You wanted it, so here it is - The "What if" Eurovision 2020 prediction survey. You input your honest assessment of how the 2020 would have done with tele/jury, I simulate the contest based on your predictions. Results as soon as there are enough answers!
SVT thought this song was too bad to make the 32-song Melodifestivalen 2010 lineup. A few months later it took Denmark to the top 5, while Sweden failed to qualify for the first time ever
In 2008, while she was in Beograd preparing for her performance, Charlotte Perrelli received video evidence, that her husband was cheating on her. When she found out she threw her engagement ring in the bin. Despite all the drama, she still slayed
The results of "The Big Eurovision Prediction Survey" of 2024 are finally here!
Based on the 248 responses submitted, 100000 simulations have been run in a statistical model simulating the 2024 as closely as possible. Here are the results! 🧵
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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS, A FEMALE SOLOIST HAS WON SANREMO AND WILL TAKE HER WINNING SONG TO EUROVISION! Last time was in 1964, where Gigliola Cinquette won
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#Sanremo2024
I'm convinced this was the greatest NF robbery of all time. I know we usually talk about fan favorites finishing 2nd or 3rd, but having a Eurovision top 3 potential song not even make a 12 song final? I don't think anything gets close to surpassing that. Any ideas for contenders?
WHAT!!?? Eurosong-DK reveals that Saba's "Sand" was in the running to be Emma Muscat's replacement song for 2022, being one of the final two in contention, but missing out to "I Am What I Am". How do you think Malta would have done with "Sand" in Torino?
FINAL:
Let's now take a look at the average final results, with the 10 most likely Q's from each semi. As you can see, Italy is the most likely winner, but were looking at a very tight race, where the distance from 1st to 7th is only 85. Let's now look at each country one by one
“(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” debuts on the Estonian Spotify top 50 chart at number 2! The second most streamed
#EestiLaul
song is “My Friend”, outsider the chart at
#56
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For the first time since the voter group system was introduced in 2019, every participant in a heat received 12 points from at least one voter group! Truly a divisive heat!
#Melfest
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“Are you ready for your lessons in SIM card queening?”
ELYSA gulped.
Il Senso nodded.
MIA fidgeted.
Eduard Romanyuta blinked nervously.
“Yes, Valeria” they said in unison.
🇲🇩 They stated that Valeria received "approximately 950 votes came from phone numbers that are currently invalid", and that "a certain number of votes came from 48 countries, including exotic ones - Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Indonesia or Vietnam, probably using a VPN"
In honor of tonight's Maltese semi-final, let's reflect on the 1973 Maltese selection, where the broadcaster cancelled the contest after the semi-final, and withdrew form
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, simply believing all their songs were too terrible for Europe
#MESC
This is THE graph you need to look at when watching the
#Eurovision
allocation draw. The numbers are the average televote biases between countries since 2016. The top shows the country giving points, the side the country receiving. Hope your country gets as many friends as it can
🇲🇩 They stated that Valeria received "approximately 950 votes came from phone numbers that are currently invalid", and that "a certain number of votes came from 48 countries, including exotic ones - Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Indonesia or Vietnam, probably using a VPN"
Wake up honey, Marina Satti songwriters just dropped! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
A lot of these are big names in the Greek music industry, while some Americans who have previously worked with acts like Evangelia are in the mix as well
Source: ISWC database
Spotify has launched an official European Parliament elections playlist, featuring two songs from each member state. A lot of the songs are from ESC/NF artists, and even a few of this years songs have been chosen, but this being one of the two Maltese songs sent me to ijbolivia
Okay, so I hope you didn't actually think I had somehow acquired the full 2013 split results 😭
HOWEVER - We do have more than we may remember. In fact, we are 21,6% of the way, to completing one of the splits. Take a look in this thread 🧵
10 years ago today
I am truly amazed at how Ukraine has shone in the ten years since. Despite everything, the pain, the suffering, the war, they have always managed to showcase the depth, richness and resilience of their culture on the Eurovision stage. We are lucky to have them!
