It’s All Political

This week, Max and Alix try to unpack the ever-changing, often controversial voting system and try and decide if bloc voting actually has an effect on who wins Eurovision every year. Also, we introduce a new segment where we bring you the latest news from the Eurovision world! Further reading: “Partisanship at Eurovision is becoming more Blatant,” The Economist – econ.st/2MT22jj Alexander V. Mantzaris, Samuel R. Rein and Alexander D. Hopkins, “Examining Collusion and Voting Biases Between Countries During the Eurovision Song Contest Since 1957” – jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/21/1/1.html Siobhan Palmer and Ashley Kirk, “A guide to political voting: Who votes for whom at Eurovision?” The Telegraph –bit.ly/2MUyyBm