Eurovision voting
UPDATE: For result, scroll down
The interval at Eurovision and the votes are about to come in.
Strongest songs are probably Latvia and Serbia. Beyond that Russia weren’t bad on the pop front, especially if you like female knees. Georgia cheated by performing what sounded like Madonna’s Ray of Light. And there was more than your fair share of Suzi Quatro meets everybody from Bonnie Tyler to Bo Derek clones.
Don’t see Ireland coming in the top five, or even ten.
Ukraine really shouldn’t get more than a large novelty vote, but…
If it was a juried vote Serbia would win, but with voting in the hands of the actual people - who knows? You can’t trust people.
RESULT: 1st - Serbia; 2nd - Ukraine; 3rd - Russia
Ireland came last, and the UK second last despite picking up 7 points from Ireland.
The Irish top marks of 12 went to Lithuania - thanks presumably to the Lithuanians in Ireland. Similarly voting for their mother countries were the Turks in Germany, the Romanians in Moldava, the Serbs in Bosnia, the Greeks in Cyprus, the Russians in Belarus, the British in Malta, and so on.
Beyond that you had the usual voting patterns that apply to the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Baltics, Iberia, and Scandinavia, along with Slavic, Muslim, and Orthodox slants, and former political alliances of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
It really is great fun, and a much preferable way to learn geography than a World War.
Next year Ireland will have to qualify for the final because they finished outside the top 10 this year, but short of a strategic population plantation of Irish people to smaller countries where their vote would make a difference like FYR Macedonia, Slovenia, and the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, it’s hard to see Ireland ever winning again.
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