Luck of the Draw
Just when you thought the EBU couldn't mess anymore with the way Eurovision works (the semi-final, the way that ALL countries vote, the way the votes now appear on screen etc etc), they've only gone and messed up the way the draw works too.
Next month, the draw for running order will take place for both semi-final and grand final. This year though, the first five countries drawn for the semi-final and the first three countries drawn for the grand final will get 'wildcard' status, i.e. they'll get to choose whereabouts in the draw they'll actually go.
This is the most ridiculous and stupid thing the EBU have done to Eurovision EVER.
Fans have already spotted many potential difficulties such as what if the one of the first three "countries" drawn for the Grand Final is an Automatic Semi-Final qualifier. Will they get to decide where they go in the draw as late as 11th May? It's also unfair as the first three countries drawn out for the grand final will most probably pick positions near the end of the running, so that the semi-finalists will nearly all get early draws. Which would be fine if they were drawn out that way, but this is giving countries some advantages over others and it just isn't fair.
And many fans are indeed right that all this "tweaking" is overlooking the real problem of neighbourly or political voting which needs to be looked at immediately. Never mind all this faffing about with the draw which, if anyone from the EBU is reading this, is totally unfair and is a ridiculous idea. I really wish that Svante and his team stop messing around with Eurovision because it's getting to a point where nothing is fair anymore. Very sad indeed.
Next month, the draw for running order will take place for both semi-final and grand final. This year though, the first five countries drawn for the semi-final and the first three countries drawn for the grand final will get 'wildcard' status, i.e. they'll get to choose whereabouts in the draw they'll actually go.
This is the most ridiculous and stupid thing the EBU have done to Eurovision EVER.
Fans have already spotted many potential difficulties such as what if the one of the first three "countries" drawn for the Grand Final is an Automatic Semi-Final qualifier. Will they get to decide where they go in the draw as late as 11th May? It's also unfair as the first three countries drawn out for the grand final will most probably pick positions near the end of the running, so that the semi-finalists will nearly all get early draws. Which would be fine if they were drawn out that way, but this is giving countries some advantages over others and it just isn't fair.
And many fans are indeed right that all this "tweaking" is overlooking the real problem of neighbourly or political voting which needs to be looked at immediately. Never mind all this faffing about with the draw which, if anyone from the EBU is reading this, is totally unfair and is a ridiculous idea. I really wish that Svante and his team stop messing around with Eurovision because it's getting to a point where nothing is fair anymore. Very sad indeed.
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11:46 AM
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