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    From Chris J Dixon@chris@cdixon.me.uk to uk.tech.broadcast on Tue May 19 09:32:21 2026
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    I am amused that neither the commentators, nor those in the hall,
    give any sign that when they are waiting for the last public
    vote, to see how many points the jury winner has been allocated,
    it can readily be calculated.

    Total votes to be allocated:
    (35 countries + Rest of the World) x 58 = 2088

    Bulgaria had 204 points from the juries, a total of 1776 had
    been announced from the public, leaving 2088-1776 = 312 for them,
    giving 516 in all.

    Simples!

    It may not come as a surprise that I have a little spreadsheet to
    do the addition for me. ;-)

    Chris
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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.tech.broadcast on Tue May 19 09:46:19 2026
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    Chris J Dixon wrote:

    It may not come as a surprise that I have a little spreadsheet to
    do the addition for me. Efye

    It comes as a surprise that anyone watches at all ...

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  • From JMB99@mb@nospam.net to uk.tech.broadcast on Tue May 19 18:33:56 2026
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    On 19/05/2026 09:46, Andy Burns wrote:
    It comes as a surprise that anyone watches at all ...


    That can be said of many TV programmes e.g. Channel 4's recent rape_athon.


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  • From Old John@watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk to uk.tech.broadcast on Wed May 20 06:30:55 2026
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    On 19 May 2026 at 09:32:21 BST, "Chris J Dixon" <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:

    I am amused that neither the commentators, nor those in the hall,
    give any sign that when they are waiting for the last public
    vote, to see how many points the jury winner has been allocated,
    it can readily be calculated.

    Total votes to be allocated:
    (35 countries + Rest of the World) x 58 = 2088

    Bulgaria had 204 points from the juries, a total of 1776 had
    been announced from the public, leaving 2088-1776 = 312 for them,
    giving 516 in all.

    Simples!

    It may not come as a surprise that I have a little spreadsheet to
    do the addition for me. ;-)

    Chris

    I remember Terry Wogan remarking many years ago "If anybody sneezed the whole lot would fall down".
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    An infinitely complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways.
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