🇺🇦 A sad day for Eurovision. NTU have announced that Ukraine will not participate at Eurovision 2015, following the illegal annexation of Crimea and the Donbas War. However, the Ukrainian broadcaster expressed a strong determination to return for 2016 💙💛
EUROVISION 2025 PARTICIPATION DASHBOARD, 23/09
Based on your participation chance predictions and Wikipedia’s tally
Changes since last time: 🇭🇷✅
Current projected number of participants: 39.01 (+0.02)
SEMI FINAL 1:
Throughout the 100000 simulations, these were the qualification rates for each country. As you can see, the semi appears quite open, with 12 entries qualifying close to or more than 50% of the time. Our most typical 10 qualifiers are:
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Considering doing a "20 songs that changed Eurovision" video essay as a way to get other PED after May. What songs would you point out as having changed Eurovision, whether it's by setting new trends, changing the perception of the contest, or something else?
#Eurovision
2024 Grand Final interval act:
After months of the EBU teasing “the return of a legendary act”, the worlds eyes are all looking at Malmö.
Suddenly everything goes dark, and a familiar voice can be heard:
“Dorem dem dem dej
Dorem dem dem dej
Dorem dem dem dej ja”
Thinking about how the Swiss national final of 1988 had an "expert" jury, that heard the performance of CÉLINE DION, and thought "Nah, this is kinda mid, let's give it fourth place". Wonder how they reacted when she won
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Only twelve countries left before my database of all ESC/JESC/NF/ASC songs is completed. Currently it contains 12929 songs, and a whopping 39697 artist/songwriter credits. Can't wait to put it to use analyzing the history of the contest as well as in depth looks at 2024 NFS
In the German NF of 2006, in addition to their entry, the entrants had to cover a legendary
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song. But Vicky Leandros just performed her previous winning entry. Queen behavior 💅
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The BNT Eurovision account, which is followed by the official Eurovision account, has just started following Virginia Records. Their artists include:
⚪️DARA
🟢Mihaela Marinova
🟤ALMA
⚪️Dara Ekimova
🟢Pavell & Venci Venc'
🟤4Magic
⚪️Joana
🟢Eva Parmakova
#Eurovision
One thing to keep in mind with the leaked Italian vote:
Last year the semi's were watched by 1.7/1.8 millions, while the final was had 4.91. If we assume the Israel vote was mostly from a dedicated core, we can expect the non-Israel votes to grow by quite a lot in % for the final
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@dolphin_dane
As previously stated we expect to know more details in September about whether Bulgaria will participate or not in the contest.
Best regards.
While examining the split results of the 2013 semi finals and finals, I discovered a number of mathematical inconsistencies. Upon further investigation, these results may hint at the potential disqualification of several juries and other weird occurrences
So I guess this is the right time to release my estimates for running order impact on televote in the final. The lower the effect, the better. Running order gives Switzerland a .81 advantage on Israel, Croatia a 1.22 advantage and France a 1.97 advantage according to my estimates
This new era of UMK has obviously been amazing, with great quality and solid diversity. But one thing it hasn’t managed to give us - a song in Finland-Swedish. Really hoping for one to participate in 2025!
2013 Split Results Reconstruction Project:
Semi 2 v 1.0
No changes to qualification with split system
Keep in mind that the original results for this semi are more fishy than semi 1
Decided to take a look at whether respondents rate their own country higher than the average respondent. While Swedes are quite pessimistic about "Unforgettable" compared to other fans, Spaniards and Greeks are much more optimistic about their entries
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SEMI FINAL 2:
Throughout the 100000 simulations, these were the qualification rates for each country. As you can see, this semi seems more closed off, with clear qualifier and non-qualifier groups. Our most typical 10 qualifiers are:
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🇲🇪 BREAKING: Montenegro looks set to return to
#Eurovision
2025, as RTCG publishes the rulebook for "Montesong 2024", the festival that will decide their Eurovision 2025 act. 😍
🧵 All details in the thread below. 👇
More:
@rossivision
I believe they are very likely to make the final. Even though the overall sentiment will probably be somewhat against them, you cannot “vote against” a song at Eurovision. Even if 70% of voters won’t touch them with a 10ft pole, if 5%-10% feel very compelled, that’s a likely Q