A few people have been scratching their heads about the 'authenticity' thing when it comes to voting in The Eurovision That Never Was. Hopefully the following will help clarify it for you.
The idea is that even if you don't like something you think seems very authentic as an entry for a particular country in a particular year, you should still give it points, assuming there aren't ten other songs that meet that criteria and which you do actually like.
For example, even if you don't like the fact that ESC in the 90s featured lots of ethno stuff, and someone enters, say, an ethno French number as France 1995, which in itself you don't like very much either but which feels like it could easily have been the French entry in 1995, you should reward it on that basis alone. This is the one MB contest that isn't strictly about whether or not you like the songs.
My suggestion - which no one is obliged to follow, obviously, but which may help when it comes to sorting out your votes - is to divide them into groups along lines of 'authentic and good', 'authentic and so-so', 'not so authentic but good' and 'not so authentic and not that good'. Those in the second group should still get points from you ahead of those in the third, even though you might like those in the third group more than those in the second group, or even in the first.
But then, no one can make you vote for something you don't like, and voting's not meant to be a frustrating experience! So don't worry about it too much - just try and keep all these things in mind, and preferably in balance. And have fun!
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