REVEALED! Who really came last in Azerbaijan…
It’s been three weeks since Sweden won Eurovision 2012, and even though we’ve stopped using the word ‘euphoria’ to create lame puns and such, the EBU has still not released the split results, goshdarn them. There’s been a lot of individual country results trickling out on the internet, but nothing complete. Apart from annoying me (I am not a patient person) this has messed me around a bit on the blog front since I had planned a split analysis, which I should be doing now. Without anything to analyse, I’m scraping the bottom of the Baku barrel for something to write about.
Having said that, my mysterious and thrilling title (cough) does not lie – I do have a revelation to reveal. And here it is: Norway didn’t actually lose the contest this year. I don’t know if that has already occurred to you, but as president of the “Tooji is Amazeballs” fan club, the it was quick to occur to me, and I was planning on tweeting the fact to Tooji himself to make him feel better, but I figured he was probably over the whole thing by now.
Basically, we all know what happened in the final, point-wise. Namely, this:
- Sweden – 372
- Russia – 259
- Serbia – 214
- Azerbaijan – 150
- Albania – 146
- Estonia – 120
- Turkey – 112
- Germany – 110
- Italy – 101
- Spain – 97
- Moldova – 81
- Romania – 71
- Macedonia – 71
- Lithuania – 70
- Ukraine – 65
- Cyprus – 65
- Greece – 64
- Bosnia & Herzegovina – 55
- Ireland – 46
- Iceland – 46
- Malta – 41
- France – 21
- Denmark – 21
- Hungary – 19
- United Kingdom – 12
- Norway – 7
Yes, Sweden nearly beat Rybak’s record, and got the highest amount of douze points in history, blah blah blah. We all know that. But what about the semis? Unlike Norway, there were 16 countries who didn’t even make it to Saturday night, so technically they were all beaten by the Tooj. Now, for your convenience and possible interest, I have combined those 16 and ranked them by the points they accrued* in order to figure out who actually finished last – and who still has bragging rights in saying they came 30th, or whatever.
Let’s start with the 27th– 35th placed countries.
* FYI, the countries from semi 1 are in red, and those from semi 2 are in blue. Also, if there were equal scores, I have ranked them according to who received more high scores. You know, in the slightly dodgy EBU way.
- Bulgaria – 45
- Switzerland – 45
- Croatia – 42
- Finland – 41
- Portugal – 39
- Georgia – 36
- Belarus – 35
- Netherlands – 35
- Israel – 33
Bulgaria and Switzerland were the two countries that just missed out, which in way, must be more irritating for them than if they had lost.
Bulgaria not only got the same point total as Norway – failing to qualify because Love Unlimited didn’t get any lots of 8 points – but as Switzerland too. Sofi placed above Sinplus (IMO) because she got a 10 and a triple 6, whereas the Broggini brothers got a triple 8, and a 7 – but feel free to swap them around if it’ll help you sleep at night.
As you can see, there’s a block of higher-ranked songs from semi 2 here, which proves once again which semi was the strongest. Georgia’s 32nd placing is officially their worst ever, considering they’d qualified on every participation in the past. I can’t say I feel sad for them, although I do still want to strangle whoever decided to give Anri Jokhadze a rhyming dictionary for Christmas.
Belarus and the Netherlands also share a point total, but this time the division is clearer – Litesound managed to score a douze and an 8, whereas Joan was left with an 8 and a double 7. If you’d ever wondered what people prefer to look at – chainmail and leather or feathers – wonder no more.
Now we come to the countries ranked 36th– 39th:
- Slovenia – 31
- San Marino – 31
- Slovakia – 22
- Montenegro – 20
Poor Slovenia, who most of us had pegged to qualify, finished in a dismal unfortunate 36th place (I don’t want to destroy a teenage girl’s hopes and dreams any more than they’ve already been destroyed), just out-scoring San Marino with a 10 and an 8. Speaking of San Marino – well, they’re not going to be saying ‘uh-oh’ about 37th with 31 points, because it’s one of their best results EVER. That’s not as spectacular as it sounds, but it’s something Valentina Monetta will probably include in her status updates on Facebook…er, I mean, that social network, for the rest of her life.
Amazingly, Montenegro kept themselves out of the bottom three, possibly by borrowing Anri’s dictionary (choosing words with more syllables). Here are the unlucky trio who couldn’t be saved by Eurovision-themed lyrics, see-through dresses or pole dancers (apparently sex does not sell at the ESC).
- Latvia – 17
- Belgium – 16
- Austria – 8
So, when we’re talking about points, it was Austria’s popo-shaking duo Trackshittaz who came dead last this year. Congrats, boys!
I guess it’s apt that a song all about rear ends came bottom. We should have seen it coming – I mean, didn’t Loreen tell us she was going up-up-up-up-up-uuuuuppp? Then again, We Are the Winners didn’t turn out to be gospel back in Athens. I guess you never really know what’s going to happen in this competition. Isn’t that part of the fun?
NEXT TIME: If we finally get a looksee at the split results, I’ll be picking my way through them so you don’t have to. Otherwise…well, you’ll just have to wait and see.
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2 Responses to “REVEALED! Who really came last in Azerbaijan…”
Switzerland beats Bulgaria because they got points from more countries!
Latvia was soooooooooo underrated!
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Ugggh I get confused by all of this scoring stuff. It’s pretty contentious. Personally I prefer Sofi to Sinplus so I like to think she beat them (or equalled them) in some way. I’m guessing I’m one of the few who would say that!
“Beautiful Song” was actually not too far off being a beautiful song. I don’t think it worked very well live though.
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