So - the moral of today's stories is that the draw has been over-analysed (by people like myself) and that there really are no jinxed starting positions bound to ruin your chances.
And yet - there are at least two starting positions that really seem to wreck a song's chances since televoting was introduced.
Being drawn first in the final seems to do you no favours. Ask Azerbaijan's Safura or Finland's Paradise Oskar if they felt singing first enhanced their chances.
The other real shipwreck of a starting position is being the first song after the commercial break. It is not necessarily a position that will make you crash and burn, but it is like the short break ruins the focus of the viewers. Could it be that the break distracts just enough people for your song to lose its chances?
Hari Mati Hari felt like a strong contender for victory, like the song able to gather all possible ballad points in one basket. Its draw, right after the commercial break, changed the whole thing.
It was still bound to score well - it still holds the best Bosnian result to date - but it didn't feel like a potential winner anymore.
Sometimes the draw can make a huge difference, indeed.
Hari Mata Hari - Lejla (Bosnia-Herzegovina 2006)
I guess that only way to stop the draw to affect the televoting is to dump the televoting altogether. That won't happen of course.
ReplyDeleteThe juries have the luxury and the duty to listen to the songs several times and they give votes to all the songs (and not just the songs they remember), so the draw won't affect them that much.
God, I loved this song. One of the few that stayed with me after ESC 2006.
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