Cebrián justified the non-live broadcast of the Semifinal

"It was two contracts overlapped airtime and chain. In order not to breach any of the two contracts, TVE decided to issue the first Tennis Masters Madrid immediately after the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest deferred." This explained the program director of TVE, Eva Cebrián, on the agenda of the Defensora Spectator, RTVE response, the causes that led to the public channel to be broadcast live the second semifinal of the Moscow festival. Cebrián apologized with this decision because the televoto sacrificed. At no time, Cebrián spoke of "technical problems" as argued at the time the public body to justify the non-live broadcast.