German Eurovision Singer Refuses to Quit over Rigging

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Germany's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest has rejected calls to quit after her producer admitted manipulating the country's pop charts with mass purchases of her single.

Gracia Baur, 22, has defended her producer David Brandes, who is also behind the Swiss entry Vanilla Ninja, and said that she would go to the finals in Kiev despite complaints from other German singers.

'I haven't done anything wrong,' said Baur, whose career began two years ago as a German Idol song contest finalist but faded when sales of a subsequent song fizzled. 'I'm guess I'm jinxed,' she told Bild am Sonntag. 'Every time things look like they're going well for me someone comes …