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Sergej said:

I did and I agree with it only partly. I think the neighbours vote for each other not because the blocks support each others but the nearby countries are much more familiar with their culture including artists and singers. For example Norwegians know better swedish music performers than somebody from Israel or Spain and they will pay more attention to the known face even though it`s worse.

Yea, exactly, I also think that is true.

Noctifer said:

Sergej said:

I did and I agree with it only partly. I think the neighbours vote for each other not because the blocks support each others but the nearby countries are much more familiar with their culture including artists and singers. For example Norwegians know better swedish music performers than somebody from Israel or Spain and they will pay more attention to the known face even though it`s worse.

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As regards this, last year I went to Greece, and the song I heard everywhere we went was the Eurovision entry from Cyprus.

Now I can't help wondering what happens in other countries, because here in England, the only song I've heard from the Eurovision, without actively searching the internet, is our own.

If an artist's song is known in other countries, it has a far better chance of doing well - so, have any of you heard songs from the other countries on the radio?

Nope I haven't really heard any other country's song on the radio here. I don't listen a lot to the radio though cause I don't like most of the songs they usually play over and over again here but I doubt they have played an Eurovision entry from another country on it.

Some Eurovision songs from earlier years than this that I can remember hearing on the radio here, except the swedish ones are for example My number one with Helena Paparizou, Tornero from Romania and Never let it go from Russia and I think also Hard Rock Hallelujah with Lordi….Probably some earlier year's winners too. They have never played Molitva from last year though :/ It's not that weird though, cause a song like that would probably never be popular among normal swedish people, I like it though, but I consider myself being a little different from a normal Swedish person at least when it comes to interests and tastes in music etc.

Actually I think the radio is playing the songs they think will be most popular among the people, no matter if it's from Romania or Norway or anywhere, seeing as they have actually played for example Tornero.

I don't think they'd ever play a Eurovision song if it wasn't in English though