Crunching on Copenhagen: a Peruse of the Results
In a bold move for transparency, the EBU have now released the full voting results for the semis and finals. How did Europe actually vote? All is revealed within...
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Europe’s Living A Cerration: The Least Favourite Eurovision Entry Of All Time
In all the talk of winners, worthy songs, happy memories, and a general air of 'life is wonderful', John Egan wants to look somewhere else. We all know the songs that are the favourites, but what about the other end of the spectrum? What about the songs that nobody liked on the night? Is there 'a least favourite song of all time?'
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Our Statistical Analysis Of The Eurovision 2014 Semi-Final Draw
Two live shows, twenty qualifiers, and one very big spreadsheet. Ewan powers up his Digital Nate Silver to analyse the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 semi-final draw and makes a prediction for the likely line-up to escape from Tuesday and Thursday night.
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Deconstructing The Eurovision Results Through An Essential Analysis Of Italy’s Voting
In this year's post-Eurovision discussions, the scoring coming out of the new ranking system is featuring heavily. Why are we getting such diverse results from the combination of the jury and the televote? Can you really finish second in a televote and still score no points? John Egan crunches some numbers to find out.
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The New Ranked Scoring System: Looking Forward By Looking Back
With the spotlight now on some subtle, but significant, changes to the way the televote and jury vote will be combined in Malmo, there's a fair bit of confusion. Guest writer and statistics extraordinnaire John Egan gives us the lowdown on what has changed and what the implications are for our favourite contest results in 2013.
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