Now updated.

I’ve also produced a new resource (600 kb pdf) to consider whether there is a geographical pattern to previous winners and whether there has been a shift in winners over the past four decades, is the Eastern Bloc more powerful? I’ve afraid this resource is in pdf format, because making it compatible with Word 2003 causes the graphics to shift considerably. I’ve happy to email people a copy of the 2007 Word document if they wish to edit it.

Both might also be useful for a summer cover lesson… Do let me know if you use these resources or develop them.

The Daily Mail has an article about the impact of bloc voting on the contest, something that it was predicting before the final result. Catholicqauze has a good explanation of why none European countries are able to compete.

Eurovision 2008 resource.

The Daily Mail has an article about the impact of bloc voting on the contest, something that it was predicting before the final result. Catholicqauze has a good explanation of why none European countries are able to compete.

Eurovision 2008 resource.

I’ve updated my task from last year for Belgrade 2008 (Word 200 doc kb). I’m going to use the map of voting patterns from 2007 as a starter. There was also an interesting piece on the B.B.C. about the influence of population demographics on voting.

I thought the voting has a bit more open this year… but the songs weren’t as good. My personal favourite was Iceland. Still can’t believe that Andy received less points than Spain… pure madness.

I’ve updated my task from last year for Belgrade 2008 (Word 200 doc kb). I’m going to use the map of voting patterns from 2007 as a starter. There was also an interesting piece on the B.B.C. about the influence of population demographics on voting.

I thought the voting has a bit more open this year… but the songs weren’t as good. My personal favourite was Iceland. Still can’t believe that Andy received less points than Spain… pure madness.