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Counting the minutes here. We'll compare leader's points per jury average, as usual. And, of course, The Committee. Though, having 3 Committee members in the first 4 juries will be very intense!

It's a group of nations that never failed to give points to the eventual winner. Who knows what's happening behind the closed doors of the Committee... Discussion about who should win this? Followed by propaganda that will make other users agree with them? One can only guess... But they delivered big time at the last two contests.

Are you sure? QS just says "top 40".

They haven't secured it yet, but they are guaranteed to get an African continental quota as long as they stay within top 40 on the IBSF rankings.

I just realized that The Committee will have 10 (!) members this time. joined the more usual members. So far we haven't had more than 7 Committee members at one contest, at least since 2016 Open when our inteligence found the proof of their existence.

I'm pretty sure Ireland 2015 also had black? Anyway, lovely scoreboard.

Alright, where are my 12 bonus points?

Cathage maybe

Who could have guess that we'll see dancing Star Wars in this ceremony.

I've read a book about a man who worked 16-18 hours a day (The Firm). Good book. There is a movie based on that, but not nearly as exciting.

Well, looks like there were even some unused athlete places in 2014, as only 116 athletes were entered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics_–_Qualification

Our 4-men bobsled team led by Dražen Silić is getting some good placements in North America. Finished 5th in Calgary today, and they also have 5th and 7th place from Whistler last week. Maybe a chance for Olympic qualification.

But she can still beg Laura not to end her career after the Olympics.

I have received my templates (34th in the voting order). But what about the schedule?

First critical condition, now this. That's one unlucky man.

Lol, that's some Steven Bradbury qualification!

It definitely was. Luckily their final score was still dividable by 12, otherwise we would have seen one angry Agger.

Douze points are perhaps a bit overrated anyway. Only 3/8 times the song that got the most 12 pointers actually won. 2016 Annual being the last time.

Well, all done minus team event and reallocations.

Everybody's Friend, But Nobody's Best Friend... In the second part of this two-part series we will pay tribute to songs that were the complete opposite of the songs presented in the first part Monday. These songs were generally liked and have achieved quite high placings, some of them very high placings indeed, but they have one specific thing in common - they were nobody's absolute favorite. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the highest finishers in each of the contests that failed to receive a single set of 12 points. 2013 Open - Mexico - 7th place (128 points) 2014 Annual - Serbia - 5th place (131 points) 2014 Open - Malta - 9th place (118 points) 2015 Annual - Serbia - 7th place (95 points) 2015 Open - Ireland - 10th place (117 points) 2016 Annual - Italy - 2nd place (147 points) 2016 Open - Malta - 14th place (77 points) 2017 Annual - Ireland - 22nd place (65 points)

It's unfair. Agger now has two teams to support while Dan has none.

We can't let Uruguay make its debut without Paraguay at least making an appearance in the festival of music. Paraguay Nahuel Sachak - En Cualquier Lugar

Switzerland's main rivals for qualification were and Italy's were and Something's not quite right there...

At Least Someone Really Liked You... In this section we will pay respects to songs that perhaps didn't rank so highly in the final analysis, but who were someone's favorite nevertheless. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the lowest finishers in each of the contests that received at least one set of the highly desired 12 points. 2013 Open - Ukraine - 27th place (30 points) - received 12 points from Russia 2014 Annual - Egypt - 26th place (46 points) - received 12 points from the United States 2014 Open - Spain - 32nd place (28 points) - received 12 points from the United States 2015 Annual - Egypt - 28th place (25 points) - received 12 points from Finland 2015 Open - Slovenia - 38th place (29 points) - received 12 points from the United States 2016 Annual - Brazil - 30th place (42 points) - received 12 points from Spain 2016 Open - India - 31st place (32 points) - received 12 points from Great Britain 2017 Annual - Russia - 32nd place (26 points) - received 12 points from New Zealand

That's because the voting times haven't been published yet.