tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401850518188492952.post5389822046495482001..comments2024-03-28T01:55:59.381+02:00Comments on Tobson in Euroland: ESC 2013: Dirty tricks during the voting?TobSonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901219097013459250noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401850518188492952.post-115435297294970462013-05-22T19:03:34.734+03:002013-05-22T19:03:34.734+03:00I think you make a really interesting observation ...I think you make a really interesting observation and substantive explanation of your suspicions. The whole evening I was star-struck wondering what the hell about Azerbaijan, and seeing context on this gives it a little bit of a possible explanation. I'm not saying it happened, but for me it would explain a lot. <br /><br />I think to be completely fair the best 12-point awarding was from Germany to Hungary. I think it has absolutely nothing to do with politics or buying of votes, but rather the fact that German folk actually liked the quirky and special hipster performance of a Hungarian song. There is hope, even if in one country!oskyldighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421614450051721172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401850518188492952.post-58961248498353865142013-05-21T08:33:59.899+03:002013-05-21T08:33:59.899+03:00While I've often disagreed with you about the ...While I've often disagreed with you about the songs, I cannot agree more on the contest itself. It is a great show, entertaining and, really, good music. It is fun to hear and enjoy the songs from different countries and the expansion of the Eurovision world to the east has made it even more interesting.<br /><br />The new countries have taken the contest seriously. For some of them it means to do every effort to find the best artists and a great song from their own country. This has made countries like Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia or Estonia interesting, I'm always looking forward to hear what they are sending this year.<br /><br />For some of the countries it means to open your wallets to buy the best result either buy buying the song and the group behind it from abroad or by, as now some people suggest, buying the votes.<br /><br />The first one makes the song boring. Even if the song commissioned by a swede or a greek is good, the performance sounds and feels like what it is, a product that has nothing to do with the country it is representing. I've found Azerbaidjan the most boring new country taking part, because I know how their songs have been created. Unfortunately Georgia seems to be going to the same direction. Azerbaidjan or Georgia should have the same resources to create great entries of their own the same way as, say, Ukraine. <br /><br />If some countries go as far as buying the votes, there are hardly words to describe what I think about them. It is futile, ridiculous and does no good for the country doing it. What do you do with good results, if everyone knows it hasn't been received with right means. <br /><br />I try to have a happy, light and not too serious attitude to the Eurovision, the songs and the results. That is the way I enjoy it the most. Rumours like this and the angry negative response to them is bound to destroy the enjoyment.<br /><br />And I'm afraid that this time there's no smoke without the fire.Mikko Suhonenhttp://eurovisioninrandom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com