Numerous Fake Accounts Want to Buy Up Song Contest Tickets
During the pre-registration for the purchase of Song Contest tickets for the May shows in Basel, hundreds of thousands of "fake accounts" were used: that is, those that are not assigned to any real person. This was reported by the marketing director of the ESC, Thomas Pittino, to the Swiss media group SRF.
500,000 Registrations for Around 50,000 Song Contest Tickets
In total, almost 500,000 registrations were received. However, only about 50,000 to 60,000 seats are available for visitors at the nine planned Song Contest shows. "It must be assumed that between a third and half of the registrations are so-called bots, i.e. fake accounts," said Pittino. These are now being filtered out.
The registration for the Song Contest tickets ended on January 10th. Those who are successfully registered can buy the first tickets from 10 a.m. on January 29th. They cost between 40 francs and 350 francs (about 42.50 euros to 373 euros). The SRF is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this year because the act Nemo won for Switzerland last year. As it stands, 38 countries are participating, including Austria. The Song Contest final will take place on May 17th in the St. Jakobshalle in Basel.
(APA/Red)
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