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Love Thy Neighbour
Ever since
Eurovision began in 1956, certain countries have been inclined
to vote for certain other countries. In the old days the
Francophone and Scandinavian nations in particular tended to
favour each other. Yet it was never guaranteed, and by the
nineties it was only really the annual Greece/Cyprus lovefest
that was a 99% certainty. The advent of telephone
voting has brought a great deal of good to the contest, it's
made it more relevant to popular taste, and enthused viewers as
they have total say in the outcome. However, no-one can
deny that it has also made the voting almost completely
predictable in the case of many countries.
This page title
alludes to neighbours but in all honesty diaspora (or ex-pats to
you and me) is a far bigger factor as some countries have
brazenly encouraged their economically exiled country folk to
vote (and vote multiple times) for the fatherland. Anyway, as
the EBU organizers don't seem to want to kill the golden goose
of phone income, here's a look at what you can expect from each
country in the phone vote (based on the last five years, i.e.
since all entrants including non-finalists can vote):
| Vote-Giver |
adores |
loves |
quite likes |
| Albania |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Greece |
Turkey |
| Andorra |
Spain |
|
|
| Armenia |
Russia |
Greece |
|
| Azerbaijan |
not
enough data! |
|
|
| Belarus |
Russia |
Ukraine |
|
| Belgium |
Turkey |
Armenia |
Greece |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Serbia |
Turkey |
FYR Macedonia |
| Bulgaria |
Greece |
Armenia |
|
| Croatia |
Serbia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
FYR Macedonia |
| Cyprus |
Greece |
|
|
| Czech Republic |
Armenia |
Ukraine |
|
| Denmark |
|
Sweden |
|
| Estonia |
|
Russia |
Finland |
| Finland |
|
|
Sweden |
| France |
Turkey |
Armenia |
|
| Germany |
Turkey |
Greece |
|
| Georgia |
not enough data! |
|
|
| Greece |
Cyprus |
Albania |
|
| Hungary |
|
|
Romania |
| Iceland |
Denmark |
Finland |
Sweden |
| Ireland |
Lithuania |
Latvia |
United Kingdom |
| Israel |
|
Russia |
Ukraine |
| Latvia |
Lithuania |
Russia |
|
| Lithuania |
Latvia |
Russia |
|
| FYR Macedonia |
Albania |
Serbia |
|
| Malta |
quite neutral! |
|
|
| Moldova |
Romania |
Russia |
|
| Montenegro |
Serbia |
|
|
| Netherlands |
Turkey |
Armenia |
|
| Norway |
Sweden |
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Poland |
Ukraine |
|
|
| Portugal |
Spain |
Romania |
|
| Romania |
Moldova |
Greece |
|
| Russia |
Armenia |
Ukraine |
Belarus |
| San Marino |
not
enough data! |
|
|
| Serbia |
FYR Macedonia |
Bosnia |
|
| Slovenia |
Croatia |
Serbia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Spain |
Romania |
Armenia |
|
| Sweden |
|
Finland |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Switzerland |
Serbia |
Turkey |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Turkey |
Armenia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
|
| Ukraine |
Russia |
|
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| United Kingdom |
|
Greece |
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