[MB.]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Wow - Thank you, everybody. I wanted to beat my previous best 4th place (All The Single Laddies) and I'm glad I have. It's a shame this controversy has rubbed some of the 'lustre' off my 'moment' but I really appreciate all of you who had me for your winner anyway. Thank you.

Honestly, you deserved the win for "Ham Ass" alone

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Withano

so mb won, with Dezzy 2nd.

Oh, go away.

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

So without the poll:

1st: MB
2nd: Dezzy -
3rd: Josiah - 278
4th: Kirk - 268
5th: Shaun - 266
6th: Amy Jade - 240
7th: LukeB - 232
8th: Livia - 223
9th: Riley - 221
10th: Niamh - 202
11th: Lewis - 184
12th: Lucas - 179
13th: Babayaro - 167
14th: Jamie89 - 141
15th: Adam - 116
16th: Mystic Mock - 79
17th: Nicky - 71

Poor Nicky

And I loved MB, and obviously some people are really talented at this, but it’s nice to have different winners, and let new talent shine through

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

So without the poll:

1st: MB - 319
2nd: Dezzy - 303
3rd: Josiah - 278
4th: Kirk - 268
5th: Shaun - 266
6th: Amy Jade - 240
7th: LukeB - 232
8th: Livia - 223
9th: Riley - 221
10th: Niamh - 202
11th: Lewis - 184
12th: Lucas - 179
13th: Babayaro - 167
14th: Jamie89 - 141
15th: Adam - 116
16th: Mystic Mock - 79
17th: Nicky - 71

Now I feel bad that Josiah shot himself in the foot by not disregarding the public vote more than anyone

[Wizard.]

Yeah “smash Abbott’s back doors in” will stick with me forever

[Withano]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Oh, go away.

Over 800 public votes kirk, even you have to agree that there probably wasnt 800 voters haha. You have a vey good mate who fixed your win, and Livias 2nd, sorry.

[Wizard.]

The U.K. jury votes. The U.K. did indeed give 12 points to... Greece!

12 points - Greece
10 points - Portugal
8 points - Estonia
7 points - VaticanCity
6 points - Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points - Iceland
4 points - Australia
3 points - Norway
2 points - Italy
1 point - France

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Riley.

The U.K. jury votes. The U.K. did indeed give 12 points to... Greece!

12 points - Greece
10 points - Portugal
8 points - Estonia
7 points - VaticanCity
6 points - Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points - Iceland
4 points - Australia
3 points - Norway
2 points - Italy
1 point - France

Thanks gorgeous

[Shaun]

My ranking, with comments that I 100% edited before making them public:

1) Greece
2) United Kingdom
3) Denmark
4) Estonia
5) Italy
6) Portugal
7) Israel
8) Norway
9) Croatia
10) Iceland
11) Australia
12) Bosnia & Herzegovina
13) France
14) Latvia
15) Lebanon
16) Vatican
17) Czech Republic

*the bolded rankings proving how well I favourite my friends

[Morgan.]

My Jury Votes are in!

1) B+H
2) UK
3) Estonia
4) Portugal
5) France
6) Norway
7) Iceland
8) Greece
9) Australia
10) Italy
11) Lebanon
12) Denmark
13) Israel
14) Vatican City
15) Croatia
16) Czech Republic
17) Latvia

[Underscore]

As one of the judges for this year's Eurovision, these were my choices:

1st - Bosnia & Herzegovina (34 points)
2nd - Estonia (32 points)
3rd - Iceland (30 points)
4th - Norway (28 points)
5th - Australia (26 points)
6th - Denmark (24 points)
7th - Greece (22 points)
8th - Israel (20 points)
9th - Latvia (18 points)
10th - Portugal (16 points)
11th - France (14 points)
12th - United Kingdom (12 points)
13th - Czech Republic (10 points)
14th - Lebanon (8 points)
15th - Italy (6 points)
16th - Vatican City (4 points)
17th - Croatia (2 points)

[Underscore]

1st to 7th were really close and hard to rank!

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Blurryface

My Jury Votes are in!

1) B+H
2) UK
3) Estonia
4) Portugal
5) France
6) Norway
7) Iceland
8) Greece
9) Australia
10) Italy
11) Lebanon
12) Denmark
13) Israel
14) Vatican City
15) Croatia
16) Czech Republic
17) Latvia

Thanks! Billie Piper thanks you... wherever she is right now... probably playing a prozzie

[Jřsh]

[Amy Jade]

Thank you for the votes guys

Underscore

[MB.]

Thanks Shaun! And Morgan! And Underscore! And Josh! And Donna, Lynn, Pat, Laurie, Shelly, Aaliyah, Rose, Brian, Darren and Ulysses!

