And proof that the Latvians deserved to win

[sparkindarkness]

Today? I canot sing any opf the songs or even remember most of them (certainly can't pin them down to any country) and the ones I can remember I am remembering in vague ways like "the idiots with the washing line and the three brides knitting"

But the one I can sing? Latvia's entry.

So should have won

Comments

[logophilos.livejournal.com]

you're taking this kinda hard, aren't you? :)

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

By that standard, I can actually see why the UK gave Greece 12 points. I can't count the number of people who were singing 'Secret Combination' this morning.

[amynnah.livejournal.com]

::hugs::??

PS:

Oh I wish I were a punk rocker with flowers in my hair...

[suryaofvulcan.livejournal.com]

I heard an interesting theory on Eurovision voting on Radio 4 the other day (Friday, I think). It went like this:

Since you can't vote for your own country, what you have to look at is where each country gets most of its immigrants from. Most immigrants will vote for their 'home' country - they can do this because the voting system looks at residency, not citizenship. So Irish immigrants (or their descendents) in Britain will tend to vote for the Irish song, and the countries in eastern Europe which have a lot of Russian immigrants will tend to vote for the Russian song. It works for Germany too - there are a lot of Trukish immigrants in Germany, and historically Germany has voted for the Turkish song.

I didn't watch it this year, so I've no idea if this theory holds up in practice, but I thought it was interesting.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

They so should have.

Though Spain's Chikichiki thing is sticking in my head more. Absurdly catchy, but not nearly as awesome.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Very, this means WAR!

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

That's just so depressing. I just didn't find it that special - better than most of the female solo acts - but I would have given Ukraine over Greece

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

We should have sent her! She would have cleaned up!

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Immigration is definitely aprt of the political voting (not only but it is a major part) people vote for their own country when they are ex pats. germany always throws Turkey votes - and the Blakans/Scandinavian/now Eastern bloc votes are legendary.

All of the Balkan staes gave each other max points. The Scandinavians all voted for each otehr. As to the eastern bloc? Well, here's a map of countries that gave Russia 12 points:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1021769/Britain-finishes-LAST-Eurovision-Wogan-warns-quit.html

With the exceptionm of Israel, they're all border countries

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Chiki chiki was an ear worm, definitely, but for awesome? PIRATES!