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Russia: Nationals support Moscow as host city
Moscow stands out as the most preferred option for Russians to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest. Far behind, the second largest city of the country, St Petersburg, receives 18% of the vote. In third place with 5% of the vote - and unlikely to host the contest - is Sochi, a town by the Black Sea and organiser of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Results are not homogeneous in the entire country. For instance, support given to Moscow and St Petersburg is very similar in the North-Western part of Russia. The percentages of the two cities there are very close (31%-32%).
The National Centre for the Public Opinion Research held this poll from May 31 to June 1, covering 1,600 respondents in 153 settlements of 46 regions of Russia. The statistic error does not exceed 3.4%.
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Who exactly is Mr BORE? Someone important from the Kremlin,?an ice cream seller? Some Lada car salesman?
@ Jonny K [46883]
Your posts mke so much sense
Whatever!!! You're trying to tell a native english speaker how to speak good english . . . . . . . wtf!!!
@ Jonny K [46883]
I agree you need to find some desent English
BURR:
hehe yeah lol thats funny because english is my first language!! 
I agree with tim that Burr needs to find a better translator!! lol
@ Tim - [16334]
Try to find sense in your
You are right Alex, the Noregian song did indeed benefit from block voting, further evidence of how crazy the ESC is now. I said I liked the song...
You are also correct in saying that UK singers tend to vanish, probably because they were not known in the first place. No big UK stars will normally agree to appear in ESC as the contest has such a poor reputation...incidentally rarely are any of the songs that are in ESC (winners or not) released in the UK, as they just would not sell. This year is no exception, there is no possibility of that Dima song selling because it is so dated.
Mr BURR (bore), please finder a better translation site, as your posts do not make much sense
Moscow 2009
Like it or not!
@ Tim
You favourite Norway has benefited from the Scandinavian block voting tremendously, and yet we only hear you complaining about Eastern European block voting. That’s hypocrisy, pure and simple.
As for the UK, the always say they had “a really good song” and that voting was political. But after Eurovision, their singers always disappear, never to be seen on a UK Chart again. Where is Daz Sampson, Jemini and Lindsay Dracas? Andy Abraham’s “Even If” has disappeared from the UK chart this week, and I doubt we’ll ever hear about him again.
Good luck in Moscow 2009!
If you do not want to listen - i iis your own problem!
@ Jonny K [46883]
Good luck UK!!!!
BURR :
"Your posts do not make ANYTHING!!! "
What do you mean!!! lol
@ Jonny K [46883]
AT ALL!!!
@ Jonny K [46883]
Your posts do not make ANYTHING!!!
burr . . . . . . . YOUR POSTS DON'T MAKE SENSE!!!! 
BURR,
learn some English please...whatever gave you the idea I wanted Athens 2009?
I wanted Moscow 2009 ever since I heard Believing for the first time and I thought it was obvious by my posts that I just loved the song and was glad Russia won.
(It wouldn't be bad if Greece had won ofcourse, but we've won this thing once already, I'm satisfied; from now on, I'd rather see a different country win it every year)
@ Tim - [16334]
Someome named Roman Abramovich will be happy to buy ou UK shares
then there will be new 'BIG4"
@ Tim - [16334]
the easiest solution for the UK to quit ant not to send all that rubbish they did for the last 6 years
Well I liked the Norwegian song was nice as well, I would have much preferred that it won than the Russian one!
I agree that it is just a song contest, and therefore not that important, but it has been suggested that the contest is to try to 'unite' countries. However, it is not just 'not uniting', it is doing precisely the opposite, it is dividing nations, in terms of a song contest anyway. However meaningless the ESC it it is quite powerful to those people (ie everyday people, you and me) because it is about the only annual contest that has live voting between European countries. It is incredibly devisive, and full of predudice.
As many have said the ESC is currently quite important to many countries in eastern Europe, but all the while that it is seen as 'unfair' then it is devisive.
The easiest solution is to have two contest, one for the east, and one for the west. If people want the two winners to have a final run - off, great, and perhaps then that run off should alternate between east and west.
@ Mina Carnation [51405]
Sold or mot - it's Moscow 2009!
Not Athens
''Lets not be naive about the east of Europe, they have no interest in 'uniting' with the west of Europe other than to fulfill their own needs; the concept of unity does not come into it ''
We're talking about a song contest Tim, and you're making it sound like Stalin is about to take over Europe..lol
Ofcourse it's about unity...one of the most important things to those countries is to feel 'acknowledged' by the rest of Europe. To you (and to me, since Greece has been taking part in ESC since 1974) Eurovision is an old story, to them it's new. It's a way to feel proud of their (new) countries.
And by the way, it's not true that the east doesn't vote for the west..they do, when they like the song. Norway got more points by eastern countries than by western ones this year.
And I'm the least prejudiced person in the world (I consider myself neither eastern nor western, just European) but I have to admit the only song from the western Europe I loved this year was Norway (and San Marino and Portugal but those 2 weren't even voted by western countries).
The point is to unite, really?
That may be ok in theory, but the reality is that it does not make it unite. It's a bit like saying lets make a very hungry large dog 'unite' with a small cat in in a cage...the result will be that they will scrap, or the cat may even be eaten.
Lets not be naive about the east of Europe, they have no interest in 'uniting' with the west of Europe other than to fulfill their own needs; the concept of unity does not come into it
Or, why not splitting Finland in 2...the left part to the east and the right to the west?
I'm joking ofcourse but I find this solution funny anyway. The point of eurovision is to unite, not to divide, isn't it?
I agree Marc, the only fair way to deal with this is to split off the east from the original countries and have 2 contests. Don't even pretent that the west of Europe has much in common with the east, except the word 'Europe' is used for both.
With 2 contests, the east can all vote for each other, as they have always done. As regards Nordic countries, Norway, Iceland and Denmark and Finland could come to the west and Sweden can can go East. Oh and Greece can be west, and Cyprus East...
I really do feel the EBU should split the current contest into the original countries and all the Eastern European countries. And please let Greece go to the second half.... Btw dear Mina, friday I will be for 10 days is Greece, go to our house in Thinos, where you can find some nice Greek people...
''This year the whole festival has been sold to Russia''
But the previous years Russia was too poor to buy it? Or maybe Serbia bought it too? Or Finland? I knew those monsters looked suspicious!
LOL
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