A good start for Molly over on the esc-stats poll, after just one day on the poll she has already scored more points than Estonia, France and Lithuania.
She has also scored 37 top marks, the only countries with more are the current top 4 (Hungary, Italy, Spain and Poland). If she continues at the same pace she looks set to probably be just ahead of current leader Hungary.
I'm not quite sure how they work out a countries points once it reaches 100% chart time though. I don't know if it starts to lose the votes which were sent in at the start or how they manage to make it so it doesn't get an unfair advantage over those sent earlier on. The site doesn't really make that bit clear.
A good start for Molly over on the esc-stats poll, after just one day on the poll she has already scored more points than Estonia, France and Lithuania.
She has also scored 37 top marks, the only countries with more are the current top 4 (Hungary, Italy, Spain and Poland). If she continues at the same pace she looks set to probably be just ahead of current leader Hungary.
I'm not quite sure how they work out a countries points once it reaches 100% chart time though. I don't know if it starts to lose the votes which were sent in at the start or how they manage to make it so it doesn't get an unfair advantage over those sent earlier on. The site doesn't really make that bit clear.
I wouldn't really go by that site too much. As you can see Hungary is the favourite - 556 people have said it was there fave. 383 People from Hungary have voted.
It might be worth keeping in mind though that these fan forum polls usually have nothing much to do with the actual results (I learnt that the hard way a few times...)
There's an article in one of France's most popular and current music magazine's (Pure Charts) about 'Children of the Universe'...Very positive article..
Just to translate if anybody's interested - I'll leave out the bit about Bonnie being the UK entry last year....."Discovered via BBC Introducing, the writer composer Molly Smitten Downes will debut with her song 'Children of the Universe' with a theme tailored for Eurovision. An introduction held by powerful supporting singers, modern beat going crescendo and a powerful voice. The pop song, somewhere between Ellie Goulding and Katy B will possibly be able to suprise everybody. Also not so unknown, she's been supporting act for Jake Bugg, Tinie Tempah, Labrinth and Chase & Status. Its worth noting that the United Kingdom has won the Eurovision Song Contest 5 times. The last time with Katrina and the Waves in 1997.
Interestingly, users post their song rankings on youtube on a daily basis (i.e 'Eurovision - My top 20' etc). I've yet to see Molly ranked outside of the top 5.
On this Spanish Eurovision site, Hungary, the UK and Romania are the top 3. It's good to see that 'Children of the Universe' is appealing to people outside the UK, and considering that the UK entry has only been available for less than a week, whilst Hungary and Romania have been available for quite some time longer..i think Molly is doing really well..
UK still out in front, some people complaining it's only winning because UK people are voting for it, but only Sweden is close and they get home voters and votes just because it's Sweden, so feel it offsets itself.
Not sure how they are going to fit in a new round as their seems to be a song review everyday now until the deadline, so may not get another new round until all songs are known.
So Molly is getting the kind of response Emmelie got last year - does anyone else feel weirdly reluctant to believe it's happening, purely because the UK hasn't ever really had this reaction before?
So Molly is getting the kind of response Emmelie got last year - does anyone else feel weirdly reluctant to believe it's happening, purely because the UK hasn't ever really had this reaction before?
I just wish the odds reflected it better.
People generally seem to think it's the only one which sounds like a winner at the moment, Emmelie was pretty much thought of as a locked on winner early on which isn't really the case with Molly however.
I think the bookies may get burned this year going after Norway as the favourite.
I get the impression that if "Silent Storm" is chosen it may get a "Sognu" type result. It's not something the general public can really connect with and he doesn't seem to be selling it well, so I can't really see where it's big votes are going to come from.
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She has also scored 37 top marks, the only countries with more are the current top 4 (Hungary, Italy, Spain and Poland). If she continues at the same pace she looks set to probably be just ahead of current leader Hungary.
I'm not quite sure how they work out a countries points once it reaches 100% chart time though. I don't know if it starts to lose the votes which were sent in at the start or how they manage to make it so it doesn't get an unfair advantage over those sent earlier on. The site doesn't really make that bit clear.
