Brassrubber Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 The Kiev neo nazis will have a field day next year with the eurovision fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 9 minutes ago, buckielugger said: Think we're seeing the effect of lots of poles living in other countries. .... Agreed. Uk poll gave Poland 10 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Hope it wasn't fixed or was there possibly a crime here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 When I was watching Australia were ahead by about 300 points. I turned it back 30 seconds later and Ukraine had won. How did that happen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 17 minutes ago, flumax said: This new voting reveal system is toss Aye very strange. Why bother going round all the countries to get their scores then give out half the points in a oner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Giant Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 17 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said: Australia have Dons'd it I appreciate your commitment to this, especially after last night in Falkirk. Never give up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, The Giant said: I appreciate your commitment to this, especially after last night in Falkirk. Never give up... If only Hibs and Aberdeen had my attitude... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 So if we send millions of us to spend next may in all the European countries and then vote from wherever we are..we might actually win it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, buckielugger said: So if we send millions of us to spend next may in all the European countries and then vote from wherever we are..we might actually win it ! I watched it in Portugal a few years back & thought this. But I haven't liked a uk one since Gina G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 3 hours ago, Ally Bongo said: Dont think there is any need to drag the thread down with sexist comments I apologise. 3 hours ago, Ally Bongo said: Its disappointing that Eurovison seems to have moved away from female artists with significant cleavages and bottoms  3 hours ago, buckielugger said: Only Azerbaijan showing any cleavage so far. ..  3 hours ago, scottincarlisle said: Poland last year had some dancers that looked as they had come straight from the Warsaw Sin Club.  3 hours ago, buckielugger said: The polish milk maids ? I definitely voted for them !!  1 hour ago, buckielugger said: Yeahhhh the polish milk Maids just made it back on  2 hours ago, buckielugger said: About time we got a decent bit of totty. ..gorgeous legs right up to her fanny...marvellous erm Ally, you've dropped the regulatory ball here.  Where did my new boyfriend end up on the points table?  I'm away to find out his name as it'll make it less embarrassing when I get him back to the dungeon and remove his blindfold if I know even a wee bit about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 9 hours ago, buckielugger said: So if we send millions of us to spend next may in all the European countries and then vote from wherever we are..we might actually win it ! I was thinking surely the Polish diaspora isn't that widespread in so many countries? It must've been popular with the punters. I was actually surprised the UK entry was so low down in the public vote, with it's cod Coldplay sound. Maybe they do actually all hate us after all?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laud Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 9 hours ago, Toepoke said: I was thinking surely the Polish diaspora isn't that widespread in so many countries? It must've been popular with the punters. I was actually surprised the UK entry was so low down in the public vote, with it's cod Coldplay sound. Maybe they do actually all hate us after all?... Â Us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 21 hours ago, scottincarlisle said: I watched it in Portugal a few years back & thought this. But I haven't liked a uk one since Gina G. She was braw whannk fodder when I was a laddie. I'd love to go back to the days when a simple pop music video was all it took for me to batter one off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) The Russians are not happy. Not at all. https://www.rt.com/op-edge/343116-rip-eurovision-russia-ukraine/ Edited May 16, 2016 by biffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Watched quite a bit of this and then realised why I haven't bothered to watch it for years. What a pile of pish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 They need to introduce some un biased and reflective voting system otherwise it becomes a farce. How they do that i dont know. The last system was broke and this seems to have made it worse  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 The Ukrainian song has to be the ever winner (at least from what I can remember) and the result was almost certainly political. I feel that the BBC should withdraw from the contest - there's no point funding a contest that the UK has no chance of doing well in. About the change to the voting system - something was picked up by the San Marino broadcaster. From what's on Wikipedia: "As the new voting system gives equal weight to jury and televoting results, a national televoting/jury result cannot be used as backup result for the jury/televoting. Therefore, if a country cannot deliver a valid televoting/jury result, a substitute result is calculated by the jury/televoting result of a pre-selected group of countries approved by the contest's Reference Group. The Director General of Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV), Carlo Romeo, stated on 23 February that the use of a substitute televoting result discriminated against microstates like San Marino, which only used a professional jury due to their use of the Italian phone system and would therefore have its voting representation diminished under the new system, and criticised the EBU for not contacting its members before making the decision." So, the EBU can decide what countries make up the televote for countries that can't provide a televote... How very impartial... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 5 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said: The Ukrainian song has to be the ever winner (at least from what I can remember) Oh Lordi. Thats enough of that post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 12 hours ago, Clyde1998 said: I feel that the BBC should withdraw from the contest - there's no point funding a contest that the UK has no chance of doing well in. If enough people keep watching it they'll keep funding it. I do think the UK should give up the guaranteed final place which seems to be a disadvantage. Stick in entries from Scotland, England and Wales, as well as a united Irish song. At least there'd be more chance of points form local jurys! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 16 hours ago, Toepoke said: I do think the UK should give up the guaranteed final place which seems to be a disadvantage. Stick in entries from Scotland, England and Wales, as well as a united Irish song. At least there'd be more chance of points form local jurys! This. Having separate UK entries: Looking at the 2011 Census, living in Scotland by place of birth (for Eurovision countries; above 5,000 people): England - 459,486 Ireland (ROI+NI) - 59,607 (22,952+36,655) Poland - 55,231 Germany - 22,274 Wales - 17,381 Australia - 8,279 (Sixth is surprisingly high ) France - 7,147 Italy - 6,048 In England (Eurovision countries; all listed in Census report): Scotland - 708,872 Ireland (ROI+NI) - 601,917 (395,182+206,735) Poland - 561,098 Wales - 506,619 Germany - 262,356 Italy - 131,195 France - 127,601 Australia - 113,592 Lithuania - 95,730 Portugal - 85,845 Romania - 78,192 Spain - 77,554 In Wales (Eurovision countries; all listed in Census report; above 5,000 people): England - 636,266 (21% of people living in Wales are were born in England) Scotland - 24,346 Ireland (ROI+NI) - 20,428 (12,175+8,253) Poland - 18,023 Germany - 11,208 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Fascinating stats there. More Scots living in Wales than in Arbroath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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