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Comment on The real winners of Eurovision 2013 are…well the actual winners, Denmark by William Organ

William Organ — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:39:01 +0000

I still think that proportional representation is the only way to fix up the Eurovision’s busted voting system. Sweden didn’t deserve to be on the right of the board, and Lithuania really showed that all they have to do is show up on the night, sing flatly, and anaemically sway to bag 17 undeserved votes.

Comment on The Last Will Be First? Eurovision and the Luck of the Draw by Luck of the draw? Importance of position in the running order at Eurovision finals | Adrian Kavanagh's Blog

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:49:57 +0000

[…] (A 2011 version of this post, including graphs, can be viewed at: http://adriankavanagh.com/2012/05/21/the-last-will-be-first-eurovision-and-the-luck-of-the-draw/ ) […]

Comment on g-Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh…ing To Win Eurovision? by Eurovision Final prediction: It’s Denmark but only by a teardrop… | Adrian Kavanagh's Blog

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:11:44 +0000

[…] I used this model to successfully predict the Azerbaijan win at the 2011 contest ( http://adriankavanagh.com/2011/05/13/g-oh-oh/ ), now that we know the running order for the 2013 Eurovision Final I am going to use this to […]

Comment on Eurovision Final prediction: It’s Denmark but only by a teardrop… by Eurovision Final – Prediction time….. | Johnny Fallon

Eurovision Final – Prediction time….. | Johnny Fallon — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:49:50 +0000

[…] Well the Eurovision 2013 Final is almost upon us. After a second semi final we know all the songs and the final line up. Its now time to try and call the final. This year we have quite a serious contest. Adrian Kavanagh who I assisted in writing the 2013 Eurovision hand book (which you should have bought and you still can if you follow the links Ive posted on earlier blogs) has worked very hard on a predictions model. Adrians predictions are here http://adriankavanagh.com/2013/05/17/eurovision-final-prediction-its-denmark-but-only-by-a-teardrop/ […]

Comment on Carlsberg don’t do Eurovision draws but if they did… by Who’s who in Ireland’s 2013 Eurovision Song Contest semi final?: aka Can Ireland make it to the Final? « Adrian Kavanagh's Blog

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:46:43 +0000

[...] Blog posts from Adrian Kavanagh on elections, sports, Eurovision and other entities! « Carlsberg don’t do Eurovision draws but if they did… [...]

Comment on Who’s who in Ireland’s 2013 Eurovision Song Contest semi final?: aka Can Ireland make it to the Final? by k00st31

k00st31 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:48:30 +0000

Reblogged this on Eurovision,I love you!.

Comment on Baku-hoo-hoo – Ireland’s prospects of winning points off countries voting in Eurovision Semi Final 1 by Who’s who in Ireland’s 2013 Eurovision semi final? AKA Can Ireland make it to the Final? « Adrian Kavanagh's Blog

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:08:27 +0000

[...] the other countries competing in this semi -final. But the doomsday prognostications of 2011 and 2012 did not pan out and the Irish act did go on to make it to the final, so maybe the reverse will [...]

Comment on Ireland and 2011 Eurovision Semi Final – Where oh where will the points come from? by Who’s who in Ireland’s 2013 Eurovision semi final? AKA Can Ireland make it to the Final? « Adrian Kavanagh's Blog

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:08:25 +0000

[...] most of the other countries competing in this semi -final. But the doomsday prognostications of 2011 and 2012 did not pan out and the Irish act did go on to make it to the final, so maybe the reverse [...]

Comment on Carlsberg don’t do Eurovision draws but if they did… by Dan

Dan — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:52:30 +0000

Off topic comment here, but if Malta choose to send Kevin Borg’s entry to Eurovision, I’m convinced it will win. He will have huge appeal as will the song across vast swathes of Europe and the fact he won Swedish pop idol in 2013 means he will be very popular across the Nordic countries too. And he’ll probably receive more attention as the host country know him well and will perhaps generate a lot of hype….plus it is a very good song, it is the sort of song that will win points across all age groups. Reminds you of a song that X-factor winners release after winning the title.

Comment on Carlsberg don’t do Eurovision draws but if they did… by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:33:02 +0000

A strong contender is only one country to beat (and over the last few years I’ve also seen a number of pretty good Swiss entries fail to make the cut) but 6/7 points from a country could edge you in front of two or three competitors…