Voting in the final

After the somewhat cryptic reference to 'live voting' in the post below, I thought I'd better explain in a bit more detail!

What I'm planning on doing for the results show is to invite sponsors and other voters to present their votes themselves, 'live', on the MB. This means that I will call on voters one at a time to reveal their points, with me then providing a scoreboard update after each voter.

The idea is to make it as interactive as possible, and also to tap into the spirit of past contests - since there will undoubtedly be teething troubles and mishaps here and there! Just make sure you don't change your votes between submitting them to me and the night itself...

The problem, of course, is that the order of presentation of the votes won't be finalised until the day of the results show (next Wednesday 1 February). I'll endeavour to post the order as soon as possible, both here on the site and on the MB. Of course, the sooner you all vote, the easier it will be for me! ;)

However, if you know you won't be around to vote 'live' next Wednesday, that's no problem - I can always present your votes for you. Similarly, if you will only be around at/from a certain time on the night, let me know and I'll see if I can accommodate you. The voting is likely to start from 20:00 CET.

So there you have it - a newish take on MB contest voting! Fingers crossed it works out...