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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Ginger Beacon: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Nim: [qb] In a way, I'm glad Finland won, if only for how it will shake up the business, put question signs in the heads of all those schlager gurus and put the final nail in the coffin for the "nude shocks", as miniskirts and push-up bras obviously no longer work as well for stealing votes. [/qb][/QUOTE]Speak for yourself! I did notice a serious deteriation between her semi and her final performance, which was a shame, because I liked the song - very Eurovisiony. My big upset of the night was the Ukraine not doing better (see above). As for those who don't know, Eurovision is a pan European song contest that has been going on anualy for 50 years. Each country that enters submits a single song (usualy decided by a competition in their country), which go through to the next stage. At the main event (the Final), these are all performed live on the night. The competition is usualy (but not always - some have declined) held in the country of the act that won the previous year. After all of the songs have been performed, a pan-European phone vote takes place, with the viewers (lots of millions of them) voting for their favourite act (although often countries vote for their neighbours, such as with the Balkan states this year). You can't vote for your own country's act. At the end a representitive from each countries broadcasting coroporation returns the results of their phone vote, and the scores are added up on a giant interactive scoreboard as each vote is returned (to the cheers and anguish of those watching). Only ten countries are given points - the one with the highest number of votes gets 12 points, the next 10 points and then the next 8 get 8,7,6,5,4,3,2 or 1 points according to how the vote went. The winner then gets a trophy and sings their song again. Then there is a party. In the early years of Eurovision, a jury from each country decided where the votes were going. Also, there has now been a new application system - the top 10 from the previous year go though automaticaly, as do the UK, France, Spain and Germany irrespective of place (they all put the most money in). The rest fight it out in a playoff-the semifinal (usualy held two days before the final, and also decided by a pan european phone vote), from which another 10 go through. The results of the semifinal have no bearing on the scores achieved in the final. The competition os known for the cheesines of acts, which are usualy pop music. There is often some sort of gimmick. Abba won it in Brighton. Lots of people watch it and get drunk. The presenters (always a bloke and a woman) will always try to sing and flirt with each other. Thats all I can be bothered to write. If you want to know more move to Europe. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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