Since 2009, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has included a hybrid system of both international jurors and televoters to calculate the results. From 2016 onwards the split in the jury and televote result has been presented as a part of the results, however in the years before that this was not the case. This means …
2014: Split Eurovision Results All In One Place! Read More »
Since 2009, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has included a hybrid system of both international jurors and televoters to calculate the results. From 2016 onwards the split in the jury and televote result has been presented as a part of the results, however in the years before that this was not the case. This means …
2013: Split Eurovision Results All In One Place! Read More »
Since 2009, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has included a hybrid system of both international jurors and televoters to calculate the results. From 2016 onwards the split in the jury and televote result has been presented as a part of the results, however in the years before that this was not the case. This means …
2012: Split Eurovision Results All In One Place! Read More »
Personally, I love summer! The warmer weather is much needed here in Scotland and its nice to sit outside without fear of the cold (merely the fear of the Great British rain)! Of course, as a Eurofan summer is a lot quieter than the rest of the year: no selections of artists or songs, no …
Summer is here: But Does Eurovision Really Last All Year? Read More »
Do not disturb mode, what a beautiful thing! If there is one thing my phone is good at it is constantly hounding me with notifications, this only seems to have gotten worse lately as everything shifts more and more online. Seriously, everything from shopping sites begging me to review my recent purchases to random mobile …
“Googling, giggling and gaggling” – Eurovision in the Internet Era Read More »
As this is a Eurovision blog, it probably is to be expected that most people here really enjoy Eurovision. That doesn’t mean we don’t all have at least one Eurovision song that we remember making our ears bleed. This is a good thing. Disclaimer: if you ears bleed in a non-metaphorical way when listening to …
Why Every Eurovision Song is ‘Art’ – Yup, Even That One! Read More »
It’s 2021 and the Eurovision Song Contest is as healthy as ever. There’s plenty to look forward to for the coming year and already the rumour mills are churning out exciting stories. Despite all that I believe it is important to go back to the rumour mills of 2013. The contest is in a very …
Lock ‘Em Up And Throw Away The Key: 2013s Scandalous split Results Read More »
Over the years many countries have ended up withdrawing their entry from Eurovision for a variety of reasons. Be that France’s 1974 entry, La Vie A Vingt-cinq Ans, which was withdrawn following the death of the French president; Lebanon’s 2005 entry, Quand tout s’enfuit, which was pulled after the Lebanese broadcaster was told they must …
moving mountains is tough, Getting Montaigne “to” eurovision was a victory Read More »
After a long career at Eurovision, spanning from 1974 all the way to 2017, Ralph Siegel has become a familiar name to appear in the credits of Eurovision songs as either a composer or lyricist. I think it is also quite fair to say that in that time he has managed to achieve a whole …
27/05/2021 Since 2016, jury and televote results have been presented separately, requiring a country to be able to provide data for both. San Marino, simply cannot fulfil this criteria, as it shares its phone lines with neighbouring Italy. To get around this problem the EBU employs a mathematical formula to work out what San Marino’s …
To Pot with That: The Quest to Clarify San Marino’s Televote Read More »