Oh dear, I'm quite a flop. 2 wildcards every week. Okay, I need to spend less time on the internet today.

Okay so, here's an update about a minor tweak of the format, and also an appeal for hosts for Week 8 and 10 if you fancy throwing your hat in the ring

 

WK1: Azerbaijan, Greece, Israel, Sweden (40 songs) Adam

WK2: Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Slovenia (40 songs) Lex

WK3: Denmark, France, Macedonia, Netherlands (40 songs) Ryan

WK4: Albania, Iceland, Malta, Switzerland (40 songs) Iz

WK5: Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Spain (40 songs) Harry

WK6: Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway (40 songs) Lex

WK7: Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom (44 songs) Jahq

WK8: Armenia, Croatia Hungary, Portugal, Serbia (43 songs) TBC

WK9: Cyprus, Montenegro, Romania, San Marino, Ukraine (43 songs) Jerick

WK10: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey (39 songs) TBC

 

WKS 1-9 // Top 2 songs from each country qualifies + the next 2 highest ranked songs

WK10 // Top song from each country qualifies

 

That gives us a slightly less round figure of 104 songs in the Semi Finals, but it averages out as four sets of 26 which is the equivalent of an IRL Final so it still works out okay. Also it means that the likes of Andorra can't get a wildcard at the expense of someone like Ukraine or Armenia which was a little bit very unfair. It does mean you can only have one of Conchita/Zoe or Casanova/La Teva Decisio through to the next round but, hey, choices had to be made.

 

Wildcards for Weeks 7 to 9 will be decided by calculating the scoreboards with the bottom finishers (they're all bottoms) eliminated from the competition until all of the countries have the same amount of songs. So, say, your eight pointer comes last in Russia in week 7. This means that your votes are then readjusted so that your seven pointer becomes your eight pointer when deciding who to give a wildcard spot to. Any wildcard decision and countbacks will then be made on the basis of the 'new' scoreboard. Hope I've explained that properly

 

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So, say, your eight pointer comes last in Russia in week 7. This means that your votes are then readjusted so that your seven pointer becomes your eight pointer when deciding who to give a wildcard spot to.

 

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i love cAsanova and la tevA deCisio but let's have neither and go with 2007

Wildcards for Weeks 7 to 9 will be decided by calculating the scoreboards with the bottom finishers (they're all bottoms) eliminated from the competition until all of the countries have the same amount of songs. So, say, your eight pointer comes last in Russia in week 7. This means that your votes are then readjusted so that your seven pointer becomes your eight pointer when deciding who to give a wildcard spot to. Any wildcard decision and countbacks will then be made on the basis of the 'new' scoreboard. Hope I've explained that properly

 

Ok, that sounds like a good way of dealing with the unequal number of entries per country in weeks 7-9. I've never hosted anything like this before but I'd be very happy to have a go at hosting one of the remaining weeks if that's alright with the organisers

We can put you down for next week if you want?

That would be super, thanks!