Meeting Discussion on the format of the  Eurovision Song Contest took place at a EBU meeting in Athens Greece in June  A proposal has been made that could result in the Big Four countries France Germany Spain and the United Kingdom losing their automatic place in the final of the contest Edgar Bhm director of entertainment for Austrias public broadcaster sterreichischer Rundfunk ORF has stated that the current format with two semifinals still incorporates a mix of countries who will be politically favoured in the voting process and that unless a clear guideline as to how the semifinals are organised is made by the EBU then Austria will not be taking part in Moscow  Should results from the EBU meeting not be out by now Its almost AugustZu Anto