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I'm suffering from it. Despite having that feeling that Russia would win and we'd come near the bottom.

I doubt Kosovo would enter - Russia hasn't recognised them as being independent. And since they're one of Serbia's friends (Serbia also doesn't recognise their independence), I doubt that will change soon. (There's also other countries - like the former Yugoslav and Soviet <except Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania> countries that don't recognise them either.)

Looks like the United Kingdom agrees with Europe. With this evidence tomorrow, I'd love to hear Fiona's reasoning as to why we should have done better.

Simple - No. I reckon Stoke will come back down as well. (Sunderland spent £45 million on players and stayed up, whilst Birmingham and Derby spent less than that BETWEEN THEM and both went down. Do either Hull or Stoke have that much money?)

I would post my prediction. But then I said that Bulgaria would easily be Top 5 and Croatia wouldn't be in the Final.

101-5. Duffy - Mercy 102-3. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 115-7. Robyn - Be Mine Another vote for Robyn here.

They were - despite not being able to choose a song without having a paddy (whoever thought the Montenegrins would vote for the Montenegrin act?), they were able to vote. Had they not been allowed to, Poland - not FYR Macedonia - would have been in the Final. And it probably would have done better as well. PS - Strange as it may sound, I reckon Finland was the jury's choice.

And you still decided to post this in a Eurovision forum? Bizarre,

How is second last better than last? (Which I actually like - after Bulgaria, Norway's my favourite this year.)

101-0. Duffy - Mercy 102-1. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 104-2. Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 108-2. Kelly Rowland - Work 110-1. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me 115-1. Robyn - Be Mine <- No-one's voted for this but Apologize is gone? 203-3. Alicia Keys - No One 208-2. Alphabeat - Fascination

Why you all saying Germany's gonna finish bottom? Spain's already got that place reserved.

I've just worked this out - the last time an Eastern European country finished bottom was 1994, when it happened to Lithuania (0 points - what a way to start your history in the Contest). Mind you, Hungary in 1995 and BiH in 1996 came close.

101-0. Duffy - Mercy 102-1. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 104-2. Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 108-0. Kelly Rowland - Work 110-1. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me 113-4. Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 114-1. Kylie Minogue - Wow 115-0. Robyn - Be Mine 117-5. Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush 202-3. Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize 203-1. Alicia Keys - No One 208-0. Alphabeat - Fascination

When Eurovision goes wrong: PHuJotwSviU&hl Spain were first that year. Amazingly, that was the only mishap.

Well, accept my apologies that I forgot an absolutely rubbish song in that calculation. But to go from having four No1s in a row (I believe) in such a short spell - less than 24 months - to only having 1 top 5 in seven years is pretty bad.

"The other five spaces are filled by the host country." Does that mean Serbia gets five entries?

Simple: Sky+ BGT and watch Eurovision. Not that I care - I just think Eurovision's better than some dancing dogs.

As one of the old timers here (despite being 26!), my first one was 1993. (And how times change - there were only three Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia) then.)

Doesn't the scoreboard design actually do that now? Or have I been imagining it since 2003?

And most 21-year-olds think it's a good idea to go driving over the speed limit with their child on their laps. Or get married and divorced within three days. And what did I do when I was 21? Go out, get drunk and have the odd one night stand.

101-0. Duffy - Mercy 102-1. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 104-1. Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 106-4. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare 108-0. Kelly Rowland - Work 110-1. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me 113-3. Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 114-0. Kylie Minogue - Wow 115-0. Robyn - Be Mine 117-3. Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush 202-1. Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize 203-1. Alicia Keys - No One 208-0. Alphabeat - Fascination 217-3. Sugababes - Change

S Club Juniors (later S Club 8) - anything from them. :rolleyes: Just a thought - where are they now?

It's in a commercial for something (what I'm not sure) featuring - I believe - Brains from Thunderbirds dancing to it. (I've only seen the commercial once, but I know it features a puppet from one of those "supermarionation" programmes from the 60s/70s - dancing to said song.)

If I remember, the day after this chart was released, she appeared in a Labour party political broadcast for the 2001 General Election. The following week, she was knocked off No1 and would never be seen in the Top Five after it left. I wonder if those two facts are connected.

Hey - I'm a Celtic supporter and I support Scotland. (Mind you, I do come from Edinburgh…)