Your feedback is welcome

One final post before the blog goes into hibernation! First off, congratulations to our winner, Arvid, whose entry sees the inaugural ETNW win go to the home country of Tore, our much missed MB member to whom the whole contest was dedicated.

Since this was the first ever The Eurovision That Never was, I wanted to ask everyone who took part - and indeed those who didn't - for their feedback about the contest. What, in your view, worked? What didn't? What would you do differently? Were the rules too complicated? Was the timing all wrong? Were you too MB-contested out to bother taking part?

For my own part I would change the timing of the ETNW, if it is held again, so that the final doesn't coincide with the national final season kicking in, since to me it's felt like the contest went out with a fizz rather than the bang it should have. I would also consider requiring non-qualifying semi-finalists to vote in the final, since I was a little disappointed in the lack of interest among them this time around (although that might speak against making it compulsory) (and it is undoubtedly also related to the national finals being in full swing).

In any case, there's plenty of time to think about it. You can reply on here or on the MB - I will be posting a request for feedback on there also. Anything you have to say, be it praise or criticism, would be appreciated.

Thanks again to everyone for taking part! See you next year...?

Full results of semi-finals and final

Here are the results of the final if you couldn't access the Scorewiz show for some reason.

01 168 Norway 1995 – Se Ilden Lyse (Arvid)
02 137 Poland 1973 – Kupilabym Ci Me Kochanie (Egle)
03 132 Spain 1997 – Amor Perdido (Danniiboy)
04 129 Italy 2008 – Oceano (Haris)
05 124 Spain 2004 – Que Te Den Candela (Jortsu)
06 110 Slovakia 2008 – Pokuj V Duši (Boris)
07 099 France 2003 – Donne-Moi Le Temps (Ben UK)
08 088 Belgium 1980 – Amoureaux Solitaires (Frank)
09 081 Spain 1974 – Tu Nombre Me Sabe A Hierba (Leo-Spain)
10 078 UK 2004 – Can't Say Goodbye (Phutty)
11 075 Spain 1989 – Mujer Contra Mujer (Costas)
12 070 UK 2008 – The Winner's Song (Merseymike)
13 066 Andorra 2007 – Love Drunk (Wahoowa)
14 057 UK 1981 – Japanese Boy (Drew UK)
15 057 Switzerland 2009 – Omnos (Jahner)
16 055 Sweden 2006 – Satellites (Ademir)
17 051 France 2005 – Quand Vos Coeurs M'appellent (Anthi)
18 050 Greece 2001 – Diaspora (Umut)
19 047 Israel 2004 – Geula (Jeremy)
20 045 UK 1978 – Run Back (Jaymakk)
21 043 Malta 2007 – Feel The Rain (Made in Malta)
22 040 Ireland 2009 – Angel (Luke (small 'l'))
23 029 Norway 2009 – Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? (Alesta)
24 025 Luxembourg 1978 – Do It Do It Again (Flameboy)

Click on one of the links below to download the Excel file with the full voting results of the semi-finals and final. If you notice any discrepancies... too late now! ;-)


http://www.zshare.net/download/7227233184792606/

http://rapidshare.com/files/347332654/ETNW_votes_table_semis_and_final.xls.html


Before you ask, I will not be revealing the names of the sponsors of the disqualified entries. They are MB regulars, and if they choose to they can make themselves known.

Congratulations again to our winner and my thanks to everyone for taking part and making it an enjoyable and largely hassle-free experience!

Greg (phutty)

The final - the results show!

Welcome to the results show for the final of The Eurovision That Never Was!

The Scorewiz extravaganza that will reveal our winner awaits you at the link below - with thanks to Ben!

http://www.tummiweb.com/escnation/scorewiz/show.php?id=88812

One request: when commenting on the results, either here on the blog or on the MB, please keep any spoilers to the body of your messages for the time being, rather than the subject lines - remember that not everyone will get to view the results at the same time.

An Excel spreadsheet of the full results of each semi-final and the final will be uploaded (for download) in about an hour's time.

