Sunday, May 25, 2008

European Song Contest - Was it Political or was it the song?

For me the winner was Ani Lorack. Soon after the results of the Eurovision Song Contest were in, many people started to ask how the results would have been if only the countries that took part in the final had voted. The top two would still have been the same but we can seem some significant changes in the lower positions. The gap between Russia and the Ukraine being only 5 points. The introduction of the Russian singer was good but overall I think that Ani Lorack´s was better. Russia do punish the Ukraine from time to time like Gazprom cutting off the gas etc., You will have noted that if you had watched the show that it was former Eastern bloc countries that voted for Russia. It was also interesting to note that the Russian song was sung in English.
  1. Russia - 142
  2. Ukraine - 137
  3. Norway - 127
  4. Armenia - 116
  5. Greece - 108
  6. Turkey - 88
  7. Serbia - 81
  8. Israel - 70
  9. Azerbaijan - 59
  10. Iceland - 58
  11. Bosnia & Herzegovina - 56
  12. Georgia - 48
  13. Denmark - 44
  14. Latvia - 39
  15. Portugal - 32
  16. Spain - 31
  17. France - 30
  18. Sweden - 28
  19. Romania - 26
  20. Croatia - 26
  21. Albania - 21
  22. Finland - 21
  23. Poland - 4
  24. Germany - 0
  25. United Kingdom - 0