EUROVISION-2008

Political and national voting

The Contest has long been perceived as political in some sense, where judges—and now televoters—allocate points based on their nation's political relationship to the other countries, rather than on the “musical value” of the songs.[47] An analysis of voting patterns does indeed show that certain countries tend to favour certain other countries with which they are politically aligned.[48], or they are the same nation.

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In the 2008 Contest, Russia won the vote, but Wogan claimed that, "Russia were going to be the political winners from the beginning."[51] Two of the big four countries, the United Kingdom and Germany, came joint last – but alongside the eastern European country Poland, all with 14 points each. France and Spain also appeared in the bottom ten entries.[42] These concerns by commentators have been confirmed by several academic papers showing that "block voting" from eastern, Balkan, Baltic and Nordic countries has almost removed any chance of seeing a western country win the competition (see Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest). The results of 2008 confirms the "block voting" phenomenon. Svante Stockselius. head of the Eurovision Song Contest, admitted that poor scores for western European countries could be due to other countries voting against them.[42]


Даже сам объективнейший человек в Европе, Стокселиус (глава Евровидения) признал в этом году, что Россия выграла нечестно. Почитайте выше.

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Результаты 2008 года выявили феномен "блокировочного голосования, Свант Стокселиус , глава конкурса согласился что низкие баллы западноевропейских стран получились оттого, что другие страны голосовали против них...