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In this article, they say San Marino views this contest as a success even if they failed to qualify because they got their best result to date and want to push their luck with Valentina again! http://www.eurofestival.ws/2013/05/21/esc-2014-san-marino-disposti-a-riconfermare-la-monett/?fb_source=pubv1#

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We're going to have the traditional share of gossips and assumptions after the ESC Final again.

According to eurovoix.com & 15min.lt, Azerbaijan & Russia are suspected of having bought votes.

15min.lt have this morning come out with an extraordinary story that points towards Azerbaijan paying people to vote for them in the Eurovision final. They have this morning reported the story of students in Vilnius who were approached by two Russian men, and were payed to vote for Azerbaijan in last night’s Eurovision final. Each of the students were payed 20 Euros for each time that they voted for the specific artist.

The paper then sent a number of undercover reporters with cameras and voice recording equipment to a cafe where they would be given sim cards to vote with. At the meeting the men boasted how this was done in almost all the countries taking part in the contest and how that they did it across countries as not to cause suspicion.

Each group that is payed had five phones each and then must vote as many times as possible in the 15 minute window. After the 15 minutes a group manager then checks the number of votes sent for the country. The men went on to say that the same thing happens during the semi finals. The most interesting part is where he admitted that Azerbaijan use this technique in 15 countries, and that Russia are also involved in buying votes.

You can read the full article here: ESC’13: Azerbaijan & Russia Bought Votes?

Any thoughts?

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Danish people have just washed away their teardrops as they are going to host the 59th edition of the Eurovision Son Contest in 2014.

Will the host city be Copenhagen?
Will Turkey, Poland and Bosnia make a glorious comeback (or simply return)?
Will we still have all the ex-YU countries in the contest?
Will Latvia, San Marino, Israel stay with us in 2014?
Will EBU make any changes in the voting system?
What slogan would you pick for next year's Eurovison?

Will you go to Denmark and watch the show live?

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• Six countries are automatically qualified for the final: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.
• Twenty countries from the two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May 2013 qualified for the final. A total of twenty-six countries will compete in the final.
• A combination of televotes and jury votes will decide the winner.
• The order of voting is pre-determined in a draw before the final to reduce the likelihood of an outright winner becoming clear from an early point in the voting.

01. France: Amandine Bourgeois - "L'enfer et moi"
02. Lithuania: Andrius Pojavis - "Something"
03. Moldova: Aliona Moon - "O mie"
04. Finland: Krista Siegfrids - "Marry Me"
05. Spain: El Sueño de Morfeo - "Contigo hasta el final"
06. Belgium: Roberto Bellarosa - "Love Kills"
07. Estonia: Birgit - "Et uus saaks alguse"
08. Belarus: Alyona Lanskaya - "Solayoh"
09. Malta: Gianluca - "Tomorrow"
10. Russia: Dina Garipova - "What If"
11. Germany: Cascada - "Glorious"
12. Armenia: Dorians - "Lonely Planet"
13. Netherlands: Anouk - "Birds"
14. Romania: Cezar - "It's My Life"
15. United Kingdom: Bonnie Tyler - "Believe in Me"
16. Sweden: Robin Stjernberg - "You"
17. Hungary: ByeAlex - "Kedvesem"
18. Denmark: Emmelie de Forest - "Only Teardrops"
19. Iceland: Eythor Ingi - "Ég á líf"
20. Azerbaijan: Farid Mammadov - "Hold Me"
21. Greece: Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - "Alcohol Is Free"
22. Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity"
23. Italy: Marco Mengoni - "L'essenziale"
24. Norway: Margaret Berger - "I Feed You My Love"
25. Georgia: Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani - "Waterfall"
26. Ireland: Ryan Dolan - "Only Love Survives"

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Hi guys

For the past few months, as well as following the National Finals of course, I have been writing a quiz book for Eurovision. By fans for the fans. It is out now on Kindle but you can read it on any laptop/PC and most phones. Would love some feedback!



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eurovision-Quiz-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00CUJVCOC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368867710&sr=1-1&keywords=eurovision+quiz+book