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How did you get them to coexist peacefully for 0.3ms?

For me it was Apollo

In Rest of World, you get 20 votes per payment card. I have multiple credit cards. I believed enough in Beatrice & Kole's song to sink about $60 on it last night. In the balance, RoW gave Albania its full 12 points in Semi-Final 1 and 10 points in the Final.

Found it!

SONGS REQUIREMENTS

(i) RELEASE DATE

The songs (lyrics and music compositions) submitted to represent the country of each Participating Broadcaster’s country in the ESC must be original and must not have been released and/or publicly performed in part or in full before 1 September 2024 (the “Release Date”).

https://eurovision.tv/about/rules

This is why die-hard Eurovision fans often wish each other a Happy New Year on September 1st rather than January 1st.

I believe it cannot be released before September 1st of the prior year, so songs for 2026 cannot be released before September 1st this year.

Almost as good a result as last year and not in the bottom right, though.

Albania was flawless and brought down the house and finished the show.

I gladly sent 60 votes to Albania from Rest of the World. We overall gave them 10 points tonight, and 12 back in the semi-final.

The biggest shock of the night for me ... Switzerland's televote score. They were second with the juries... second! And, sure, it's definitely a jury pleaser more than a televote winner, but ...

... ZERO?

Someone noticed that the order 2-6 is the same last year with the exception of Estonia where Netherlands was.

Bro... BRO! :D

It costs a bit to vote from any country, and the Rest of World is pegged at 0.99 Euros per vote.