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Old 27-02-2011, 11:54   #17
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Originally Posted by fanoff View Post
She became first in every section. SMS, Internet voting and jury choices. Zlata Ognevich became second in SMS and jury but behind in Internet voting.
Yes right, but the jury votes were after the fan votes were known, so despite their weight of 45% it wasn't important, they just 'confirmed' the results. The internet voting (10%) was almost a draw between Mika and Jamala, where Zlata was only 7th (un-thanks to the lack of internet presence of the newcomer). The winning margin of Mika in the SMS votes was huge and therefore the winner was determined even before the final show.

For Ukraine as well as for Russia there is a simple rule to have good results in ESC. Get a well known performer with a song which goes to heart (if you don't have something super-duper). This makes people in the (not so different) neighbouring countries vote for you. Zlata could have got more points in the west, but she would have failed in the 'dominion'. There was no reason for the jury to overrule the results of the peoples' choice. The only question was: Is Mika still known in the neighbouring countries, after she was practically absent during the last three years? By the way, her singing performance was by far the best I've ever heard from her.
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