AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1965
| AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1965 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| Final | 16th of May 1965 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Gorodskoy Teatr, City of Pyalivostok |
| Presenter(s) | Daneliya Khoroshova |
| Musical director | Narnia Elinova (Pyalivostok Philarmonic Orchestra) |
| Directed by | Aqqadaruddin Hadid |
| Executive supervisor | Muhammad Afiqqa |
| Executive producer | Harun Makolyesvich |
| Host broadcaster | Radio Pyalivostok |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 12 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each region sends 20 people in a jury group, each voting for their own favorite |
AleziRadio Festival of Songs 1965 is the eighth edition of the annual AleziRadio Festival of Songs. It was held on 16th of May 1965, which was held and organized by Radio Pyalivostok after Ika Naavalainen's victory last year. This is the third time that Pyalivostok has hosted the event after previously doing so in 1959 and 1962. This also means that Pyalivostok is the only region to host the competition more than once (Zafizamarrah may also count, but Zafizamarrah only won once)
The competition is held in Gorodskoy Teatr, City of Pyalivostok, which has also held the competition in 1962. This means that this is the first time that the competition was held in a venue that has previously hosted the competition previously.
Incidents
Tel Hadivian Legal Issue
After the previous competition ended, and after the tiebreaker round concluded, Radio Tel Hadiv sued Radio Pyalivostok and accused the latter of cheating in the competition and bribing the tiebreaker jury. A few legal issues was brought to Ika Naavalainen herself, accusing her of cheating her way through the regional selection of Pyalivostok. Normally, the issue would be brought in to the less important Court of Inter-region Affairs. However, one accuser sued the entirety of AleziRadio, which due to its status of being a national broadcaster and a national institution funded by the government, immediately brought the entire case to the High Court of North Alezia. Tel Hadiv demanded that Pyalivostok give up its title and the right to host so Tel Hadiv could host the competition instead.
In the High Court proceedings, Radio Pyalivostok with the help of Radio Basna Raya (the host broadcaster of the previous competition) won the case after proving that both the Regional Selection and the National Competition were indeed correct and truthfully recorded. As a result, Radio Tel Hadiv had to pay AZ$ 140,000 (40,000 each to Radio Pyalivostok and Radio Basna Raya, 55,000 for AleziRadio, and 5,000 for Ika Naavalainen herself) as a fine and had to write an official letter of apology to each party that was accused which was released in November 1964 in the National Newspaper.
Thanks to the success of the defendants, Pyalivostok got to hold keep the competition. Normally, Tel Hadiv would've been disqualified from the competition for this year due to improper and unfair misconduct, however, after receiving the fines, AleziRadio dismissed the possible disqualification and Tel Hadiv get to stay and compete in the 1965 competition.