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Eurovision statistics analysis, and an apology to the people of Malta

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Re: Eurovision statistics analysis, and an apology to the people of Malta

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What I always find interesting was the differences between "the charts" and the results of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Like this time, we saw the "charty" songs somewhere in the middle while really strange stuff came up.

How does this happen? Do only people call there who do not like the chart stuff coming from the US or sounding like the usual mainstream? Or do maybe really less people like the music that is played on the radio?

For me, I don't call for any shows on TV. In this case I would have propably called for the russian babuszkas because they were funny. I don't like the stuff that german mainstream radios play here and most of the songs on the usual chartlists are crap in my eyes (or ears). So I can't really make up a solution by myself.

Re: Eurovision statistics analysis, and an apology to the people of Malta

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post #21

What I always find interesting was the differences between "the charts" and the results of the Eurovision Song Contest. Like this time, we saw the "charty" songs somewhere in the middle while really strange stuff came up. How does this happen? Do only people call there who do not like the chart stuff coming from the US or sounding like the usual mainstream? Or do maybe really less people like the music that is played…

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Re: Eurovision statistics analysis, and an apology to the people of Malta

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The whole tournament is hilariously bad. It's hard to believe anyone takes it seriously. Could you imagine the headlines if Greece won? "Germany hosts Eurovision 2013...in Greece." and so on.

I believe Spain asked not to win.

It was a joke from the singer, taken out of context: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js...
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