Eastern Bias you say?

Voting

Well, I have been playing around with the figures following Sebia’s victory at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, and they are interesting.

The Top 10 with an East-West split are:

  1. Serbia – 47.0% votes from west
  2. Hungary – 54.5%
  3. Turkey 60.9%
  4. Belarus – 33.5%
  5. Latvia – 56.5%
  6. Bulgaria 58.9%
  7. Slovenia – 36.4%
  8. Georgia – 39%
  9. FYR Macedonia – 22%
  10. Moldova 44%

These figures exclude the traditional eastern countries but include countries traditionally classed as western by Eurovision tradition – Greece, Cyprus and Israel.

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Србија (Serbia): ...
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Србија (Serbia): Marija Å erifović – Molitva (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Six out of ten show that an overwhelming majority for the west. Put simply, that’s not enough to cry foul.

Full numbers on request.

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