Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Mod warning in the OP

I have posted this remix a few times as well...it is utterly class!

It might appeal to people for just being different. You never know!

I think Ireland's perceived idea of their place in EV is outdated. We done well when we were seen as the wee guys. Always a battle between us and England.. Lot's of goodwill. People having telephones for the first time.

We messed up somewhere between then and now

Sometimes I have a quick gawk at the youtube view count as often gives a good indication of how popular actually was (i.e. without all the politically motivated manipulation)

Just checking on Israel - has a 61% downvote percentage on the video:

Interesting how an act as disliked as this can get second…

I think Norway (and maybe others) were pushing for a change to the jury/televote weightings…something like 40% jury and 60% televote. Thankfully, all those discussions have now gone quiet. Going back to a jury-only vote would be a terrible idea as well. Just leave the split at 50/50 and bring juries back to semis.

Both the jury and the televote procedure need changing. Five professional jury members isn't enough…apart from anything, it's much easier to manipulate five people than it is to manipulate 16 people. It would also allow a greater cross-section of people from the music/broadcastings worlds. The jury ranking system needs to end as well…how is someone able to rank the songs from 1st all the way down to 25th? How do you determine which song deserves 19th place over another? Just go back to the old system whereby each jury member gave one to 10 marks to each song as soon as it had been performed (except their own, of course.)

We've seen one country try to manipulate the televote this year, they've cracked that now, so next will be to manipulate the juries. In the words of Krusty the Clown: "Let’s just say it moved me….TO A BIGGER HOUSE." Bigger jury sizes would go someway to mitigating that risk, and perhaps take away the feeling from many that the juries are snobby, conservative and only like ballads.

I've already posted earlier this week about changes to the televote - revert to opening the phone lines only once all the songs have been performed and limit each phone number to four (or less) votes instead of 20.