Posted May 22, 200718 yr ESC Today: The EBU has confirmed to esctoday.com that two of this year's 42 participating countries at the Eurovision Song Contest gave their points awarded by back-up jury. Andorra and Albania did not use the televote results because they did not meet the EBU's sight security level of calls. The two juries did effect the result of the Eurovision Song Contest to some extent. The most notable difference was at the bottom of the scoreboard, where Ireland, although finishing in last place for the first time in their Eurovision history, were spared the shame of the dreaded 'nul points' by the Albanian jury. France, who finished in 22nd place along with the United Kingdom on 19 points, received 12 of their points (two thirds) from the two juries alone: 4 points from Albania and 8 points from Andorra. The remaining French points came from Armenia (2), Estonia (2) and Lithuania (3). Of the two back-up juries used, Eurovision Song Contest winners, Serbia, only received one point (from Albania), whilst second placed Ukraine received 12 (all from Andorra) and third placed Russia received just three points (also from Andorra). Germany scored consistently from both juries (6 points from Albania, 5 points from Andorra). If the German score from the two juries had been mirrored across all 42 countries, Roger Cicero would have finished with 231 points and a top three position. Although two back-up juries is far fewer than needed to make a full assessment of the difference between televote results and jury voting, it is interesting to note that the countries receiving the most votes from the juries were France, Spain, Ukraine and Germany - three of the 'Big Four Countries'. The fourth, the United Kingdom, received no points from either jury.
May 22, 200718 yr Thank goodness for televoting, it woulda KILLED me if France had gone top ten this year :(
May 22, 200718 yr Author Thank goodness for televoting, it woulda KILLED me if France had gone top ten this year :( Nooooo. If we'd had jury votes it would've been all random and exciting. :( Give me juries anyday. -_-
May 22, 200718 yr Nooooo. If we'd had jury votes it would've been all random and exciting. :( Give me juries anyday. -_- The reason it changed to televotes was because they complained about neighbourlies :( Anyway, it wouldn't represent what Europe really liked :cry: We woulda walked it in '96 if televoting was in place then <_<
May 22, 200718 yr Author The reason it changed to televotes was because they complained about neighbourlies :( Anyway, it wouldn't represent what Europe really liked :cry: We woulda walked it in '96 if televoting was in place then <_< Neighbourlies? :o Really? Because when I watched the 1997 one, the only predictable results were Greece and Cyprus voting for each other. :(
May 23, 200718 yr Ireland deserved nul points... I really like the Dervish song but the woman was way out of tune...it really hurt my ears :lol:
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