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Eurovision political voting

Anyone who watches the BBC's Eurovision output will be well aware that Terry Wogan has persistently complained about block voting in recent years. And it's certainly true that many of the votes can be predicted: Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Belorus and others will always receive high marks from each other, as will the various Balkan countries, as well as the Scandinavians/Nordics.

But there are other, smaller groupings that always occur too, and they can work in our (ie Britain's) favour. The absolutely appalling entry this year from Scooch came second from bottom in the finals, and the few points they did receive came only from Ireland and Malta. And if you look back over previous Eurovision shows we always get points from those two. Others too, if the entry's half decent, but the Irish and Maltese can always be relied upon.

"Long live political and block voting at Eurovision", I say!

Labels: eurovision, trash tv

posted by Iain @ 09:40