Tag: esc 2009

Liveblog: UK Eurovision, Your Country Needs You (ep 4)

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If you are looking for the liveblog for this week’s episode (Jan 31st) you can find it here… Welcome to my thoughts, live, on the fourth episode of the UK’s quest to find a signer for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. A big welcome to everyone from The Stage… feel free to leave your comments below, or find me on Twitter (@ewanspence) 1935: So we’ll have either Mark, Jade or The Twins will sing for the UK in Moscow. It will all be down to a public vote. We’ve been here before, with a perfect Eurovision act not sent by

Jury Voting Returns To The Eurovision Song Contest

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Interesting decisions from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) from their meeting in Moscow to discuss the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2009. Apart from the almost formality of confirming Russia’s capital as the host city next May, the voting system to decide the winning song will now be made up of a mix of pre-selected juries and telephone voting of the general public. This is similar to the recent Eurovision Dance Contest, where roughly 25% of the available points were awarded by four judges in the venue (they were given the weight of four countries, so instead of their top cote