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This year has been quite like no other recent Eurovision. The fallout from it has yet to really be seen, but is already being felt.
In a three-part post-contest podcast, AJ & Hikki discuss where Eurovision went and where it is going to after this year’s contest.
In Part One, we look at the BBC, and how the way the BBC launched the campaign for their entrant Engelbert Humperdinck, and whether it played a role in the UK achieving second-to-last place.
In Part Two, we look at how the contest this year unfolded: the political frisson between the host country and the press, the change in the way the voting recap was done, as well as the voting.
In Part Three, we talk to Rick of the website 12Points.tv, on possible Swedish plans for Eurovision 2013 as well as the difficulties of covering Eurovision 2012.
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Hi guys,
Just because you were wondering on the podcast, the running order for voting is decided about 6 hours before the show begins. It is worked out using an algorithm which projects the final points based on semi-final televoting and the jury votes for the final [which should arrive around 7 or 8 hours before the final]. This was also used last year.
The problem with using an algorithm is that is generally works on the basis that the televoting (which is hugely volatile between semi-final and final) patterns will generally not change between the final and semi-final. The algorithm also appears to expect that votes for a country will be diluted between the semi-final and final. In fact the opposite occurred this year. Countries such as France and UK actually gave Sweden more in the final than the semi-final.
The problem with human nature is that it cannot be described by algorithms, however I do think this is an improvement on a random draw.
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