Feedback is welcome!

A final post before the blog goes into hibernation for another year... Congratulations to our winner, Roger, whose entry sees only the second-ever ETNW win go to the UK, but simultaneously stay in Norway - home of Tore, the MB member to whom the contest was originally dedicated.

Since this was only the second edition of 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? Which rules would you change? Were you too MB-contested out to bother taking part? Drop me a line at etnw2011@gmail.com and let me know, or post something on the MB.

I already have a couple of changes in mind for ETNW 2012 - dropping the 'no national final artists' requirement, for example, and limiting it to 'no Eurovision artists' only. The idea behind this was to avoid getting too many entries from people associated with Eurovision and to still encourage entries with music from outside of the contest, but which could still fit... but perhaps it's worth a try at least once ;-) There's something else I'm considering, too, but I'm mull it over.

No rush, of course. Again, thanks to everyone who took part! Hope to see you - and those missing from the first edition - and more newbies - next year!

Greg (phutty)

Full results of semi-finals and final

Below is a link to download the full results of the semi-finals and final.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RNNL7PN7

Again, congratulations to the winner and thanks everyone for taking part!

The final - the results

The voting on the MB is now over and we have a winner! Congratulations to Roger! (Block the name in to reveal it.)

Thanks to everyone for taking part and especially to everyone who made the effort to vote in the final. It's been fun!

See you next year for ETNW 2012!

The final scoreboard is below. (Block it in to reveal the details.)

152 United Kingdom 1966 – Colour My World (Roger)
138 Germany 1967 – Zigeunerjunge (Jaymakk)
131 Greece 1993 – Vgale To Kragion (Alesta)
123 United Kingdom 1974 – Guilty (Merseymike)
119 Spain 1972 – Oh Oh July (Lobo)
077 France 1973 – Un Peu Plus Haut, Un Peu Plus Loin (Harri)
077 United Kingdom 1990 – Don't Worry (Spencer)
073 France 1971 – Avec Les Filles Je Ne Sais Pas (Guillermo)
072 Monaco 2006 – Aimer Jusqu'à L'impossible (Phutty)
065 Turkey 2002 – Fire (Boris)
064 Norway 2008 – If A Song Could Get Me You (Danniiboy)
062 Lithuania 1966 – Vilniaus Stogai (Daiva)
052 Spain 1998 – Empiezo A Recordate (Frank)
051 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 – Da Si Me Srece Donijela (Adonis)
047 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 – Povedi Me (Ademir)
046 Yugoslavia 1985 – Zapadna Evropa (Jeremy)
043 Greece 1977 – Anthropoi Monaxoi (Ariskiko)
042 United Kingdom 1984 – I Should Have Known Better (Catherine of Aragon)
038 The Netherlands 2010 – A Night Like This (Nachty)
033 Greece 1999 – Na Haris (Stefan)
032 Spain 1984 – Amante Bandido (David G)
029 Sweden 2005 – Breathless (Jonas)

Revelation of sponsors

Here is the link to the YouTube video with the revelation of the sponsors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6U2DiatYUw

And here is the full list:

01 Germany 1967 - Zigeunerjunge : Jaymakk
02 Spain 1998 - Empiezo A Recordate : Frank
03 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 - Povedi Me : Ademir
04 The Netherlands 2010 - A Night Like This : Nachty
05 France 1971 - Avec Les Filles Je Ne Sais Pas : Guillermo
06 Greece 1993 - Vgale To Kragion : Alesta
07 Yugoslavia 1985 - Zapadna Evropa : Jeremy
08 United Kingdom 1990 - Don't Worry : Spencer
09 Turkey 2002 - Fire : Boris
10 Greece 1999 - Na Haris : Stefan
11 Lithuania 1966 - Vilniaus Stogai : Daiva
12 Sweden 2005 - Breathless : Jonas
13 Spain 1984 - Amante Bandido : David G
14 United Kingdom 1984 - I Should Have Known Better : Catherine of Aragon
15 Greece 1977 - Anthropoi Monaxoi : Ariskiko
16 Spain 1972 - Oh Oh July : Lobo
17 United Kingdom 1966 - Colour My World : Roger
18 United Kingdom 1974 - Guilty : Merseymike
19 Monaco 2006 - Aimer Jusqu'à L'impossible : Phutty
20 Norway 2008 - If A Song Could Get Me You : Danniiboy
21 France 1973 - Un Peu Plus Haut, Un Peu Plus Loin : Harri
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 - Da Si Me Srece Donijela : Adonis

Good luck to everyone! The results 'show' will start on the MB in about 15 minutes' time.

Revelation of sponsors & results - the schedule

Here is the if-it-goes-according-to schedule for tonight's revelation of sponsors and results 'show'.

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Revelation of sponsors
20:30 CET

Voting
20:45-21:00 CET
Voters 1-5

21:00-21:15 CET
Voters 6-10

21:15-21:30 CET
Voters 11-15

21:30-21:45 CET
Voters 16-20

21:45-22:00 CET
Voters 21-25

22:00 CET +
Voters 26 & 27, congratulations to winner et cetera :)

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For the revelation of sponsors, a link to the YouTube video revealing all will be posted here and on the MB. The results will be given one voter at a time on the MB.

Good luck to everyone in the running!

The final: voting has closed!

Voting has closed for the final - indeed, it closed at midnight CET last night - and we have a winner! But to find out who that is, you'll have to wait for the results 'show' tonight. See the separate post for details.

Good luck to everyone in the running!

The final: 24-hour warning!

Just a reminder to sponsors of entries in the final and anyone else still intending to vote that the deadline is midnight CET tomorrow night, Thursday 3 February.

At this point only around a third of sponsors still need to vote, but sadly none of the non-qualifiers has sent in votes, although very much entitled to :(

Remember to vote in Eurovision-style and send your votes to etnw2011@gmail.com!


P.S. It's very close, so needless to say every vote counts!