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Hello Kiev, This is the Internet calling – let’s vote for our Junior Eurovision 2009 favourite!

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Just a bit of fun, you understand; as The Internet doesn’t have an entry in Junior Eurovision (JESC), we can’t have an official vote. So I’ve set this one up for people following the fun on Twitter to join in. There’s no influence on the final vote, there’s no feedback to the main team here, it’s purely to see what would happen if there was an Internet jury. [poll id=”3″] Poll will close as the official voting lines close

The Beginners Guide to Eurovision, Part 4

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One of the major changes to the Eurovision Song Contest this year is the return of the Juries to the scoring of the final – how this works alongside the public SMS and Phone voting is explained in today’s Eurovision Guide. There’s also a look at the importance of the running order, and where you can watch them show no matter where you are in the world. The final beginners Guide will be tomorrow, then I’ll jump on a plane and bring you the latest news, atmosphere and music from the Moscow Olimpiysky Stadium! If you’re going to be there,

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

The Myth of ‘Political’ Voting at Eurovision

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Pretty much ever European blog commenting on the Eurovision Song Contest this morning is bringing up the political voting (you know, where Greece and Cyprus exchange 12 points if they can, the Scandinavian countries vote for each other, and so on). Lets get this right. The voting in each country is now a 15 minute window for phone voting – normal people picking up their phone and dialing (or SMS’ing) and these are collated to share out the 12, 10, 8, etc points. If the voting was a single man, or even a small ten person jury in a TV