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Unread 26 May 2003, 17:42   #1
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Another Eurovision Song Contest Thread
And this tactical voting.


How exactly does this work?


Does Bosnia-Herzegovina or someplace giving Turkey twelve points really influence the Turkish government in their favour?

I can't imagine Turkey saying, "Oh, Bosnia-Herzegovina gave us twelve points in the last Eurovision, let's send them government aid"
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Unread 26 May 2003, 18:11   #2
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And this tactical voting.


How exactly does this work?


Does Bosnia-Herzegovina or someplace giving Turkey twelve points really influence the Turkish government in their favour?

I can't imagine Turkey saying, "Oh, Bosnia-Herzegovina gave us twelve points in the last Eurovision, let's send them government aid"
I don't think the voting is that political, it's just people of similar identify tend to vote for each other.
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isnt that 'tactical voting' more about 'theyll vote for us and well vote for them'?
i mean, noone gives a damn about that competition, at least 95% of the songs suck anyway.
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Unread 26 May 2003, 19:27   #4
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isnt that 'tactical voting' more about 'theyll vote for us and well vote for them'?
i mean, noone gives a damn about that competition, at least 95% of the songs suck anyway.
Yeah but that logic doesnt work as they dont know you've voted for them until the voting is closed?
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Back in the day when it used to be decided by a panel of judges it was all political. Bosnia would give Serbia 12 points, and vice versa, plus some others that I can't remember right now.

Now all that happens is people vote for their country of origin (why Germany always gives Turkey high points), which is pretty boring, the old sham was better.
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it confuses me. Germany austria, belgium holland etc all vote high for each other

If scotland and england were seperate entires, no way would would the majority of either nation vote for the other
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If it worked on 'liking' other countries, in reality, Britain would give EVERYONE fk all, as we despise everyone, with good reason.
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it confuses me. Germany austria, belgium holland etc all vote high for each other

If scotland and england were seperate entires, no way would would the majority of either nation vote for the other
I've heard that a lot of Dutch people who live on the border with Germany cross the border on voting night in order to be able to vote for Holland. Come to think of it though I can't imagine anybody actually bothering to do that.

England and Scotland would give each other a lot of points, simply because there are so many English people in Scotland, and Scottish people in England.
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If it worked on 'liking' other countries, in reality, Britain would give EVERYONE fk all, as we despise everyone, with good reason.
And pretty much everyone despises us, so we must be doing something right.
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The eurovision voting is symptomous of the politics, that's all.

Kinda funny how Russia got boohed by the audience, yett they gave them a 12
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