish televoting results finally announced|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1707/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 June 2003|access-date=22 March 2008|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923040925/http://esctoday.com/1707/|url-status=live}}</ref>