Is there a former-Soviet-bloc voting influence?

Well, why don’t you tell me?

Influential factors

1. Neighbors
2. Culture (religion, political, common language, etc)
3. Taste in music

Now let start the dissection.
Voters -> Votees (listed by the points they received, in descending order)

BALKAN(Neighbor and Political. These countries are the ex-Yugoslavia)

Croatia -> Bosnia, Finland, Macedonia
Macedonia -> Bosnia, Croatia, Russia
Serbia -> Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia
Slovenia -> Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia

SCANDINAVIA/NORDIC (Neighbor)

Denmark -> Finland, Sweden, Bosnia
Finland -> Russia, Bosnia, Lithuania
Norway -> Finland, Sweden, Bosnia
Sweden -> Finland, Bosnia, Denmark

SOVIET BLOC (Neighbors, Politics)

Albania -> Bosnia, Sweden, Greece
Armenia -> Russia, Ukraine, Greece
Belarus -> Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Finland
Bulgaria -> Russia, Greece, Armenia
Estonia -> Finland, Russia, Lithuania
Latvia -> Russia, Finland, Ukraine, Lithuania
Lithuania -> Russia, Finland, Latvia
Moldova -> Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia
Poland -> Finland, Russia, Lithuania
Romania -> Moldova, Greece, Russia
Russia -> Armenia, Ukraine, Finland
Turkey -> Bosnia, Armenia, Ukraine
Ukraine -> Russia, Bosnia, Armenia

MISC

Andorra -> Spain, Finland, Sweden (neighbor)
Cyprus -> Greece, Romania, Russia (neighbor)
Iceland -> Lithuania, Finland (culture)
Ireland -> Lithuania, Finland, UK, Sweden (music taste)
UK -> Finland, Lithuania, Ireland (music taste)
Turkey -> Bosnia, Armenia, Ukraine (religion and neighbor)
Albania -> Bosnia, Sweden, Greece (religion)

By “music taste,” I mean that voters from these countries are probably rock fans. Also Finland won the first 1st prize, so it makes sense its name appears at higher frequencies.

Comments:

“Music taste” means voters from some countries share a similar inclination for rock music. Also since Finland won the first 1st prize, it makes sense that the name appears at higher frequencies.

Comments:

Western countries which produce music icons like the Beatles, Bee Gees, Elton John, Cranberries, Sara O’Connor, no doubt, prefer rocks or songs they can understand. Additionally, if English is their native language, cheesy pops written by non-can be too “horrible” for them.

Should the people complain about the fairness and the injustice of the voting process? After all, this is a music competition, an entirely subjective matter. There is no real definition of good music and what contribute a good song.

Point chart for the final.

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