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[Scooby]

for Greece its 120.000 !!!

And you have islands and Santorini so payyy tooo

 

[EscGeek]

and how much does Serbia have to pay??

 

[LakZaNokte]

and how much does Serbia have to pay??

i don't even know how much we pay

btw, on what principle r those amounts set?

 

[Scooby]

and how much does Serbia have to pay??

We participate for gratis loool

I don't know correctly but in some newspapers was information that RTS pay about 60.000 (same as you did)

 

[LalehForWD]

That's right folks! The SVT strategy is to force out all serious contesters from the event to ensure a second Swedish win. After all we must test the Friends Arena as well! With participating countries like The UK, Belgium, Denmark and Norway it will be a "piece of cake" as Christer Björkman so clever put it. Next country to go is Finland.

 

[vatroslav_cro]

Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina out...oh my......this is really bad

 

[Quent91]

After all we must test the Friends Arena as well!

They could have done it in 2013 as well...

 

[EdvinasLTU]

now im not suprised, if they put umh for example Charlotte Perrelli for hosts

 

[evilperson]

They should do the one semifinal system this year then. That will save a ton of travel expenses for everyone too.

 

[Matt]

They should do the one semifinal system this year then. That will save a ton of travel expenses for everyone too.

33+ songs in one night???? LOL
Plus you can't really change that anymore with tickets sold and setups and preparations already underway.


So if I'm not mistaken we have 36 countries for sure and Greece, Slovenia & Bulgaria maybe???? So a max of 39 countries....yikes.

 

[EdvinasLTU]

They should do the one semifinal system this year then. That will save a ton of travel expenses for everyone too.

yeaaah, ~30 entries in one semi sounds fun

 

[EdvinasLTU]

now im really unsure who will win. probably 60% , 30% other western europe country annnd 10% random eastern country

 

[evilperson]

33+ songs in one night???? LOL
Plus you can't really change that anymore with tickets sold and setups and preparations already underway.


So if I'm not mistaken we have 36 countries for sure and Greece, Slovenia & Bulgaria maybe???? So a max of 39 countries....yikes.

Well if I'm not mistaken (and I'm pretty sure I'm not), the top countries of the year before qualify directly to the final, no? That's hardly 33 in one night.

That is how the one semi system worked, right?

 

[Matt]

Well if I'm not mistaken (and I'm pretty sure I'm not), the top countries of the year before qualify directly to the final, no? That's hardly 33 in one night.

That is how the one semi system worked, right?

So you are suggesting that all countries that ended up in the top ten in 2012 should automatically be pre-qualified just as in the old days?
I'm sooooo against that and they can't get rid of a semi anymore, not at this stage.

 

[GRE]

Not this year all these.
BUT next year countries will be less.
And ebu will make 1 semi.
They should put big 6 and top 5 of previous year to the Final.

 

[Jim]

Germany's ESC will be remembered! 43 countries participated in 2011, only Andorra, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Monaco & Montenegro didn't participate!

 

[evilperson]

So you are suggesting that all countries that ended up in the top ten in 2012 should automatically be pre-qualified just as in the old days?
I'm sooooo against that and they can't get rid of a semi anymore, not at this stage.

I wouldn't like it either but they seem to be very motivated to cut costs. Having a two evening ESC is surely cheaper than a 3 evening event, no?

Also, they have calculated these fees with all of these countries competing in mind. Now a handful have withdrawn. The fees will be re-calculated, right?
More withdrawals might be forthcoming.

 

[Matt]

I wouldn't like it either but they seem to be very motivated to cut costs. Having a two evening ESC is surely cheaper than a 3 evening event, no?

Also, they have calculated these fees with all of these countries competing in mind. Now a handful have withdrawn. The fees will be re-calculated, right?
More withdrawals might be forthcoming.

Only the host broadcaster pays for the hosting, not the participating members so having only 1 semi wouldn't really have an effect on the costs for the countries. They may save some money from less accomodations if they had to be in Semi 1 (so they can arrive at a later point) but that's about it.
I'm almost certain it wouldn't affect the fees.

 

[eerik]

Only the host broadcaster pays for the hosting, not the participating members so having only 1 semi wouldn't really have an effect on the costs for the countries. They may save some money from less accomodations if they had to be in Semi 1 (so they can arrive at a later point) but that's about it.
I'm almost certain it wouldn't affect the fees.

I'm pretty sure 50% host and 50% EBU.

 

[Jim]

I believe that ESC edition of Malmo, will be the worse of the latest years... :|