OFFICIAL: The 2008 results of the Turkish back up jury
You will remember at the beginning of July, we reported of rumours of the results of the Turkish back up jury, that showed up some interesting reading.
As we all know, each country must have a back-up jury whose votes are used in the event of problems with televoting. However, this year the votes of each jury were used to determine one qualifier from each of the semifinals. Yakur Mutla was a member of the Turkish jury, and has passed on a copy of the votes to oikotimes.com that were given all each of the jurors after the event.
These are the official results:
SEMIFINAL 1
Turkey was not entitled to vote.
SEMIFINAL 2
12 pts Ukraine
10 pts Portugal
08 pts Denmark
07 pts Iceland
06 pts Croatia
05 pts Bulgaria
04 pts Switzerland
03 pts Lithuania
02 pts Hungary
01 pts Sweden
FINAL
12 pts Ukraine
10 pts Portugal
08 pts United Kingdom
07 pts Iceland
06 pts Croatia
05 pts Denmark
04 pts Serbia
03 pts Sweden
02 pts Azerbaijan
01 pts Poland
The official televoting results given that night from Turkey were (video below aswell of the votes been called out):
TELEVOTING EUROVISION FINAL RESULTS
12 Azerbaijan
10 Armenia
08 Ukraine
07 Greece
06 Bosnia & Herzegovina
05 Russia
04 Georgia
03 Spain
02 Norway
01 Albania
Whats interesting in the back up juries final results is that Russia, the 2008 winner, was given no points at all by the back up jury, while the televoting public gave 5 points to the winner.
Although Azerbaijan received 12 points from the Turkish public, the back jury thought they only deserved 2 points.
Another major oberservation is the United Kingdom, who came joint last this year with 14 points, received 8 points from the Turkish backup jury. The Televoting result gave no points to the United Kingdom.
The results are further evidence of the continuing problem of the voting situation in the contest. Are the public thinking of the neighbours more than the song, it sure looks like it.
Personally, I don't like the televoting at all since it was introduced to a few countries back in 1997. At first it was a good idea, but now 11 years later, it is causing the biggest upset in the Eurovision Song Contest.
As we all know, each country must have a back-up jury whose votes are used in the event of problems with televoting. However, this year the votes of each jury were used to determine one qualifier from each of the semifinals. Yakur Mutla was a member of the Turkish jury, and has passed on a copy of the votes to oikotimes.com that were given all each of the jurors after the event.
These are the official results:
SEMIFINAL 1
Turkey was not entitled to vote.
SEMIFINAL 2
12 pts Ukraine
10 pts Portugal
08 pts Denmark
07 pts Iceland
06 pts Croatia
05 pts Bulgaria
04 pts Switzerland
03 pts Lithuania
02 pts Hungary
01 pts Sweden
FINAL
12 pts Ukraine
10 pts Portugal
08 pts United Kingdom
07 pts Iceland
06 pts Croatia
05 pts Denmark
04 pts Serbia
03 pts Sweden
02 pts Azerbaijan
01 pts Poland
The official televoting results given that night from Turkey were (video below aswell of the votes been called out):
TELEVOTING EUROVISION FINAL RESULTS
12 Azerbaijan
10 Armenia
08 Ukraine
07 Greece
06 Bosnia & Herzegovina
05 Russia
04 Georgia
03 Spain
02 Norway
01 Albania
Whats interesting in the back up juries final results is that Russia, the 2008 winner, was given no points at all by the back up jury, while the televoting public gave 5 points to the winner.
Although Azerbaijan received 12 points from the Turkish public, the back jury thought they only deserved 2 points.
Another major oberservation is the United Kingdom, who came joint last this year with 14 points, received 8 points from the Turkish backup jury. The Televoting result gave no points to the United Kingdom.
The results are further evidence of the continuing problem of the voting situation in the contest. Are the public thinking of the neighbours more than the song, it sure looks like it.
Personally, I don't like the televoting at all since it was introduced to a few countries back in 1997. At first it was a good idea, but now 11 years later, it is causing the biggest upset in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Well written.
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Totally agree!!