At this point let me just say thank you to everyone who took part, but in particular to those of you who saw it through to the end, and congratulations in advance to our winner! Tiramisu for everyone!

The final - revelation of sponsors!

Click on the link below to watch the Revelation of Sponsors video on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYMrTs0rc_A

Alternatively, here's a handy all-in-one list.

01 Spain 1997 – Amor Perdido (Marta Sánchez) Danniiboy
02 France 2005 – Quand Vos Coeurs M'appellent (Isabelle Boulay) Anthi
03 Spain 1989 – Mujer Contra Mujer (Mecano) Costas
04 Norway 1995 – Se Ilden Lyse (Sissel) Arvid
05 Switzerland 2009 – Omnos (Eluveitie) Jahner
06 Sweden 2006 – Satellites (September) Ademir
07 UK 2008 – The Winner's Song (Geraldine McQueen) Merseymike
08 UK 1981 – Japanese Boy (Anika) Drew UK
09 Spain 2004 – Que Te Den Candela (Bea Bronchal) Jortsu
10 Andorra 2007 – Love Drunk (Boys Like Girls) Wahoowa
11 Spain 1974 – Tu Nombre Me Sabe A Hierba (Marisol) Leo-Spain
12 Israel 2004 – Geula (Hemi Rudner) Jeremy
13 Norway 2009 – Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? (Margaret Berger) Alesta
14 Belgium 1980 – Amoureaux Solitaires (Lio) Frank
15 France 2003 – Donne-Moi Le Temps (Jenifer) Ben UK
16 Malta 2007 – Feel The Rain (Chasing Pandora) Made in Malta
17 Slovakia 2008 – Pokuj V Duši (Jana Kirschner) Boris
18 Luxembourg 1978 – Do It Do It Again (Raffaella Carrà) Flameboy
19 Italy 2008 – Oceano (Lisa) Haris
20 UK 1978 – Run Back (Carl Douglas) Jaymakk
21 UK 2004 – Can't Say Goodbye (Pop!) Phutty
22 Greece 2001 – Diaspora (Omega Vibes) Umut
23 Ireland 2009 – Angel (The Corrs) Luke (small 'l')
24 Poland 1973 – Kupilabym Ci Me Kochanie (Anna German) Egle

How many did you guess right? :-)

Good luck to everyone in the final, which will go live in around an hour's time.

Voting in the final has now closed!

Voting in the final closed at 23:59:59 last night and I can exclusively reveal that all of the sponsors actually managed to vote this time ;-)

Double-checking of votes will be happening shortly - and if there are any discrepancies I'll be getting in touch with you ASAP - and then it will onto the Scorewiz for the results.

The revelation of sponsors show and results show are scheduled for 19:00:00 and 20:00:00 CET tonight.

Good luck to everyone in the final!

The final: 24-hour warning!

Quick message for those who still have to vote in the final: you've got slightly more than 24 hours left to submit them. 23:59:59 CET tomorrow, Saturday 6 February, is the cut-off.

Just a reminder that if you're the sponsor of an entry in the final but fail to submit your votes by the deadline, your entry will be disqualified, regardless of whether it would have come first or last. And that still applies to a good third of you! :-P

Naturally enough, the deadline for voting in the final by sponsors is also the deadline to vote for non-qualifying semi-finalists and non-participants, who are also welcome to do so.

Remember that the revelation of sponsors and results show will be on Sunday night starting from 20:00:00 CET. Good luck to everyone involved!

The final: 48-hour warning!

Quick message for those who still have (which is about half the sponsors) or wish to vote in the final: as of 23:59:59 tonight (Thursday) you'll have just 48 hours left to submit them. Saturday is the cut-off for all voting. And since you'll all be busy with the various finals and whatnot on Saturday night, you might want to get you act together ;-)

Just a reminder that if you're the sponsor of an entry in the final but fail to submit your votes by the deadline, your entry will be disqualified - albeit retrospectively - even if it would otherwise have won.

Don't miss out!