Vektor 3,199 Posted May 13, 2023 #451 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I wouldn't be surprised if next year the jury voting will be reduced to 33% instead of the current 50-50 split. It's bad for the contest when such a huge televote favorite loses and it's also bad when the jury voting makes the entire voting procedure quite boring. dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,908 Posted May 13, 2023 Author #452 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Real winner came second once again... Also Portugal, Albania, Austria and Slovenia are underrated as hell, while Belgium and Estonia a bit overrated. 19th place for Bejba is decent result after all. Bearas and Olympian1010 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Maciel 1,515 Posted May 13, 2023 #453 Share Posted May 13, 2023 BBC now saying that Mae Muller did so badly because she was last in the running order and apparently there were sound problems. Totally ignoring the fact that the jury votes are based on the previous day's rehearsal performance. Let's just face it - it was an instantly forgettable song by an instantly forgettable artist. BBC thought they could recreate last year's success but it's like sleeping with twins - the second one is never lives up to hype of the first NearPup and Olympian1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,669 Posted May 13, 2023 #454 Share Posted May 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, vinipereira said: In all these years have never seen Totallympics members happy about a winner Have you ever seen Totallympics members happy? NearPup 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,143 Posted May 13, 2023 #455 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Just now, Vektor said: I wouldn't be surprised if next year the jury voting will be reduced to 33% instead of the current 50-50 split. It's bad for the contest when such a huge televote favorite loses and it's also bad when the jury voting makes the entire voting procedure quite boring. People need to decide if the real villain is the jury vote or the public vote - and not just pick the one where their favourite entry did worse Let's all remember that last year some people were pissed that Ukraine got 400+ points from the televoting. Olympian1010 and heywoodu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearas 413 Posted May 13, 2023 #456 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I'm so glad won: 1) Best song this year 2) It wasn't an old man in a diaper 3) Now that Loreen also have two victories, we won't have to see Johnny Logan every year in Eurovision history recaps!!!! 4) Now that Sweden have 7 victories, we won't have to see all Irish winner every year in Eurovision history recaps!!! (additional bonus: no more jokes that Logan won thrice, out of which one was in drag (1992)) vinipereira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,888 Posted May 13, 2023 #457 Share Posted May 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, Agger said: The ESC is certainly an impressive thing... Nobody cares for it (well, we're a small minority who do), still ends up watching and gets pissed by the result more or less no matter what. I take my dad as an example: every year I heard about how this or that act is 'weird' or a bit of a 'freak show', but in the end every single year the TV is tuned on to the final for most if not the entire duration of the final including the announcement of the winner at 1am If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,888 Posted May 13, 2023 #458 Share Posted May 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, vinipereira said: People need to decide if the real villain is the jury vote or the public vote - and not just pick the one where their favourite entry did worse Let's all remember that last year some people were pissed that Ukraine got 400+ points from the televoting. I'm in favour of keeping it 50-50, but the only change being in the announcement process. So back to the thing where all countries announce their 12-1 points (which combines jury + televotes) and that's it. It creates less artificial tension. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,199 Posted May 13, 2023 #459 Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 minute ago, vinipereira said: People need to decide if the real villain is the jury vote or the public vote - and not just pick the one where their favourite entry did worse Let's all remember that last year some people were pissed that Ukraine got 400+ points from the televoting. I mean, people can be pissed, but Ukraine was no doubt The Winner that year. Clearly by far the most popular song. This time Cha Cha Cha was by far the most beloved song, it was and should have been the winner by all accounts. This isn't like when Russia lost in 2016. Ukraine wasn't that much far behind them in the televote (38 points). Netherlands was also only 30 points behind Norway in the 2019 televote. The only time the winner was this much behind the televote winner is 2015. Yes, Sweden again. 87 points behind Italy in the televote. And now more than 100 points behind Finland. And this kinda sucks. Italy should have won in 2015 and now Finland should have won in 2023. Sweden got two wins that don't feel earned, they were too much behind in the televote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,267 Posted May 13, 2023 #460 Share Posted May 13, 2023 30-70 in favor of public would be ideal. Enough to prevent clown acts from winning but also to not see a quality crowd favorite like Finland lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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