Here’s something mildly interesting, what the results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 would have been like if it was only jury or televote.
Basically: Germany was universally liked, the UK universally disliked, and the juries didn’t like the French nearly as much as viewing public.
Just shows adding the jury to shut up the whining BBC was rather pointless as the only result that matters – the overall winner – would be the same without it anyway. Most of those in the top ten remain in the top ten – though Belgium the surprising exception – thought that would have done much better with the home voting.
The qualifying semi-finalists would only change slightly too – indeed Sweden and Finland, two Western countries the jury was probably bought in too supposedly help, would have got into the final on televoting alone.
I guess someone may have done this somewhere but would be interesting to see how the final would fair if only those performing in it could vote.
1 Germany 122 1
2 Romania 119 3
3 Greece 112 8
4 Turkey 107 2
5 Azerbaijan 106 5
6 Armenia 106 7
7 Georgia 86 9
8 Belgium 78 6
9 Ukraine 78 10
10 Denmark 76 4
11 France 64 12
12 Russia 61 11
13 Spain 44 15
14 Israel 37 14
15 Albania 35 16
16 Portugal 31 18
17 Serbia 31 13
18 Bosnia & Herzegovina 31 17
19 Moldova 27 22
20 Iceland 26 19
21 Norway 18 20
22 Belarus 17 24
23 Ireland 15 23
24 Cyprus 13 21
25 United Kingdom 10 25
Oops, I posted that before it was properly formatted, and before I’d double checked it for accuracy, so sorry if it’s wrong!
Anyway, that’s how it would have looked if only countries involved in the final voted, with how many points each country would have got followed by their actual position.
Thanks – so same winner again, and same loser again. I doubt there is any system in the world where that UK entry wouldn’t have come last!
Alphabetical order?
Belgium’s entry stood out only for not throwing glitter and everything but the kitchen sink on the set; if simple worked with the televoters, we wouldn’t have the elaborate productions we do. On the other hand, it was jury-friendly, so not surprised at all at this split.
So far, the juries have changed a few finalists and qualifiers, but the two runaway winners of the last two years would still have been runaway winners under any format you care to devise. Well, it would have been a squeaker this year if the televote didn’t exist at all, but aside from that.
Wonder if the actual winner will be changed in 2011?
I know this might be in the wrong box, but this has popped up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgTSgWTGThM&feature=player_embedded
I haven’t watched the whole thing, but beware SPOILERS may lie ahead…
So, low-stakes Cr€$u$ er, Les 12 Coups de Midi .
4 contestants, including returning champion. Each one start with 10,000€ – first two rounds are the same than the two first rounds in Cresus.
Duels are slighty changed – challenged player has the choice between two no-so helping themas (one seems to be linked to an easy question, the other to an hard question) – then it’s four-choice . Winner take other’s contestant money.
R3 is Duel as in Cresus – 60s for each player, same rules BUT questions are answer-open. Winner goes to Final and will be back tommorow.
Final – five questions, each for one digit of the jackpot fund ; first question is open but very easy, second is two-choice but easy … up to fifth hard question with five choices available.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7681/73940396.jpg
Then champion plays for the Star Jackpot – accumulation of various prizes , growing each day. Today, we start it off with a €18 kite … and a €15,990 car !
Each good answer final round reveals one square – as it was the first episode today , it was doubled. Guess what’s hidden ans win all the prizes !
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9227/122ji.jpg
In typical TF1 fashion, money prize is split between home viewer and contestant – should someone win the prize jackpot , the home viewer will win it too.
Today’s results : a massive €200 win. Quite as not good as the show ; slow, with your average Endemol good-looking contestants, and Reichmann is not doing a great hosing there.
It needs some improvement.
It seems I written it in the wrong board – could it be moved, please ?
The title sequence if you feel so inclined to give up 40 seconds of your life:
That’s quite a lot of sparkles.
By the way, was reading an interview with Reichmann yesterday – they’ve deliberately given it a summer launch and Endemol haven’t committed to a massive order of episodes, as they’ll can it if it does badly.
Audience war – round 1 to TF1:
Les douze coups de midi – 2.9 million/30.3% share
Tout le monde veut prendre sa place – 2.6 million/28.4% share
A curiosity victory rather than a conclusive one, inevitably – but at least it hasn’t bombed from the outset.
Yes that is interesting, let’s see if it’s still getting that at the end of the week. I’d love for a version of the format to come over here sometime.