[Underscore]

Originally Posted by MB.

Thanks Shaun! And Morgan! And Underscore! And Josh! And Donna, Lynn, Pat, Laurie, Shelly, Aaliyah, Rose, Brian, Darren and Ulysses!

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

Thank you for the votes guys

Underscore

Welcome!!! xx

[Vicky.]

My votes were as follows

1st Estonia
2nd Greece
3rd Bosnia
4th Denmark
5th Italy
6th UK
7th Norway
8th Iceland
9th Australia
10th Latvia
11th Portugal
12th Israel
13th France
14th Lebanon
15th Croatia
16th Czech Republic
17th Vatican City

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Withano

Over 800 public votes kirk, even you have to agree that there probably wasnt 800 voters haha. You have a vey good mate who fixed your win, and Livias 2nd, sorry.

This has been a brilliant competition and I have found common ground on here with a lot of younger members whom I now like and respect.

This is because, despite my song parody being about Corbyn and Abbott and Livingstone, it WAS written as a bit of piss-taking fun and to my GREAT delight it has been received in exactly that way by everybody.

I know that certain members WERE going to vote for me and if they multi-voted to the tune of 100's of votes, then even though I would rather that did not happen, it is surely no different from other members or Judges voting for their friends or favourite members rather than the quality of song - something which most certainly DOES happen.

I just did not want any 'politics' or 'personality' problems spoiling this thread and this comp and I am more than genuinely willing to give this 'Win' up and be pleased to have MB have it because MB and Livia were my top 2.

If that satisfies you, Withano.

[Shaun]

*snatches the crown off Kirk because of this fiasco and gives it straight back to Kirk because MB already has one and I liked Kirk's song more and nobody is allowed more than one that's...just...yeah....*

[Withano]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

This has been a brilliant competition and I have found common ground on here with a lot of younger members whom I now like and respect.

This is because, despite my song parody being about Corbyn and Abbott and Livingstone, it WAS written as a bit of piss-taking fun and to my GREAT delight it has been received in exactly that way by everybody.

I know that certain members WERE going to vote for me and if they multi-voted to the tune of 100's of votes, then even though I would rather that did not happen, it is surely no different from other members or Judges voting for their friends or favourite members rather than the quality of song - something which most certainly DOES happen.

I just did not want any 'politics' or 'personality' problems spoiling this thread and this comp and I am more than genuinely willing to give this 'Win' up and be pleased to have MB have it because MB and Livia were my top 2.

If that satisfies you, Withano.

The show is always great, I always look forward to it every time its on.

It was clearly ruined by the poll, and somebody voting in it 700 times or more, thus making the judge and jury scores entirely irrelevant.

All that any future winner has to do now is literally enter anything and sit on their computer refreshing a screen all day.

Nothing personal kirk. I don’t believe it was you that was refreshing your computer all day. But somebody did, and that ruined it for everybody.

[MB.]

Thanks Vicky and Kirk. I really appreciate the two of you enjoying my entry, if not just because I assumed a lot of people on here... wouldn't, lol

Also, just to clarify that like most people here, I don't think any of us rigged the vote and none of us should be judged unfairly for someone else's sabotage... in fact, if it were one of us, I wouldn't have even been mad, because if one of us wanted the win so badly that they voted for themselves 800-odd times then I say why not give it to them? It's the fact that whoever spam-voted thought that they were helping Kirk, Livia, Adam etc (that is, if the same person was responsible for each) when in reality they were just putting a dampener on their success. On the plus side, it gives us all plenty of material to use for Xmasvision

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I know that certain members WERE going to vote for me and if they multi-voted to the tune of 100's of votes, then even though I would rather that did not happen, it is surely no different from other members or Judges voting for their friends or favourite members rather than the quality of song - something which most certainly DOES happen

I agree with this to be honest.

Even without the public poll some simply vote for friends. It's a shame but it's just a forum game and like all forum voted games popularity and friendships can sway votes. Part and parcel of taking part really.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Riley.

The U.K. jury votes. The U.K. did indeed give 12 points to... Greece!

12 points - Greece
10 points - Portugal
8 points - Estonia
7 points - VaticanCity
6 points - Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points - Iceland
4 points - Australia
3 points - Norway
2 points - Italy
1 point - France

Thank you, Riley. It means a lot.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

My votes were as follows

1st Estonia
2nd Greece
3rd Bosnia
4th Denmark
5th Italy
6th UK
7th Norway
8th Iceland
9th Australia
10th Latvia
11th Portugal
12th Israel
13th France
14th Lebanon
15th Croatia
16th Czech Republic
17th Vatican City

Thanks, Vicky.