01. United Kingdom 21.75%
02. Romania 19.32%
03. Spain 9.01%
04. Hungary 7.33%
05. Ireland 6.95%
06. Poland 6.65%
07. Italy 5.21%
08. France 3.67%
09. FYR Macedonia 3.43%
10. Estonia 2.47%
11. Albania 2.26%
12. Lithuania 2.23%
12. Switzerland 2.23%
14. Finland 2.12%
15. Malta 1.85%
16. Ukraine 1.75%
17. Belarus 0.82%
18. Latvia 0.62%
19. Iceland 0.34%
Total votes: 2,919
I wouldn't really go by that site too much. As you can see Hungary is the favourite - 556 people have said it was there fave. 383 People from Hungary have voted.
Compare that to the Wiwi result!
You were robbed in 2012, När jag blundar should have been top three in the Final. I love that song!
Me too! I remember going out jogging on a warm spring day and it came on my iPod, it matched the rural scenery so well.
www.chartsinfrance.net/eurovision/news-90899.html
Just to translate if anybody's interested - I'll leave out the bit about Bonnie being the UK entry last year....."Discovered via BBC Introducing, the writer composer Molly Smitten Downes will debut with her song 'Children of the Universe' with a theme tailored for Eurovision. An introduction held by powerful supporting singers, modern beat going crescendo and a powerful voice. The pop song, somewhere between Ellie Goulding and Katy B will possibly be able to suprise everybody. Also not so unknown, she's been supporting act for Jake Bugg, Tinie Tempah, Labrinth and Chase & Status. Its worth noting that the United Kingdom has won the Eurovision Song Contest 5 times. The last time with Katrina and the Waves in 1997.
Katy B was actually the first person I thought she was like! Don't know why, just I could imagine it being her song...
01. United Kingodm - 676
02. Hungary - 498
03. Poland - 440
04. Italy - 367
05. Finland - 317
06. France - 304
07. Ireland - 292
08. Macedonia - 286
09. Romania - 278
10. Spain - 270
11. Switzerland - 268
12. Estonia - 235
13. Albania - 226
14. Lithuania - 202
15. Malta - 189
16. Iceland - 107
17. Ukraine - 100
18. Belarus - 84
19. Latvia 81
Of course, doesn't mean an whole lot, but it's very nice to see UK on top of another poll.
www.infocinemusic.com/fiche-article.php?id=2878
01. United Kingdom - 627
02. Hungary - 503
03. Poland - 473
04. Italy - 372
05. Israel - 371
06. France - 356
07. Macedonia - 298
08. Finland - 293
09. Spain - 288
10. Romania - 285
11. Ireland - 269
12. Switzerland - 261
13. Estonia - 243
14. Albania - 226
15. Lithuania - 208
16. Malta - 183
17. Ukraine - 100
18. Iceland - 95
19. Belarus - 92
20. Latvia - 83
www.eurovisionnowspain.blogspot.com.es/p/sondeo-14.html
Ireland's entry is actually pretty good, I was addicted to it last week
http://wiwibloggs.com/2014/03/10/poll-paula-seling-ovi-favourites/42421/
Ah well. There's always next week...
Don't get the how the Romanian entry is doing so well, surely they can't see that as the winning song, its really not that good
01. United Kingdom - 630
02. Sweden - 568
03. Poland - 423
04. Italy - 402
05. Hungary - 401
06. Israel - 317
07. France - 314
08. Spain - 284
09. Finland - 263
10. Montenegro - 259
11. Macedonia - 212
12. Ireland - 207
13. Albania - 200
14. Romania - 198
15. Denmark - 193
16. Estonia - 179
17. Lithuania - 165
18. Switzerland - 143
19. Malta - 141
20. Slovenia - 89
21. Iceland - 69
22. Latvia - 68
23. Belarus - 63
24. Ukraine - 62
UK still out in front, some people complaining it's only winning because UK people are voting for it, but only Sweden is close and they get home voters and votes just because it's Sweden, so feel it offsets itself.
Not sure how they are going to fit in a new round as their seems to be a song review everyday now until the deadline, so may not get another new round until all songs are known.
I just wish the odds reflected it better.
People generally seem to think it's the only one which sounds like a winner at the moment, Emmelie was pretty much thought of as a locked on winner early on which isn't really the case with Molly however.
I get the impression that if "Silent Storm" is chosen it may get a "Sognu" type result. It's not something the general public can really connect with and he doesn't seem to be selling it well, so I can't really see where it's big votes are going to come from.