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One of the things that Eurovision Song Contest pundits and researchers alike will undoubtedly find fascinating is the search data available through the iGoogle “Predictor” gadget. Essentially, “it shows how popular each participant is and then calculates the scores they would get” from the voting public. Interestingly, although “countries can’t vote for themselves – so search data from the participant’s own country is excluded” this is not a precise science since there are loop holes through proxies, just as there are loopholes in the actual voting system through roaming mobile phones.
Here is a live version of the tracker (updated daily):
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Eurovision 2010 forecast
One of the things that Eurovision Song Contest pundits and researchers alike will undoubtedly find fascinating is the search data available through the iGoogle “Predictor” gadget. Essentially, “it shows how popular each participant is and then calculates the scores they would get” from the voting public. Interestingly, although “countries can’t vote for themselves – so search data from the participant’s own country is excluded” this is not a precise science since there are loop holes through proxies, just as there are loopholes in the actual voting system through roaming mobile phones.
Here is a live version of the tracker (updated daily):
2010, predictions, research
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