Dear god, people, it’s JUST a song contest. And I for one, love Molitva, and I’m not from the Balkan. So do many others. Now it’s hard to look for the west in the scores, but last year Lordi won and She Who Must Not Be Named from Sweden came fifth. The year before that Greece won and Malta was second.

Yes, the scores are skewed in semis and in the middle of the scoreboard (I noticed no-one booing when Finland or Sweden got points from their neighbours though), songs from the Balkan or the Baltic, and Turkey end up higher than they should. But so. Bloody. what? Us Belgians are used to losing, and I for one have learned not to care about what happens in the sub-top or the middle. It’s only the winner that counts in the end. I realise it’s frustrating, I really do, but what are you going to do about it?
- Eliminate neighbour voting somehow? Fine by me, but what about emigrant votes then?
- Juries? Why should someone tell me who I should like and give my 12 points to? My god! I may not have studied music, but I have the right to like –and vote for- what I like. And unfortunately for the professionals I like trashy camp and bombastic balkan ballads. And my vote should have as much merit as that of others.