http://simonwillison.net/2005-05-21T22:06:50+00:00Simon Willison2005-05-21T22:06:50+00:002005-05-21T22:06:50+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2005/May/21/eurovision/#atom-tag

<p>Aah sweet <a href="http://www.eurovision.tv/">Eurovision</a>. This time last year I was in Kansas, no one had even heard of it and I was forced to watch it over RealPlayer as it wasn't being carried by any of the TV channels. This year, we've had a Eurovision party. Here are our scores:</p> <pre> Country Simon <a href="http://www.natbat.co.uk/">Nat</a> <a href="http://www.sushispoon.co.uk/">Tony</a> <a href="http://www.mooncalf.me.uk/">Andy</a> Average =================================================================== 1 Hungary 7 8 8 7 7.5 2 UK 3 10 4 3 5.0 3 Malta 6 8 6 8 7.0 4 Romania 7 4 9 6 6.5 5 Norway 9 10 5 8 8.0 6 Turkey 7 7 8 7 7.25 7 Moldova 10 8 10 5 8.25 8 Albania 6 4 4 4 4.5 9 Cyprus 3 5 3 4 3.75 10 Spain 4 6 6 5 5.25 11 Israel 6 6 6 6 6.0 12 Serbia &amp; Montenegro 5 9 6 6 6.5 13 Denmark 5 7 6 6 6.0 14 Sweden 7 9 8 6 7.5 15 F.Y.R. Macedonia 3 4 4 3 3.5 16 Ukraine 6 7 8 6 6.75 17 Germany 7 8 6 8 7.25 18 Croatia 5 7 4 6 5.5 19 Greece 8 7 8 6 7.25 20 Russia 6 7 9 6 7.0 21 Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina 9 9 10 8 9.0 22 Switzerland 5 4 6 7 5.5 23 Latvia 4 4 4 6 4.5 24 France 3 4 5 4 4.0 Averages 5.875 6.75 6.375 5.875 6.21875 </pre> <p>I'm sure the official results will be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2005" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2005">up on Wikipedia</a> within minutes of their announcement.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eurovision">eurovision</a></p>