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News 2010

28 Jun 10 | EBU reveals split televoting and jury results

 

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After almost one month the EBU has revealed the last secrets of the voting procedure. As it’s commonly known, there is a split of 50% televoting and 50% jury voting in each Semi Final and in the Final. The big question is, how would the final result have changed, if there would only be jury voting or televoting as it used to be in the past?

The new results show that for the Final, Germany would have been the winner in each case.
With televoting only, Belgium would have dropped to place 14 and Israel to place 19. With a jury only voting, Belgium would have made place 2, Turkey only ...

 

15 Jun 10 | Eurovision hits the European charts

European Charts

Quite a few songs from this year’s Eurovision have already made it into the European charts in a respective way. Probably the most outstanding success is the interval act “Glow” or better known as flashmob by Madcon. This has also been the most successful one since “Riverdance” in 1994. The very electrifying song with the special choreography has pleased a lot of people all over Europe. The song is daily played on major radio stations and music TV channels like Viva and MTV. In the moment it’s #1 in Norway, #16 in ...

 

09 Jun 10 | Surprises and Disappointments

Holland When it comes to the voting procedure at the Eurovision Song Contest there is always great happiness and sadness at the same time. It can happen to any of the participants, highly favourized entries fall down and underestimated songs do surprise with high votes. One of the sad stories is the one from Niamh Kavanagh from Ireland . In 1993 she was the great winner of the contest, this year she ended up bitterly on rank 23. Even the host country Norway came only 20th, and this cannot be caused by big mistakes, Didrik has shown a winner’s smile, convinced with very good voice, his performance was stunning. Maybe it’s due to the song itself ...

 

01 Jun 10 | The host city 2011

Holland After the overwhelming success of Germany in the ESC, there is now the discussion going on where to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Taking this opportunity for a national broadcaster is a kind of prestige project. Of course, the capitals have often been used as a host city, beside of several exceptions like Harrogate 1982, Munich 1983, Gothenburg 1985, Bergen 1986, Lausanne 1989, Malmo 1992, Birmingham 1998 and some more in the past...

 

31 May 10 | Lena Hype in Germany

Holland

The success of Lena is quite remarkable. She has won with the second biggest gap in Eurovision history, just after Alexander Rybak’s record. For Germany the victory means a lot. All over Germany there have been Eurovision parties, public viewing and the show had a market share of almost 50%. The Eurovision Song Contest has never been that big in Germany! There are hundreds of TV specials, where Lena plays the main role. You can see cars with German flags everywhere.

 

29 May 10 | Lena won the hearts of Europe

After a terrific show hosted by three lovely hosts in Norway’s capital, little Lena from Hanover, Germany could bring back the country’s pride. In the last years Germany has desperately tried to win the contest with the most various attempts: Swing, Country, and Strip. The Germans always thought that nobody like them when it comes to the votes. Now Lena has turned that image the upside down. Almost all countries gave their votes to Germany.

 

29 May 10 | Germany to win the 55th Eurovision Song Contest

It’s the second time in history that Germany could the Eurovision Song Contest. With a clear result of 246 points Lena Meyer-Landruth has convinced the European juries and TV spectators by a storm. Germany’s last victory was in 1982 with “Ein bisschen Frieden” by Nicole...

 

 
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