How Do You Solve A Problem Like The San Marino Televote?
How was San Marino's televote calculated for the 2016 Song Contest? Why was the EBU solution unfair? Ellie Chalkley and Ben Robertson investigate.
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Junior Eurovision Voting Insight: Learning From A New Voting System
With a brand new voting system on show at Junior Eurovision, Ben Robertson analyses what happened in the results and how these results could teach us about how the bigger Eurovision Song Contest voting needs to change.
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Did Stalin Win The Eurovision Song Contest For Ukraine?
Jamala's '1944' won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine, but she had help from history. John Egan tests his hypothesis that the continent-wide anti-Stalin vote was enough to push Ukraine towards victory.
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Voting Insight: The Impact Of 2016’s New Split Voting
How much impact will this new voting system have on the Eurovision Song Contest result? Will we have new winners, new qualifiers, and new last placed songs? How might these 'pre-determined countries' make up a missing televote? Ben Robertson piles through the maths minefield to find out.
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The Statistical Supercomputer’s Semi Final Predictions
The draw for this year's Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final spots has taken place in Stockholm. Looking at the historical statistics, which countries have the advantage, which are handicapped, and which need to buy a bigger prop piano?
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