gargoyle, not quite.
we have idol crap too but eurovision is a bit different.
all the countries gather what they think are the best of their bands and artists and let them make a song to contest with.
then the national crowd selects which one represents them.
those selectee's the compete against each other in the semi-finals for entry in to finals. 10 best songs/countries are voted upon.
the last years 10 best and french, germany and 2 others I don't remember anymore get always free ticket directly to the finals.
so, it makes max. 24, like this year when none of those free ticket countries qualified by other means.
think third one of them was great britain.
in the finals, all the songs are presented and then all the countries involved in the process get to vote for the best one but can't vote for their own.
iirc, it was 32 countries this year.
the points go down from 12 to 10 and 8 and then from 7 decreases per one.
so, theoretical maximum of points this year was 384.
previous high score was 260 something.
Lordi collected astonishing 292 points, when countries like, malta and macedonia didn't give it a single point.
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