Was last night :) Past one was 330 something i think

Edited May 17, 200916 yr by Sttefan

The last was 292 points from Finland in 2006. Also worth noting that even if only the finalist had been voting, Alexander would still have gained the highest amount from that perspective - previous one was Katrina and the Waves with 227 in 1997, but Alexander got 228. However, if you go by the average amount of points from each country, Alexander scored 9.5, but Brotherhood of Man got 9.6 for the United Kingdom back in 1976. So, perhaps not quite the most successful song ever, but certainly amongst them!

They kept going on about this but when you consider there's a hell of a lot more countries voting in the last few years its so spectacular!

Didnt Ireland get 224 in 1994 with just 24 juries voting??

 

Norway did well but alot more countries vote now comparing to years ago but there average of 9.5 or something is still quite good

Didnt Ireland get 224 in 1994 with just 24 juries voting??

 

Norway did well but alot more countries vote now comparing to years ago but there average of 9.5 or something is still quite good

Ireland got 226... not sure how many countries were in it that year though.

im almost sure 24 countries took part in 1994

If this new voting system has proved anything its how much a country can win by if voters and juries agree.

This years winner scored the highest amount of maximum points of any previous winners since this point system was introduced in 1975. Noraway had 16! twelve point scores. Previous record Holders were Greece (2005) and the UK (1997) both with 10.

 

Also the UK had its 2nd highest amount of total points ever (173) only beaten by Katrina & The Waves in 1997 (227)

Alexander's average pointage only just fell short of Brotherhood of Man, but when you consider how many more countries participated this time (the average points method favours contests with fewer participants and there were 5 less countries to vote for in 1976) and the diaspora vote which happens in present day Eurovision, I think Alexander can be considered to be on par with Brotherhood of Man :D

.... so they got the highest ever score, does that mean it was the best ever song? or the opposition was crap?.. i go for the latter.

Eugh stop being so grumpy seriously Rob. I think the fact that it's top five on countless iTunes charts around Europe proves that its popularity on Saturday has more to do with so-called "crap opposition" really.

Eugh stop being so grumpy seriously Rob. I think the fact that it's top five on countless iTunes charts around Europe proves that its popularity on Saturday has more to do with so-called "crap opposition" really.

 

...but there was no opposition..

It really is a dire song. If you took it out of the context of Eurovision everyone would hate it and cringe. Some gay lad singing about "some girl he likes" in some faux-twee way as he plays the fiddle. CLUNGE.

It really is a dire song. If you took it out of the context of Eurovision everyone would hate it and cringe. Some gay lad singing about "some girl he likes" in some faux-twee way as he plays the fiddle. CLUNGE.

Exactly. It's not unusual for Eurovision entries to sound rubbish out of context, but this suffers it more than most of the songs from this years final. You just about summed up why. Not only is it very grating, but it's not very believable, despite him writing the song himself.

 

I'm sick of it already and I'm not even the sort to hate on how tacky Eurovision songs are. I think the majority of Eurovision fans know that it's a huge cheese-fest by now.

...but there was no opposition..

 

Yes, there was. But Alexander wiped the floor with all of them.

 

Also - If the countries that didn't award him either 10 or 12 gave him nothing, his winning margin would have been 68 (rather than something ridiculous like 168).

They kept going on about this but when you consider there's a hell of a lot more countries voting in the last few years its so spectacular!

I agree plus the voting system was different in the early years.

In 1956 there we only 7 countries and each country had 2 songs each.

The countries were Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, France.

 

The length of time for the song was not stipulated at this time and in 1957 Italy's entry lasted 5 min 9 secs but the UK entry lasted 1 min 52 secs.

Also from 1957 there was only one song per country.

The number of countries entered increased to 10. Same as in 1956 plus UK, Austria, Denmark

It really is a dire song. If you took it out of the context of Eurovision everyone would hate it and cringe. Some gay lad singing about "some girl he likes" in some faux-twee way as he plays the fiddle. CLUNGE.

 

He's gay? :o I would have agreed with you otherwise, last week anyway, but it's growing on me all the time TBH. I think it's Eurovision withdrawl symptons :cry: Once it's been top 5 for 8 weeks, and radio plays it every five minutes, ask me again :kink:

Nearly all Eurovision songs sound like $h!t outside of the context of the contest.

He's gay? :o I would have agreed with you otherwise, last week anyway, but it's growing on me all the time TBH. I think it's Eurovision withdrawl symptons :cry: Once it's been top 5 for 8 weeks, and radio plays it every five minutes, ask me again :kink:

 

I don't think he is gay...