I seem to recall that @Kate enjoyed the Malta entry. I guess now we know how she got so wealthy.Were any moopy members embroiled in the murky Eurovision underworlds suspiciously pro-Malta this year..?
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Ryback won his semi then dwindled to about 10th I think...Thinking about it (briefly) has there ever been a bigger SF to F televote disparity than Destiny’s?
15th actually! Europe grew some taste in those few days thank gawd.Ryback won his semi then dwindled to about 10th I think...
Thinking about it (briefly) has there ever been a bigger SF to F televote disparity than Destiny’s?
Okay, but all joking aside, in 2008 when Sweden won the semifinal, and then won the final with all the 12sYes, in 2008 when Sweden won the semifinal and then an error with with the televote caused them to crash and burn in the finals.
I think that's overegging things a bit. Most people who will have voted won't have had the first idea about it beyond maybe the fact that it was one of the favouritesTheir aggressive tactics seemed to turn people OFF the entry this year rather than suck people in.
Okay, but all joking aside, in 2008 when Sweden won the semifinal, and then won the final with all the 12s
To be fair, the rule wasn't QUITE 'you can qualify but get booted', more just that the top 9 and then top remaining jury qualifier qualifiedTALK about corruption, that weird time in 2008 & 2009 when you could qualify for the final but be booted for someone else, which happened to FYR Macedonia BOTH TIMES!
To be fair, the rule wasn't QUITE 'you can qualify but get booted', more just that the top 9 and then top remaining jury qualifier qualified
Norway were 8th in the televote though, and Croatia were 9th. The juries would have actually saved Sweden, and Belgium would’ve been knocked out.Just as a footnote, if they’d had that rule in this year, Norway would’ve had to make way for Romania, so make of that what you will
And THE SIN would have been the wildcard in Semi 2. Juries bought off on all the stickers they needed to complete their albums NO DOUBT.Norway were 8th in the televote though, and Croatia were 9th. The juries would have actually saved Sweden, and Belgium would’ve been knocked out.
I think that's overegging things a bit. Most people who will have voted won't have had the first idea about it beyond maybe the fact that it was one of the favourites
Norway were 8th in the televote though, and Croatia were 9th. The juries would have actually saved Sweden, and Belgium would’ve been knocked out.
2008-9 the semis were pure televote, then a jury "wildcard". So if we assume the jury wildcard = the jury highest score then Romania would have got through Semi 1 if the same system was in place this year.am I misunderstanding how it works?
I thought it was the top 9 combined, plus the highest ranking jury song left over, so that’s the regular qualifiers except Norway, plus Romania, the jury’s 9th pick.
and Semi 2 wouldn’t have changed because all the jury top 10 were qualifiers (Albania were #10 combined but they were above all the other non qualifiers)
2008-9 the semis were pure televote, then a jury "wildcard". So if we assume the jury wildcard = the jury highest score then Romania would have got through Semi 1 if the same system was in place this year.
I’m still AGOG the public thought Portugal was better than San Marino!
I do think San Marino fell victim to a number of common problems which combined to deliver that low televote score. I doubt any one of these was the single dominant reason, it was just bad luck.
Curse of 26th - felt like an encore, by now most viewers had picked their favourites
Glut of uptempos - Competing for votes with Cyprus, Malta, Azerbaijan, Israel, Greece and Moldova. No wonder they almost all underperformed!
Good old fashioned racism.
Portugal had a clear USP in that lineup and were always going to get some points.
UGHI’m still AGOG the public thought Portugal was better than San Marino!
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