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From: "Derek da Silva" <dasi@eidosnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Eurovision Song Contest
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 23:33:20 +0100
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Nick Ferguson wrote in message
>Yes. Was I the only one disturbed by the ridiculously biased /
>mutual-backpatting voting (all along ethnic background lines)?
>Nick F


Yeah - in addition, many countries are home to significant immigrant
populations from neighbouring countries, so that's probably got something to
do with it too. :-)

The partial voting and generally awful music are what make the contests such
great entertainment.  Nice to see such solidarity from the participating
balkan nations - just as well there was no Yugoslavian entry...

Derek


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