Colm

All this #circlefamily bollox is truly tedious.

 

The big thing for me was Hashu stating that he is 100% sure that Felix is a catfish. Has he hinted at this before? If he did, I missed it.

I’m actually not sure how Andy is falling for Manrika’s game here, you’d think he’d be more suspicious.

 

Because he's a nice bloke who sees the best in people. Some would call that gullible.

Well, Portugal/Bulgaria is going to be that snooze-fiasco.

Using the 16 full ratings.....

 

Compiling Eurovision style votes 12,10,8, 7 etc

 

1 MALTA 86

2 SAN MARINO 85

3 CYPRUS 73

4 FINLAND 55

5 SWITZERLAND 55

6 UKRAINE 50

7 LITHUANIA 48

8 ITALY 45

9 FRANCE 40

10 IRELAND 40

 

11 CROATIA 38

12 GREECE 35

13 RUSSIA 26

14 MOLDOVA 25

15 SERBIA 23

16 AZERBAIJAN 21

17 BULGARIA 20

18 ICELAND 20

19 ROMANIA 20

20 ISRAEL 18

 

21 UNITED KINGDOM 18

22 NORWAY 17

23 GERMANY 15

24 AUSTRALIA 14

25 POLAND 8

26 LATVIA 7

27 BELGIUM 5

28 ESTONIA 5

29 DENMARK 4

30 THE NETHERLANDS 4

 

31 GEORGIA 3

32 SWEDEN 3

33 CZECH REPUBLIC 2

34 ALBANIA 0

35 AUSTRIA 0

36 NORTH MACEDONIA 0

37 PORTUGAL 0

38 SLOVENIA 0

39 SPAIN 0

 

 

Using a 39, 38, 37 points system

 

1 MALTA 521

2 SAN MARINO 512

3 CYPRUS 452

4 MOLDOVA 440

5 SWITZERLAND 440

6 IRELAND 436

7 GREECE 430

8 CROATIA 429

9 FINLAND 422

10 AZERBAIJAN 405

 

11 LITHUANIA 396

12 ITALY 390

13 AUSTRALIA 384

14 UNITED KINGDOM 369

15 UKRAINE 352

16 SERBIA 351

17 SWEDEN 349

18 ISRAEL 343

19 FRANCE 341

20 ICELAND 337

 

21 BULGARIA 325

22 ROMANIA 324

23 CZECH REPUBLIC 320

24 RUSSIA 293

25 POLAND 291

26 NORWAY 283

27 LATVIA 280

28 ESTONIA 270

29 BELGIUM 262

30 ALBANIA 256

 

31 THE NETHERLANDS 255

32 DENMARK 233

33 GERMANY 210

34 SPAIN 167

35 SLOVENIA 166

36 GEORGIA 135

37 AUSTRIA 128

38 NORTH MACEDONIA 95

39 PORTUGAL 88

Manrika is just so open and unapologetic to The Circle about her game play. It can be refreshing to some but unpalatable to others.

Jesus......That Manrika/Pippa exchange was pure vomit inducing. I hope it was edited down from a more substantial conversation...

I totally understand the dislike of Manrika. There seems to be some rule that if you make great TV then that compensates for being a bit nasty.

 

If I was James I would have refused to see anyone if I wasn't allowed to see Dot.

Yes Manrika is in to get a massive shock re. Felix - the hangout bit was quite uncomfortable.

I really felt for Natalya. She has no support. She can't talk to anyone about the situation. She could see from the replies, the extent of investment that Manrika now has in this relationship.

 

It almost seemed scripted or dramatised - Manrika thinks she has found a 'good' man after all the others that have screwed her over, but that man turns out to be a woman.

Manrika's reaction when she finds out Felix isn't real! :rofl:

 

 

I don't think it's funny at all. At this point she is really invested in this relationship with Felix.

 

 

Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam, Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could stuck together the whole way up and down the top 40.

 

PUTJ 37-19-04-03-02-02-04-08-11-19-26

IOIC 36-17-06-04-03-03-05-10-15-20-29

DIFF 01-02-02-01-01-01-01-02-04-01-03

Ok. I'll add Azerbaijan and Cyprus.

I don't think anyone is a cert to qualify from S1 except Sweden and Malta.

I'd good that Ireland come after N Macedonia.

 

I really don't think Lithuania is certain to qualify, any more.

Georgia, Albania, Portugal, Bulgaria is going to be a drag.

Where can I find the rules on how the album chart is compiled using streams?

I really enjoyed that episode.

 

Best bit (out or many) was Vithun apologising to no one at all for slightly raising his voice when he got the Ankara question right.

 

 

Totally loved Andy tonight. I agree with his reluctance to just tell everyone that Gemma is James.

 

Not enough of Hashu or Natalya.

Transferring my rankings to Semi-Final qualifiers. Position in my rankings is after each country.

 

Semi 1

Ireland 2

Romania 4

Croatia 14

Norway 15

Sweden 16

Australia 17

Malta 19

Cyprus 21

Israel 22

Slovenia 27

 

Semi 2

San Marino 1

Switzerland 3

Poland 5

Moldova 6

Greece 7

Finland 8

Estonia 9

Serbia 10

Czech Republic 11

Georgia 13

 

 

I was not aware until this moment that 8 out of my 10 favourites are in Semi 2. In fact, ANY of my qualifiers from Semi 2 would attain 3rd place or better if they were in Semi 1.

That was a huge gap between 1 and 2 in the singles. There's no way I would have been able to answer that question if it came up in a music quiz.

I think I always subconsciously side with the people who enter a reality tv competition like this at the start.

Yay!! My first Buzzjack award :cheer:

It's almost Trumpion.

I actually love Natalya. Very subtle. Often says what I'm thinking.

And yet she has more going for her than Dot.

 

It was interesting to see that every player has a different perception of other players' relationships. And following from that, had different expectations on who would block Tally and who wouldn't.

 

Did they do this in previous series? It's a excellent way of shaking up everyone's perceptions of other players.

That's very sad. I know it's just a game. It should be clear to them, if it's it by now, that no one's loyalty can be taken for granted and that no one else's alligences can he assumed.

I understand why they need to do it this way.

 

 

Why do they need to do it that way? Is it a logistical problem with not having enough time to compile and verify the jury's votes if they do it on the Saturday night?