Reporter who announced wrong Eurovision Malta winner is out of a job

A reporter who mistakenly reported that Amber won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest is no longer employed by Eurovision.tv. "Let us say that he has resigned," Anton Attard, CEO of PBS said. He explained on TVM that PBS as the organiser of the contest had protested to the European Broadcasting Union after its official website announced Amber as the winner on Saturday night. The news was uploaded while televoting was still in progress and well before Gianluca Bezzina was announced as the winner. The item was removed after a few minutes and the website issued an apology blaming technical difficulties. PBS CEO Anton Attard said PBS had nothing to do with the item but the station immediately protested. "They took the matter extremely seriously. This could have been prejudicial to the contest. Just imagine what would have happened had Amber actually won the contest. Think of the conspiracy theories," he said. EBU STATEMENT Meanwhile, Jarmo Sim, Communications Coordinator, Eurovision Events, (EBU) n a statement said: “To ensure that we are as fast as possible in publishing the winners of the national selections, we always prepare several articles beforehand with the names of different...