Dark green - Confirmed as participating (21)
Light green - Not confirmed, but interest expressed (8)
Orange - Not confirmed, but participation in doubt (2)
Red - Confirmed as not participating (2)
White - participated or intended to participate in the past, but no reliable participation news yet available (20)
EUROVISION 2016 PARTICIPATION MAP (as of 15 July 2015)
As of yesterday, Eurovision 2016 is 10 long months away, and although not much Eurovision-related news has been appearing, participation announcements have been creeping in little by little, so here’s some of the most notable news so far:
First, the good news is that already two countries have confirmed their comebacks: Ukraine, who had to sit out in 2015 due to ecomonic and political issues, and Turkey, who withdrew back in 2013 due to issues with the voting and Big 5, and continued to distance itself in subsequent years, and I honestly thought we wouldn’t see them return for at least a few more years. Regardless, they’ve announced their commitment to coming back, and the return of both of these countries will be great news to anyone who felt that the 2014 contest lacked its usual vibrancy that these two countries often provide. There are three more countries to keep an eye on as well: Croatia’s broadcaster (HRT) has suggested that they could come back with the winner of The Voice, Bulgaria’s broadcaster (BNT) is seeking to collaborate with another broadcaster (bTV) in order to increase participation funds, and Slovakia’s broadcaster (RTVS) has stated that they would like to better promote their culture internationally, having already used Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 as a test of public interest. Five returns in one year is a long shot, but it would be such a good boost to the contest’s numbers, so fingers crossed!
There’s no major bad news so far, and the only thing to take note of is that Montenegro is not pleased with the EBU right now. They feel they shouldn’t have had their jury disqualified despite the EBU claiming that their similar results constituted a mathematical impossibility. It may amount to nothing and Montenegro might remain in the contest nonetheless, but it’s something to take note of as the deadline approaches.
I’m going to throw it out there that I think Greece could withdraw this year, I don’t know whether the Czech Republic would bother to stay despite them having by far their best result last year, and the only other country that has expressed any semblance of doubt has been Slovenia (who are nonetheless optimistic and willing to participate), so any other withdrawals would be a surprise. Even Australia will probably be back assuming the EBU allows it, so I really hope that the participation numbers are increased again, but there are still many months to go and many countries to confirm, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Dark green - Confirmed as participating (34)
Light green - Albania, who have opened submissions to Festivali i Këngës, but have not confirmed participation
Orange - Greece, who have reportedly confirmed despite not currently being eligible to participate
Red - Confirmed as not participating (7)
White - No reliable participation news available (8)
EUROVISION 2015 PARTICIPATION MAP (as of 15 September 2014)
A lot has happened in terms of confirmation in the past two weeks, especially today. Lebanon unsurprisingly decided to sit out again, and with Israel confirmed, any chance of Morocco or Tunisia confirming seems unlikely.
In spite of this, this year’s returning total has risen to four, with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Bulgaria all joining Cyprus in making welcome returns, and I expect Croatia will join that party tomorrow. On the other hand, a worrying point has been raised about NERIT of Greece not having gained EBU membership in the past year, meaning they’ll probably be forced to take a year out.
Tomorrow we’ll expect news from Albania, Croatia, Moldova, Poland, San Marino, Slovenia and Ukraine, and in my view I don’t see why any of these countries would sit out, so I hope to see at least 40 as the final participation number, although frankly, anything above last year’s drop to 37 would be appreciated.
Dark green - Confirmed as participating (26)
Light green - Not confirmed, but participation expected (7)
Orange (or yellow idk you decide) - Not confirmed, but participation not expected (2)
Red - Confirmed as not participating (6)
White - No reliable participation news available (9)
EUROVISION 2015 PARTICIPATION MAP (as of 31 August 2014)
It's been two months since my last participation map, and if there's one thing that goes without saying, there's a lot more colour. The Big 5 are all game, but Spain and Italy are making us infer since Spain said to "mark your diaries" and Italy is one of the many new JESC participants. Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Turkey all shocked us by... deciding not to participate again, and Romania is also redoing the whole "We ain't got no money" spiel they did last year. Maybe Mihai Trăistariu will actually return this year to save the day this time? On the flip side, Bosnia's story has developed from not likely to pretty likely, so that should be exciting for BH fans (and I know there are quite a few), and Georgia's possible disqualification never came to be.
All the shades of green add up to 33 participating or hinting as such, and Wiwibloggs said Poland is but Wikipedia doesn't trust them so I have to go by that. I see all the whites which were in it last year returning, and I hope EBU is trying their hardest to get Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia and maybe even new faces since Israel probably won't impede them. If all the white countries turn green in the coming months, we'll be looking at 42 participants, but honestly I think 39 will be the final number by discounting Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia because I have a feeling none of them will end up in that final line-up. I guess we'll have to see when that early deadline comes.
With all the buzz around Sandra Nurmsalu and Helena Paparizou's participation in their respective NF's, I started thinking about other returning artists, so I collated a table and drew some 'fun' statistics from it. Here (under the cut because there's a lot) are the results:
First off, some trivia:
Corry Brokken (Netherlands) and Lys Assia (Switzerland) were the first artists to represent their countries in two contests, 1956 and 1957 - also making them the first to represent their countries in two consecutive contests.
Belgian singer Fud Leclerc and Swiss band Peter, Sue and Marc jointly hold the record for most times participating for the same country, with four participations each (1956, 1958, 1960 and 1962 for Fud, and 1971, 1976, 1979 and 1981 for Peter, Sue and Marc).
The list contains 16 winners (Lys Assia, Corry Brokken, Isabelle Aubret, Jean-Claude Pascal, Gigliolia Cinquetti, Vicky Leandros, Udo Jurgens, Carola, Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh (won as Bobbysocks in 1985), Charlotte Perelli (née Nilsson), Johnny Logan, Niamh Kavanagh, Izhar Cohen, Dana International, and Dima Bilan)
Now for some analysis -
NOTE: I discounted 1956 as a year because the exact placing of the runners up is not known.
As you can see, the country that has re-used artists the most is Norway (11 times), followed by Germany, Sweden and Switzerland (both 7 times). It is of note that while the Norwegians chose 11 times to reuse an artist, there are only 8 singers that represented Norway more than once, as Kristi Sparboe, Hanne Krogh, Anita Skorgan and Elisabeth Andreassen all represented the Nordic nation three times.
In terms of placing when they return, most artists tend to do worse second (or third) (or maybe even fourth) time round, with 29% of returning artists ever achieving a higher placing than their previous contest.
The most successful country with returning artists is Switzerland, from which 5 of the 7 'recycles' achieved a higher placing second time round.
The least successful country with returning artists is Norway, from which 8 of the 11 'recycles' had to settle for a lower placing on their next try.
The most consistent country, with 2 out of 7 'recycles' attaining the same position on their second try, is Germany.
Chiara (Malta) had the biggest fall, by 20 places, from 2nd in 2005 to 22nd in 2009.
Hanne Krogh (Norway) had the biggest jump, from 17th in 1971 to 1st (as half of Bobbysocks) in 1985.
(Also interesting about Hanne Krogh is that in her third participation for Norway in 1991, she fell back down to 17th place)
And that's about it, just some patterns/numbers/facts that jumped out at me when I did the research.
(NB: I collated it myself, so there is possibility for human error ie these figures may not be 100% accurate ((but I'd say they're pretty damn close))
Thanks for Reading! Hope this has left you euroyally statisfied.
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