Röstningsapp affects needy – Västerbotten Courier

This year’s Eurovision hit all voting record, and the final was no exception, with twelve million votes.

One reason for the increase is the SVT röstningsapp.

But some who do not rejoice digits Radiohjälpen. For them, the contributions donated plummeted. The reason, according to Swedish Radio Echo röstningsapp be the same.

Before the festival, noted the Secretary-General Byman that the decline was 60 percent compared with 2015. In the final, gave viewers SEK 2.2 million, according to SVT, which is almost a quarter less than the previous year when 2.9 million crowns came in.

Radiohjälpen draws according echo in about 200 million, so the Eurovision Song Contest accounts for a small part. But they’re important.

– This is money that is not earmarked funds, that is, we can put them where they are most needed, both for operations in Sweden for people with disabilities, but also for emergency operations abroad, said Per Byman to echo.

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