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I agree with what you said on blaming people for what they vote for.
BUT if you look at how the people have voted up until 2014 and then comparing the results from 2015 till today, there is a significant difference. Check the English Wikipedia for the different years, they have percentage-wise lists of the televote from 2004 and onwards.
2004-2014 the people's favourite got 18-23% pretty much every year.
2015 when app was introduced, Måns was incredibly popular and got 35% in a bad final. Most people still did not use the app this year.
2016 Frans got 14% and 2017 Nano got 11,9%. That just makes the people's voting useless and ridiculous.
For some reason juries across Europe cast away heartfelt, emotional songs, like if they were unworthy, while soullessness is arts?!
Eurovision will leave the audience disengaged when juries keep shoving down their preference of meaningless "arts" down the people's throats.
I think people want to click with music, music that sticks. Therefore music needs to be soulful, be it happy, mesmerizing, quirky or sad. Juries act like censors of emotions.
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After a night sleep I still cannot believe that we won't see As I Lay Me Down in Kyiv and think I Can't Go On is still worth a 0. What's the public opinion in Sweden today?
Personal winners 19:| 18: Israel | 17: France | 16: Australia | 15: Estonia | 14: Netherlands | 13: Israel | 12: Sweden | 11: Serbia | 10: Germany
It's been said here (several users) that this will end up top 10 "just because it's Sweden". I dont agree. Sweden often ends up top 10. But the reason is that they have sent lots of well-done (safe) pop tunes that people can relate to all over Europe. I think few people vote for Sweden just because of the country. It's not like Sweden has lots of diaspora voters spread all over the continent.
Besides: remember the years 2007-2010 - the best placing for Sweden was 18th? And in 2015 Robin ended up number 14.
I dont agree with the Swedish win in 2015, but Sweden often ends up top 10 because they deserve it, and work hard for it!
Although this year - I think that Swedens top 10 streak will be broken. Because "being Sweden" is just not enough.
Laid dagger dead inside a lonely bed, trying to hide the hole inside my head, watching the stars slide down to reach the end. The sleep is not my friend. Drinking shampain to forget yesterday, coz I remember the way it ended that day, that I walked away.
Drinking shampain made by the angel who goes by the name of Glittering Gabriel
Drinking shampain made by all the angels' tears and pain, but I feel celestial.
Elderly stars slide down the morning sky, slipping away to find a place to die. I wonder when the night will reach its end. The sleep is not my friend.
Drinking shampain meant for a wedding. Toast to the bride a fairy tail ending.
Drinking shampain, a bottle to myself. Savor the taste of fabricated wealth.
Drinking shampain made by the angel who goes by the name of Glittering Gabriel
Drinking shampain made by all the angels' tears and pain, but I feel celestial.
It is really funny to read in the 2013 thread about the hate the juries got for killing the beloved Yohio. How dare international juries do commit such a crime against the will of Swedish people?
And four years later, the fans of Sweden blindly follow their international juries like Timebelle follows Apollo. As long as the result is fine, every song is fine.
Laid dagger dead inside a lonely bed, trying to hide the hole inside my head, watching the stars slide down to reach the end. The sleep is not my friend. Drinking shampain to forget yesterday, coz I remember the way it ended that day, that I walked away.
Drinking shampain made by the angel who goes by the name of Glittering Gabriel
Drinking shampain made by all the angels' tears and pain, but I feel celestial.
Elderly stars slide down the morning sky, slipping away to find a place to die. I wonder when the night will reach its end. The sleep is not my friend.
Drinking shampain meant for a wedding. Toast to the bride a fairy tail ending.
Drinking shampain, a bottle to myself. Savor the taste of fabricated wealth.
Drinking shampain made by the angel who goes by the name of Glittering Gabriel
Drinking shampain made by all the angels' tears and pain, but I feel celestial.
The app vote wasn't used in the final for 2015 - there were technical issues that led to them using it in the SFs but not for the final, which reverted to televote-only (well, plus the juries, of course). Which makes your point even more clearly - Mans and Frans were both the clear 'people's favourite', but one got 35% of the vote while the other got 14%. I think that shows just how big the app's effect is at smoothing everything out.