Running order for 2013

[GRE]

I have a question.
Every year in March there is the draw.
But 5 countries have wild cards to select their draw position. (2 from each semi,and 1 from Big 5)
Last year i remember it was Finland (first half of 1st semi) Ireland (2nd half of first semi) ,Ukraine (1st half of second semi) ,Lithuania (2nd half of second semi),and Spain from Big5.
So my question is=>Does this procedure remain also this year?Or not?

 

[A-lister]

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No, I don't think so. This year the producers will choose the starting-order, there won't be a draw.

I really cross my fingers this idea will be scrapped till next year, it's probably one of the worst changes ever made to the contest.

 

[GRE]

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No, I don't think so. This year the producers will choose the starting-order, there won't be a draw.

I really cross my fingers this idea will be scrapped till next year, it's probably one of the worst changes ever made to the contest.

But,this can still remain,and also the producers choose the rest order.

 

[A-lister]

But,this can still remain,and also the producers choose the rest order.

Sure, we will see... but I don't think it'll remain though.

 

[GRE]

Sure, we will see... but I don't think it'll remain though.

It would be nice if it remains. Apart from Sweden,we should also see who are the 5 lucky countries to select their own position.

 

[Terence]

Playing the devil's advocate here - but could it be that they will split songs in pots (like in the allocation draw) according to the genre and draw them accordingly?

Say, split ballads, midtempos and uptempos and then, since starting with an uptempo is (in my opinion) a great move, they will draw a song from the uptempo... and so on?

 

[A-lister]

Playing the devil's advocate here - but could it be that they will split songs in pots (like in the allocation draw) according to the genre and draw them accordingly?

Say, split ballads, midtempos and uptempos and then, since starting with an uptempo is (in my opinion) a great move, they will draw a song from the uptempo... and so on?

Well, that's been proposed in here and I could totally support that... but the only thing we know now is that they will totally decide the running-order on their own without a draw or chance... which is idiotic, corrupt, unfair, undemocratic... etc.

 

[ParadiseES]

I've been so disconnected of Eurovision news that I notice now about this new rule that producers will decide the draw



IS THAT SERIOUS???? ARE THEY DUMB????? I mean... You don't have to be so smart to know that everyone will complain if they don't like their draw. EVEN MORE complains!!! Seriously these EBU reference guys think this mess is worthy just to avoid having 4-5 ballads in a row? That's happened in the past and audience ratings were not so damaged.

 

[GRE]

I've been so disconnected of Eurovision news that I notice now about this new rule that producers will decide the draw



IS THAT SERIOUS???? ARE THEY DUMB????? I mean... You don't have to be so smart to know that everyone will complain if they don't like their draw. EVEN MORE complains!!! Seriously these EBU reference guys think this mess is worthy just to avoid having 4-5 ballads in a row? That's happened in the past and audience ratings were not so damaged.

At least there could be a draw for the countries in the first half of the Final (1-13) and the countries in the second half of the Final (14-26).

 

[Terence]

All the more to blame failures at slots #1, #2, #3 and similar early positions!

 

[Simon87]

Lucky/Unlucky draw numbers by country (From luckiest to unluckiest)

1. ​

Srbija 19,2
2. ​

Ukrajina 18,44
3. ​

Turska 16,87
4. ​

Gruzija 16,5
5. ​

Armenija 16,4
6. ​

Rumunjska 14,66
7. ​

Švedska 14,37
8. ​

Rusija 14,33
9. ​

Njemačka 14,22
10. ​

Portugal 14
10. ​

Grčka 14
12. ​

Danska 13,85
13. ​

Makedonija 13,8
14. ​

Latvija 13,75
15. ​

Irska 13,66
16. ​

Francuska 13,33
17. ​

Island 13,16
18. ​

Moldova 13
19. ​

Azerbajdžan 12,8
20. ​

Hrvatska 12,6
21. ​

Španjolska 12,11
22. ​

Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo 12
22. ​

Švicarska 12
24. ​

Estonija 11,33
25. ​

Finska 11
26. ​

Cipar 10,75
27. ​

Norveška 10,42
28. ​

Malta 10,2
29. ​

Albanija 9,5
30. ​

Izrael 9,4
31. ​

Bosna i Hercegovina 8,66
32. ​

Litva 6,4
33. ​

Mađarska 4​

 

[NikkiBoy]

A feeling tells me that:

The opening country of Semifinal 1 will be:
The last country of Semifinal 1 will be:

The opening country of Semifinal 2 will be:
The last country of Semifinal 2 will be:

 

[Franco]

This not-random running order is going to be a nigthtmare! T()

ESCbet – Eurovision & X Factor News, Betting & Giggles – A dilemma for SVT?

I hope that folks at EBU get their senses back and revert to draw.

 

[aletem]

The last country of SF2 will be Norway, most likely.

 

[GRE]

Too much rock in the 2nd half of 2nd semi (Switzerland,Norway,Albania,Armenia)
i am not sure if all of them will make it to Final.

 

[casey]

I really HATE that it not will be a draw for the finals

 

[DanielLuis]

Too much rock in the 2nd half of 2nd semi (Switzerland,Norway,Albania,Armenia)
i am not sure if all of them will make it to Final.

They will probabçy make one rock the last and one rock the first in the 2nd half. According to what SVT says, they want to make the same genre songs separated one from the other. Let's see if they'll keep their word.

 

[Franco]

The last country of SF2 will be Norway, most likely.

The trouble comes in the final. As the article states, Norway and Denmark are the most likely to win, so far, and they are both host's neighbours. Fixing the order between these two will probably mean fixing the winner. How can they get away with it?

 

[A-lister]

The trouble comes in the final. As the article states, Norway and Denmark are the most likely to win, so far, and they are both host's neighbours. Fixing the order between these two will probably mean fixing the winner. How can they get away with it?

SVT won't help the neighbors, you can trust me on that... they don't even like Sweden, so why would they help our neighbors?

I wouldn't be worried about that thing, I'm more worried about other things.

 

[Schlagerman1]

Out of the songs chosen so far, I think their draw in the semis will be like this:

Semi 1:
Ukraine 3
Denmark 6
Belgium 9
Lithuania 14
Belarus ? (depends on the new song that will be chosen)

Semi 2:
Iceland 2
Finland 6
Albania 11
Switzerland 15
Norway 16

But it is really hard to say anything about the draws already, gotta hear all songs before judging that.